FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
12
Barbara Hall
Gates
One of the stories I've heard all my life.
rancher, reason, wife, drive, lady, open and close, gates, task
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
13
Barbara Hall
Another Wreck
I stir the spuds and check the coffeepot.
wife, pride, Emergency, late, patched up, doc, buckaroo
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
14
Dan Bradshaw
The Vet
I've always had a question.
veterinarian, doc, D.V.M., vet, anything for pay
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
16
Dan Bradshaw
Cow Gas
A cowboy and his pard; Had stopped to rest along the trail.
pardner, problems of the world, ozone, air ,environmentalist activists, pass gas, atmosphere, fart, guilt, relief
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
18
Dan Bradshaw
I'll Be Go To Hell
The man was old and tired / As he lay there on his bed.
grandpa, dying, death, life, hell, trapped, mobility, old man's body, saddle-worn, life, died, free
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
21
Dan Bradshaw
Chickens and Cows
I've studied all kinds of critters.
critters, chickens, cows, ignorant, eat, stupid, logic, people, folks, serve, Sunday's table, dinner
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
22
Sunny Hancock
The High-Steppin' Kind
I was born in the Depression back when times was kind of bad
Depression, World War II, Leprechaun, flying, buck , throw, ass, old, high-stepping kind
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
27
Sunny Hancock
Cow dogs, Generally Speaking
You know, I always did work for big outfits.
dogs, branding, dumb, Barney, Pard, memories, time heals all wounds, S.O.B.s, dead
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
31
Sunny Hancock
Change on the Range
The way the times and customs change these days is sure affright.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
34
Carole Jarvis
Thanks for the Rain
I turned my eyes toward cloudless skies so often, Lord
Lord, rain, weather, drought, clouds, thunder, lightning
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
35
Carole Jarvis
Not a Man's Problem
When I was younger, and a little more agile
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
38
Joel Nelson
Charles Goodnight's Dream
He's been in the saddle since way before dawn
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
42
Bill Jones
Bert
She was my neighbor thirty years.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
44
Bill Jones
Answered Prayer
Jake, the rancher, went one day to fix a distant fence.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
46
Bill Jones
Lover, Fighter, Wild Horse Rider
Not too many years ago, when the West was wild and free.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
48
Bill Jones
Roundup at the Bar B Bar
Every year about this time; I get a welcome call.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
81
Vess Quinlan
Harm and Jim
Harm and Jim had neighbored; For forty years or more.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
83
Ray Fitzgerald
The Wood Jingler
The wagon was camped on a grassy flat.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
89
Ray Fitzgerald
Progress (Dewey's Brandin')
My neighbor called me up one night.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
79
Vess Quinlan
The Papers Say
The papers say our old cow deal's; In trouble again.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
76
Vess Quinlan
Just an Old Yella Cow
I was called to visit with my banker.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
73
Red Steagall
One More Lick
When G.L. said he wouldn't buck, I figured he would know.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
71
Red Steagall
The Shank of the Evenin'
That new batch of heifers we got in today.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
68
Red Steagall
McCorkle and the Wire
McCorkle rode into the Whiskey Flat Camp.
Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass
Warren Miller
FC 11 C-35
66
Tom Sharpe
Lonesome
Listen to the breeze go slipping through the trees.