Wild Rovers

Well, I mean, I don't know,

but they say that's what he said.

Mornin', pa.

- I know what he said. - Oh, mornin...

If he said...

If he does...

Mornin', Paul.

What he says,

well...

Then, what do you... What do you aim to do about it?

What would you like me to do?

Well, hell, he's... he's, uh...

He's... he's got 3,000 head of sheep there, pa,

and he's braggin' about grazin' 'em on r-bar grass.

I... I think there's, uh...

What?

Only one thing to do.

What's that?

Run 'em off...

Pa, just run 'em off, that's all.

Hmm.

A man's that crazy,

you're probably right.

Yeah.

Hmm.

Meanwhile, we got lot of work ahead of us,

you eat up and let's get to it.

Heh.

Pass the eggs, little brother.

Eggs!

How 'bout some more coffee?

All right.

Hyah!

Come on, move on, move on.

Let's go.

Git on!

Hyah!

Move. Move on out!

Hyah!

Yaa. Yaa!

Good evenin', Nell.

It's been a long, hard day.

Good god almighty.

Now, what the hell happened?

He just went loco.

He started kickin', snappin...

He's dead, pa.

Damn jughead. I warned Barney yes...

All right. Let's get doin' what we're supposed to do.

Bodine, you and post take him into town.

Get a blanket.

I'll get his stuff together

and go into town tomorrow to make arrangements.

Any family?

Well, he talked about an uncle in Muskogee.

- Good man. - Yeah.

Get another. With roundup

in a few days, we need him.

Ok.

Paul! What the hell's the matter with you?

What'd I do?

You know,

I been thinkin' about what happened.

It just don't make no goddamn sense to me.

I mean, one minute there's Barney,

and the next...

Because some goddamn loco jughead...

You know, what I'm tryin' to say is...

I can't even get the way to say it.

Yeah, 'cause it don't seem real.

Oh, it sure don't.

You know, somethin' like that happens...

Somethin' that a man's got no control over.

Somethin' that he'll never understand

no matter what way he looks at it.

Like a really bad, crazy dream.

Yeah.

And it can scare hell outta you, too.

You know, the thing that scares a man the most

is to find out and discover just how uncertain

life really is.

Like that, you know, thing happened to Barney.

Realizin', even if he don't want to admit it,

that deep down in his gut

it just as easy could've been him

and might be, any minute, any second.

Crazy jughead.

Somethin' like that.

Of course, it's natural to chew on it.

But sooner or later you just gotta get rid of it

and get on with what you got.

Ain't nothin' much you can do about it anyway.

Ain't nothin' much?! Ain't nothin'!

Gotta do the best with what you got

while you got it.

Ain't that the way you see it, Ross?

Sure is the way I see it.

You scared of dyin'?

Yeah, kinda.

Except, I sure as hell

don't spend much time thinkin' about it.

Yeah, me either.

No.

Uhh!

Wow!

Hah! Hmm, mmm.

Yeah, that banker man's got himself a real nice woman.

Yeah, but about 5 years she won't be

lookin' so nice, and that banker man

is gonna see you walkin' down the street

some day with a sassy young thing,

and he's gonna say to himself,

"Mmm, that cowboy's really got himself a nice woman."

And he's gonna envy you somethin' fierce.

'Cause he's stuck with his,

and you can just trade yours in anytime you feel like it.

Ain't you ever felt like

gettin' married?

Oh, I've felt like it a hundred times,

but there's a big difference between feelin' and doin...

Thank god I just been feelin...

Ain't you ever wanted to have children?

Oh, I got children.

Two I know of, and there's bound to be more.

Oh, no, I mean raise a family, settle down.

What the hell for?

You can't be a puncher all your life.

You've gotta plan for something, don't you?

You never been to Mexico, huh?

There's a place down there that a man with a little money

can get himself a damn fine spread.

Plenty of people to get the work done.

Lots of time for lyin' around

soakin' up the sun,

lovin' those young, black-eyed beauties.

Sounds good.

Yeah.

You savin' your money?

Ha ha. You savin' yours?

Shoot! I try. I can't seem to save nothin...

Why should I be any different?

Because you're...

I'm older, wiser. I've learned. I've had experience.

- Yeah. - Hell, frank,

you show me a young cowboy

or an old cowboy or an in-between cowboy

that's got more than a few dollars in his poke,

and I'll show you a cowboy

who stopped bein' a cowboy and started robbin' banks.

Well, then let's you and me

Rob us a bank.

That's safer than gettin' married.

- Get up, there! - Mmm.

Get up, there!

Dear lord,

we thank you for this food we are about to receive,

and we pray that you take our recently departed friend

Barney Drago into your loving care

and keep him safe.

Amen.

Soup.

Well, here's to Barney.

Poor bastard.

But you know, if it's gotta happen...

I'd rather have it happen like that.

You know, quick like,

so you don't think about it beforehand.

You know what?

You know what?

I'm really gettin' drunk.

Congratulations.

I am gettin' too drunk.

I ain't had nothin' to eat since breakfast, you know.

Neither have I.

I can't handle a whole lot of whiskey

unless I got somethin' solid in my stomach first.

I don't wanna spoil your fun or nothin',

but if I don't eat pretty soon...

Now, look, you're not gonna spoil my fun. Come on.

Get you a big steak.

Well, we'll come right back to it.

Maybe we'll stop off at Maybell's.

Well, why not? I ain't had none of that for a while, either.

But I want us to have one drink first, see.

Are you sure?

One drink's ok because

it sort of makes my appetite a little sharper.

I can tell just exactly when I'm ready... wait.

Uh, this one's to you, Ross,

and to Mexico...

And to, uh,

that ranch you're gonna have yourself someday.

To someday.

Somethin' stinks in here.

Well, it ain't me, Ross.

Smells like sheep.

I think we'd better have one more.

Oh, shit.

Good evening.

Ross, the man here...