FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
Folk Coll 11 is Utah State University's cowboy poetry collection. The collection, originally created
by a generation donation by the L. J. and Mary Skaggs Foundation, includes books gathered
during a fieldwork project in the early 1980s to document cowboy poetry in the U.S. west (see Folk
Coll 11f). From this important fieldwork project came the impetus for the first Cowboy Poetry Gathering held in
January 1985 in Elko, Nevada. Since that time, each January, the Fife Folklore Archives staff take the collection
and Access database (that details each book, poem, author, first line and key words), to the National Cowboy Poetry
Gathering for offsite use. Through University purchases and generation donations from poets and collectors, this collection continues to grow.
Book Title
Composer
Call #
Pages
Author
Poem Title
First Lines
Keywords
Tracks in the sand: original cowboy poetry
FC 11 W-36
22
Perry L. Williams
The common thread
A common thread it reaches back from when the West was new. And touches all the cowfolks in the world they passes through.
Echoes Of The Dawn
FC 11 B-63
19
Belvina W. Bertino
Branding Time
In the cool of early morning When the grass is wet with dew, The cowboys ride the ridges Rounding up each steer in view.
Along Old Trails: Poems of New Mexico and Arizona
FC 11 S-06
39
William Haskell Simpson
Hopi Spring Song
I have a body
Poetic Works of Henry Lawson
David McKee Wright
FC 11 L-24
118
Henry Lawson
Eureka
Roll up, Eureka's heroes, on the Grand Old Rush afar.
Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness
Mike Oatman
FOLK COLL 11 O-14
45
Edgar A. Guest
The Deeds of Anger
I used to lose my temper an' git mad an' tear around An' raise my voice so wimmin folks would tremble at the sound;
temper, forgiveness, patience
Cowboy Poetry: A Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-14
148
Harold Otto
Cows and Logs
For many years I herded cows.
The Big Roundup: Classic and Contemporary Poetry from CowboyPoetry.com
Margo Metegrano
FC 11 M-47
59
James H. "Jim" John
A Real Cowboy!
They say I ain't much of a cowboy.
New Cowboy Poetry: A Contemporary Gathering
Hal Cannon
FC 11 C-30
41
Rod McQueary
The Pistol
It's a still and quiet twilight.
rider, alone, limping, roan, Indians, shot, blood, hunting party, horses, bullet,.44, war, pistol, gun, hide, bleed, death, bushes, swather, farmer, battleground, crap, rusty, steel, junk
Diary of a Cow Camp Cook:Or Buckaroos Around a Campfire Beats a Full House
FC 11 H-55
54
Linda Vinson Hussa
May 26
The last day. We leave for our final destination, the Marr Ranch. The buckaroos and the hardiest of the guest riders rattle out early and have the trail end leaving the field before sunup.
happy trails, packing up, Calico Mountains
A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West
FC 11 D-24
27
Alvin G. Davis
R.F.D. Three Sweepstakes
Now in this home of the brave Which is also the land of the free For many things we can be thankful Not the least of which is R.F.D.
Rhymes of a Homesteader
FC 11 L-08
42
Elliott C. Lincoln
Mysteries
Me an' Red, we heard Joe talkin' with his girl, when they wuz walkin'.
Custer and Other Poems
FC 11 W-02
17
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The Universal Route
As we journey along, with a laugh and a song,
The Code Of The West - Then, Now, Forever -
FC 11 B-68
83
Don Bishop
Time
If there comes a time Man no longer needs a horse, Surrounds 'em all with fences, Rides just for fun or sports.
Thoughts in Rhyme: Volume II
FC 11 M-10
39
E.W. "Roy" Miller
No More
I reached in my pockets, and what do you know.
Livestock Man
FOLK COLL 11 A-22
41
Amy Hale Auker
Snowed in with Tulips
Everything electric is silent since the first morning when the wind woke to find color and sound buried and heaved aside the barriers... broke the blanket - and the poles, we guess.
tulips, fire, silent, snow
Horse Tracks
FC 11 K-30
86
E.J. Kirchoff
The Power of Gossip
Old Bill said, "Gossip often spreads Like mornin' glory vines Until from just a tiny sprout whole acres it intwines. Our country town ain't very big.
Poems: Ridin' Fence
FC 11 A-09
67
Vic Anderson
Chaps
Graining the Mare: The Poetry of Ranch Women
Teresa Jordan
FC 11 J-10
61
Peggy Godfrey
Roland
Everyone was sure Roland was my pa.
Poetry of Ranch Women
Cowboy Curmudgeon and Other Poems
FC 11 M-45
125
Wallace McRae
On Rural Relocation
"Ranch home wanted for large dog," says the ad.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-23
89
Henry Herbert Knibbs
That Roan Cayuse
Colt she was when I spied her, stray on the open range.
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
543
Oh, You Wobblies!
I've traveled north, I've traveled south.
Rhymes of the Ranges: A New Collection of the Poems of Bruce Kiskaddon
Hal Cannon
FC 11 K-12
125
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Willow Creek Wedding
So you think it's sort of funny; Bill got such a handsome wife?
Trail's End
FC 11 U-01
59
John Curtis Underwood
Coyote
He howls in the hunger of winter,
Famous Cowboy and Mountain Ballads
FC 11 F-23
20
Little Annie Rooney
A winning way, a pleasant smile, dress'd so neat but quite in style
Lyrics of the Lariat
FC 11 G-10
174
Nathan Kirk Griggs
Mammon
Old Mammon is the mighty king.
morality