FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
17
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
Life
There is life in the streams that leap down the mountain,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
18
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
A Poet's World
When you live in a world where a poet lives and you see with a poet's eyes,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
20
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
A Beaver Trap
I've set for days and weeks beside a beaver dam or otter slide.
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
21
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
A Horse and Saddle
A horse and a saddle,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
22
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
To the Western Horse
He never had no pedigree, of his ancestry we never heard.
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
23
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
Fairy Land
I have often wondered where the fairies live,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
25
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
Twilight
I hate to see the sun go down and see the daylight fade,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
26
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
My Ships
I have built many ships in my life's small shipyard.
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
27
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
The Old Rope
Only a piece of hard twisted rope,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
28
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
When the Mists Begin to Rise
When the Mist hangs like a blanket over mountain, hill and plain,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
30
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
The Soul Immortal
I ride over God's wide prairies,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
32
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
My Wish
A trail through the woods where the deep shadows fall,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
33
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
Sour Dough
You may tell about your high brow cooks
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
35
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
To My Mother
Of all the dear pictures on memory's wall, There is one lovely picture that's dearer than all.
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
36
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
The Wild Flowers
I love the wild flowers in the spring,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
37
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
The Old House
There is an old house that stands by the side of the road,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
39
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
Our Memory
There are some things that you want to remember but somehow they slip from your mind,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
40
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
The Prairies
Whoever rode the prairie wide and felt its gripping force,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
41
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
Don't Fence Me In
I love to be out on the open spaces among the flowers and the budding trees,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
42
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
Great Singers
I have heard the greatest singers, that the world ever knew.
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
43
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
My Closet
Within the closet of my soul are gems of wealth beyond belief,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
44
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
The Eternal Home
When you come back to the land you love after roaming far and wide,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
46
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
A Man
When one loses money it is just a move in life's great game,
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
47
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
The First Snow
When the first snow falls in Autumn and the year is getting old.
Mountain Echoes
FC 11 W-08
48
Jim Whilt (Poet of the Rockies)
The Cabin
I followed a trail through the forest on a day that was stormy and cold,