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This centerfold was published in Esquire, November 1942Verse Inscription: Beauts and Saddles
It was originally a watercolor and airbrush piece.
The patriotic and bawdy verse that accompanies this watercolor is typical of Phil Stack's contributions to the published gatefolds. Perhaps reflecting what would become a real anxiety among professional men after the war, the verse suggests the unsentimental stateside woman who, in peacetime, may not relinquish the autonomy she gains in holding down the homefront:
Beauts and Saddles
Here's a pretty Prairie Blossum
And she isn't playing possum
But you'll find her in there "punchin'" in a jam,
For her cowboy, tall and lanky,
Is a patriotic Yankee
And he's roundin' up some rogues for Uncle Sam;
So this little cactus cutie
Will be proud to do her duty
And she'll wear his pants until he wins the war--
Then with hearts in sweet communion
They will stage a western union
And I bet she wears the pants forevermore!
Here's a pretty Prairie Blossum
And she isn't playing possum
But you'll find her in there "punchin'" in a jam,
For her cowboy, tall and lanky,
Is a patriotic Yankee
And he's roundin' up some rogues for Uncle Sam;
So this little cactus cutie
Will be proud to do her duty
And she'll wear his pants until he wins the war--
Then with hearts in sweet communion
They will stage a western union
And I bet she wears the pants forevermore!
Quoted from http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/collection/print/vargas/labels.shtml
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