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I enjoy this song. I wonder about the meaning. What is a Hoolahan? Second stanza, was the author taking cattle or horses. I assume horses as their backs are raw. Why are their tails matted?

LEAVING CHEYENNE
Ian Tyson

I ride an Old Paint
A leadin' old Dan
I'm goin' to Montana
For to throw the Hoolahan

They feed in the coulee
And they water in the draws
Their tails are all matted
And their backs are all raw

Goodbye Old Paint
I'm leaving Cheyenne
Goodbye Old Paint
I'm a leaving Cheyenne

I'm leaving Cheyenne
I'm going to Montana
Goodbye Old Paint
I'm a leaving Cheyenne

Now old Bill Jones
Had two daughters and a son
The son went to Denver
And the daughter went wrong

His wife, she got killed
In a bar room fight
But, still he keeps a singing
From morning till night

Goodbye Old Paint
I'm leaving Cheyenne
Goodbye Old Paint
I'm a leaving Cheyenne

I'm leaving Cheyenne
I'm going to Montana
Goodbye Old Paint
I'm a leaving Cheyenne

-Instrumental Break-

Now, when I die
Take my saddle from the wall
Put it on the pony
Lead him out of his stall

Tie my bones to his back
Head our faces toward the west
We'll ride the prairie
That we love the best

Ride her out Old Paint
I'm a leaving Cheyenne
And goodbye Old Paint
I'm leaving Cheyenne

I'm a leaving Cheyenne
I'm going to Montana
Goodbye Old Paint
I'm leaving Cheyenne

Goodbye Old Paint
I'm a leaving Cheyenne
Goodbye Old Paint
I'm a leaving Cheyenne
 
Hoolihan is how you rope a horse
I can't really explain it, but instead of swing the rope counter clockwise you don't swing it, swing it from across your body to kinda behind you, then turn your hand over as you release the rope so that the loop falls over his head easy like
I'll look for a video
 
If I am roping a colt in a round pen, and he is running from left to right in front of me, I'll spin a loop traditionally. If he is running from from right to left, I'll have to hoolahan him. I always assumed when I hear that song, that he is going to ride colts for somebody.
 
Bigfoot":2pb763mt said:
If I am roping a colt in a round pen, and he is running from left to right in front of me, I'll spin a loop traditionally. If he is running from from right to left, I'll have to hoolahan him. I always assumed when I hear that song, that he is going to ride colts for somebody.
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I watched a guy ride in an heel calves to brand
He'd ride in real easy and quiet with the calf on his right and he'd drop a hoolihan loop in and drag them out real quiet
I never seen him miss a loop and the calves never got shook up
Slickest I've ever seen
 
ALACOWMAN":2veclltx said:
I've practiced the hoolihan but never used it every thing I rope is In a dead rum :cowboy:
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Only time I've ever seen it used was to rope horses
Someone that's good can drop the loop right on his head and never touch an ear or nose and fall right around his neck real easy like .
 

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