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 "The Cowboys"

"The Cowboys," a western film made

In 1972 with

Star John Wayne, the hero who played

An old rancher in cowboy myth,

Hiring young boys to drive a herd

Of cattle several hundred miles.

Critics thought this somewhat absurd,

But fit Wayne's paternal profiles.

The film's villain, played by Bruce Dern,

The herd of cattle does obtain

By rustling it, and then in turn

Shoots in the back and kills John Wayne.

For killing John Wayne in this tale,

Bruce Dern is still getting hate mail.