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The Cowboy Poem
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 02:33:16 -0500
"Cowboy" (poem) was passed on manually by Gallaudetians for a number of years before Dr. Mervin Garretson signed it at the Maryland School for the Deaf at Frederick which I attended in 1948 (?). The following poem was epistled by the poster (Jean Boutcher) from memory.
n e a r
n e a r
n e a r
near
arriving
housebar
whirling dust whirling dust
dismounting
roping
eyes-turning-right
eyes-turning-left
eyes-turning-to-housebar
head-turning-to-ground
tobacco-spitting
adjusting-ten-gallon-hat
bow-leg bow-leg
boot-high-heel boot high heel
walking-slowly
approaching
housebar
adjusting-hip-gun adusting-hip-gun
hand-pushing hand-pushing
swinging-door swinging door
bow-leg-standing--WIDE--bow-leg-standing
hand-on-hip-gun hand-on-hip-gun
Tobocca-chewing-chewing
eye-suspicious-turning right
table-men-table-men-table-men
suspicious-looking
eye-suspicious-turning-left
table-men-table-men-table-men
looking suspicious
bartender
face-blushing-white
looking-at-cowboy
Cowboy
tobocca-chewing
walking-slowly-to-counter
counter
hand-banging-blowing-noise
Whisky!
bartender
face-white-nervous
small glass whisky
serving-nervously
Cowboy
gulping-whisky
glass-empty
downing-BANG-on-counter
adjusting-hip-gun adjusting-hip-gun
Cowboy
turning-back
bow-leg - WIDE - bow-leg
boot-high-heel-banging boot-high-heel-banging
walking-slowly
straight-to-door
pushing
door-wide-swinging
pushing
door-wide-swinging
tobocca-chewing
eye-turning-right
eye-turning-left
unroping-horse
mounting
bow-leg-hitting-horse bow-leg-hitting-horse
w h i r l i n g dust whirling-dust
Cowboy
galloping
galloping
sand-sand-sand sand-sand-sand
galloping
galloping
galloping-vanishing
galloping-vanishing-small
gallpping-vanishing-small-small
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Re: "Cowboy": I should have added "spotting" (seeing) and "there" between "housebar" to make more sense to you, Nancy and Mark; that is, "spotting housebar there". Merv signed "house" very iconically and graphically before signing "bar" (a place for drinking whisky) when I was about six or seven of age.
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I am still working on my piece. I am trying to translate not equivalently into English but literally from the signed ASL into written ASL directly from my memory. Merv may have polished his poem time and again over 40 years. I may write another piece when I have Merv re-storytell it.
It is interesting to learn from repliers that, in addition to Sam Supalla's written rendition, there are different versions of it on video.
From: JEAN BOUTCHER
To: Sign Language List
Cowboy
galloping
galloping
galloping
galloping
mountain mountain
mountain mountain
mountain mountain
galloping
galloping
galloping
galloping
gun-slapping-hip gun-slapping-hip
gun-slapping-hip gun-slapping-hip
gun-slapping-hip gun-slapping-hip
galloping
galloping
tree-tree-tree-tree
tree-tree-tree-tree
galloping
galloping
tree-tree-tree-tree
tree-tree-tree-tree
galloping
galloping
tree-tree-tree
tree-tree-tree
galloping
galloping
sand-sand
sand-sand
sand-sand-sand
galloping
galloping
sand-sand-sand
galloping
galloping
g a l l o p i n g
g a l l o p i n g
g a l l p o p i n g
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 00:44:50 -0500
From: JEAN BOUTCHER
To: Sign Language List
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