FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
170
Wesley Beggs
Leaving the Old Farm for the City
I say, dear wife, we'll pack our trunks and to the city go.
Plugmyer, fashion, modern, marriage, husband, wife, money, happiness, home [Old Mr. and Mrs. Plugmyer leave their quiet home for the city, and are led away by fashions, and become gay, but at last return to the old farm.]
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
174
Wesley Beggs
The Horrors of a Prison Cell
Well, Pard, old boy, cold cruel fate.
prison, penitentiary, jail, fear, Jesus Christ, religion, Christianity, belief, God
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
178
Wesley Beggs
Just to Be a Rancher's Wife
When the rose bud greets the lily.
spouse, husband, wife, marriage, family, home, work, female, woman, women, occupation, profession
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
180
Wesley Beggs
Far From My Happy Home
I've wandered far from thee, dear wife.
song, marriage, spouse, husband, memory, memories, life, past, lonely, loneliness, aging, love, death
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
183
Wesley Beggs
To the Cranky Freight Agent
I thank you for your photograph.
Alturas, California, railroad, NCO, N.C.O., Mr. Holigan
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
185
Wesley Beggs
Farewell to My Saddle and Rope
I will now quit the range of the cattle.
Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christianity, religion, belief, God, afterlife, death, farewell, hope
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
188
Wesley Beggs
The Morning Glory Hills
There's a thousand gems of beauty.
Stillwater, Red Bridge, nature, Montana, Yellowstone
A Rider, a Roper and a Heck'uva Windmill Man
FC 11 B-13
5
Baxter Black
The New Hat - narrative
A Rider, a Roper and a Heck'uva Windmill Man
FC 11 B-13
8
Baxter Black
Occupation: Cowboy
Somebody said, "You a cowboy?"
dress, hat, feathery hat, saddle, pickup, four wheel drive, modern cowboy, fancy boots, Lone Star Beer, belt buckle, mechanical bull, Waylon, Perrier, ignorance, lack of knowledge, show off, IRS form
A Rider, a Roper and a Heck'uva Windmill Man
FC 11 B-13
11
Baxter Black
The Dead Cow Ranch - narrative
A Rider, a Roper and a Heck'uva Windmill Man
FC 11 B-13
15
Baxter Black
The Gambler - narrative
A Rider, a Roper and a Heck'uva Windmill Man
FC 11 B-13
28
Baxter Black
Fixin' The Outhouse - narrative
A Rider, a Roper and a Heck'uva Windmill Man
FC 11 B-13
31
Baxter Black
Life Beyond Fortrun - narrative
A Rider, a Roper and a Heck'uva Windmill Man
FC 11 B-13
39
Baxter Black
Sellin' Prewitt's Cow - narrative
A Rider, a Roper and a Heck'uva Windmill Man
FC 11 B-13
44
Baxter Black
People are Funny Critters Chapter Two
There's.... Artichoke peelers and ex-Pittsburgh Steelers
occupation, profession, people, poets
A Rider, a Roper and a Heck'uva Windmill Man
FC 11 B-13
53
Baxter Black
That Good Ol' Red Rock Salt - narrative
Trail Dust of a Maverick
FC 11 B-15
23
E.A. Brininstool
Silent Trails
The trails are silent since you went away.
love, loneliness, lonesome, nature, manzanita berries, herd, solitude, heart ache, gloom, wild flowers, sweet perfume, camp fire, night-riders, longing,
Trail Dust of a Maverick
FC 11 B-15
25
E.A. Brininstool
The Stampede
A lowering night, with muggy, sultry air.
herd, thunder, lightning, campfire, night-herding, river, restless herd, storm, sky, echoing thunder, wild cattle, panic-stricken herd, night, stars, clouds
Trail Dust of a Maverick
FC 11 B-15
27
E.A. Brininstool
The Last Drive
Beside his sagging door he sits and smokes.
past, dreams, memories, old-age, gray hair, gray hair, dust, cowboys, fearless, smells, nature, night, bedded herd, night-guards, range pals, night-hawk, stream, lark, morning dew, broncos, Sunset Trail
Trail Dust of a Maverick
FC 11 B-15
29
E.A. Brininstool
The Nester to the Cowman
I have watched your great herds trailing toward.
plow, cattle, customs, progress, fields of grain, reaper's song, puncher, range, red man, change, prairie, schools, churches, remembrance, branding-fires, factories, mills, conquest, submission, desert, new era, fate, nesters
Trail Dust of a Maverick
FC 11 B-15
33
E.A. Brininstool
Cactus Charley's Regrets
The West ain't what it wuz, Bill, the good ol' days.
memories, change, fences, punchers, town, changing lifestyle,, motor cars, tame West, poker joints, graveyard, lynch-law, rustler,, women, hats, derbies, dresses, lariats, boots, quirts, silk shirts, cigarettes, Injuns, tame Indians, movies, fights, changing West, motion pictures, regret, rustling
Trail Dust of a Maverick
FC 11 B-15
31
E.A. Brininstool
The Blizzard-Bound Herd
Down from the winding hills, 'mid whirling snow.
cold, wind, Arctic blasts, helpless cattle, death, terror, blinding snow, despair, leaden sky, weather, Storm King
Trail Dust of a Maverick
FC 11 B-15
35
E.A. Brininstool
A Prairie Mother's Lullaby
The sunset deepens in the west.
child, love, sing, song, baby, night, evening, daddy, dad, father, mom, family, husband, wife, mother
Trail Dust of a Maverick
FC 11 B-15
37
E.A. Brininstool
Back to Arizona
Take me back to Arizona as it was in early days.
past, history, change, motion picture cowboy, Apache, law
Trail Dust of a Maverick
FC 11 B-15
68
E.A. Brininstool
Sence Slim Got Piled
Slim Bates ain't braggin' any more.
Slim Bates, bragging, bronc riding, throwed, thrown, bronc busting