FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
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Jody Sixkiller Whitlock
The Drouth
The empty old ranch house stood lonely and bare.
Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
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43
Jody Sixkiller Whitlock
Ghost Town
There's a small wooden church.
Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
FC 11 W-16
45
Jody Sixkiller Whitlock
The Barn Dance
The barn was ablaze with the coal-oil lamps.
Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
FC 11 W-16
21
Jody Sixkiller Whitlock
Four Seasons
Spring grasses growin' green.
Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
FC 11 W-16
19
Jody Sixkiller Whitlock
The Newborn Calf
There were clouds above the prairie.
Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
FC 11 W-16
17
Jody Sixkiller Whitlock
Old Padre of San Xavier
Like an ancient, graven image.
Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
FC 11 W-16
15
Jody Sixkiller Whitlock
How the Cowboy got a Wife
I remember the day the boss rode away
Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
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13
Jody Sixkiller Whitlock
Cold Fire
The air was real muggy, heavy and hot.
Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
FC 11 W-16
10
Jody Sixkiller Whitlock
The Texico Lions
A mountain lion crossed the line into Texas.
Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
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9
Jody Sixkiller Whitlock
Old Rancher Rememberin'
There's a little graveyard out back of my ranch.
Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
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7
Jody Sixkiller Whitlock
What I Don't Like
I don't mind tellin' ya there's jobs I don't like.
Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
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5
Jody Sixkiller Whitlock
Prayer of a Cowboy's Wife
Dear Lord, bless my cowboy for he's growin' old.
Cowboy Stuff: Some of the Poems by Jody Sixkiller
FC 11 W-16
3
Bill Wood
A Ballad to Jody Sixkiller
Jody, dear Jody, it's hard just to say.
Measure of a Man
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Gene Waters
This Cowboy's Prayer
Oh, Lord, I know you made the mountains tall.
Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry of Melvin Whipple
FC 11 W-17
10
Melvin Whipple
Open Range
I was born in Utah, many long years have come and gone.
Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry of Melvin Whipple
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14
Melvin Whipple
Electric Storm
Did you ever see the fire on the tips of the cattle's horns.
Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry of Melvin Whipple
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16
Melvin Whipple
The Cowboy
He's up in the mornin', Oh Lord! but it's dark.
Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry of Melvin Whipple
FC 11 W-17
18
Melvin Whipple
Cold Irons
'Tis plumb aggravatin' to a cowpuncher's soul.
Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry of Melvin Whipple
FC 11 W-17
20
Melvin Whipple
It's Been a Long Time, Pardner
It's been a long time, pardner, since we rode that mountain range.
Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry of Melvin Whipple
FC 11 W-17
22
Melvin Whipple
A Bad Night at the CL Ranch
The night was still, the moon was high, stars shown overhead.
Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry of Melvin Whipple
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24
Melvin Whipple
The Little Bar Zee
The story I'm tellin' b'longs only to me, the time that I rode that little Bar Zee.
Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry of Melvin Whipple
FC 11 W-17
26
Melvin Whipple
Escape from Reality
Did you ever ride out on a warm sunny day.
Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry of Melvin Whipple
FC 11 W-17
28
Melvin Whipple
Do Ya Think Ya Could Do It Agin?
Do ya think, ol' boy, ya could do it, the things ya used t' do?
Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry of Melvin Whipple
FC 11 W-17
30
Melvin Whipple
How They Lived
The people that used t' live out in the west, their standards of livin' wasn't always the best.
Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry of Melvin Whipple
FC 11 W-17
32
Melvin Whipple
Memories of the Past
As I wrangle with my memories I'm thinking of the past.