Not Made in the USA

They's gotta be somethin' terrible wrong
when yer horse an' dog won't go t'ya.
An' the thing that comes to m'mind right off
is m'jeans was made in Cambodia.

I know, they's a lotta good people there,
an' I don't mean t'sound like a pest.
But Cowboy Clothes to my way a thinkin',
oughta come from here in the West.

I miss buyin' Texas-made Cowboy Shirts,
an' Arizona-made blue jeans.
They's Cowboy Boots that're Taiwanese,
an' I wonder what alla this means.

I seen a Cowboy Hat that's made in China,
an' I tell ya, that ain't no joke.
We're drivin' cars from around the world,
while the workin' folks here go broke.

They's cars that come from South Korea,
an' from Yugoslavia, too.
An' Japan, a course, they're makin' a bunch,
despite all the gripin' I do.

An' I wonder jist how it's all come to this?
Seems we're givin' it all away.
I miss buyin' stuff with a label that says,
it's "Made in the USA."

Born in Indiana, Swift has lived in Arizona, California, Texas, and Colorado. With his wife, Carol, he's now retired in Sparks, Nevada. He's been a reporter, writer, sailor, minister, disc jockey. At age 74, he's a recent convert to the writing of cowboy poetry. He is a member of the Academy of Western Artists. His poetry is also available on cowboypoetry.com.