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When Jade was just a little boy
He started packin' a rope
With Cowboy brothers it was natural
Besides, his name was Pope!
He cut
his teeth on a piggin' string
and he grew up in the saddle
though he was the youngest he held his own
whether
playin' or workin' cattle
I can't say that Jade was a scholarly lad
Don't get me wrong, he's
no fool
It's just that he felt life's best lessons are
learned on the outside, not inside of school!
He loved ropin', ridin', family and fun
he loved ropin' and wrestling and pals
he loved ropin'
and horses, four-wheelers and guns
he loved rodeo... and rodeo gals.
At the age when many a young man chooses
between a Chevy, a Dodge and a Ford,
Jade chose a mission for the church
and swung a wide loop for the Lord.
At the end of 2 hard and rewarding years
beneath Arizona's sun
Jade met Selena, the rodeo queen,
who'd have guessed that she was the one?
Selena, like Jade, was the youngest child,
A blonde who played
ballerina,
she liked to play dress up; perhaps she dreamed
that she'd one day dress up the arena.
She
used to ride her pony Sunset
at the horseshow every year
she must have liked the competition
and she seemed
to have no fear.
She was always an excellent student
even scholarly you might say
she earned awards and
scholarships
was a cheerleader and loved FFA.
She rode a big Appy named Patrick
tall and ugly with spots
on his rump
he hardly had any tail at all
but he and Selena could jump.
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Selena
earned the first of her titles
as Susanville's Rodeo Queen.
She started collecting buckles and crowns
when
she was still a teen.
She was queen of Reno's rodeo,
and Nevada's Rodeo Queen
and then Miss Rodeo
America
(the only one we've ever seen!)
A few months back and introduction was made
between the roper
and this rodeo queen
it looked like it might be the last go-round
the final... you know what I mean.
Now
Jade had seen rodeo gals before her
but Selena stood apart from the group
Yeah, Jade had his eye on the jackpot
and he started building a loop!
Selena had honors, and titles, and crowns,
more than most girls could hope,
but one title was starting to sound pretty good,
that title was Mrs. Jade Pope.
And so on an early morning
in June,
In a moment when time stood still,
Jade and Selena were married forever,
In a temple that stood on
a hill.
So who caught who? You may wonder.
Well I'll explain that and tell you no lies.
See... Jade roped her, but she tied the hooey
and they both made the catch
of their lives.
-Aunt Merlyn Sandberg |
