FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Composer
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Author
Poem Title
First Lines
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Songs of the Sage
FC 11 F-09
43
Curley Fletcher
The Cowboy's Prayer
Out on the Western prairies.
Songs of the Sage
FC 11 F-09
47
Curley Fletcher
The Ridge-Running Roan
It was up in the Bad Lands, I was rangin' alone.
Songs of the Sage
FC 11 F-09
52
Curley Fletcher
The Saddle Tramp
They call me Scum, the saddle bum.
Songs of the Sage
FC 11 F-09
54
Curley Fletcher
The Desert Raft
Ah, these tales of the desert's trails!
Songs of the Sage
FC 11 F-09
58
Curley Fletcher
The Cowpony's Lament
I've been on my last big round-up.
Songs of the Sage
FC 11 F-09
60
Curley Fletcher
The Flyin' Outlaw
Come gather 'round me, cowboys, And listen to me clost.
Songs of the Sage
FC 11 F-09
65
Curley Fletcher
Mountain Meadow Memories
As the grouse drum in the pine.
Songs of the Sage
FC 11 F-09
66
Curley Fletcher
Last of the Thundering Herd
There in the limited pasture.
Songs of the Sage
FC 11 F-09
68
Curley Fletcher
Wild Buckaroo
I been ridin' fer cattle the most of my life.
Songs of the Sage
FC 11 F-09
70
Curley Fletcher
The Valley of Listless Dreams
When the autumn of life is over.
Songs of the Sage
FC 11 F-09
72
Curley Fletcher
Meditation
The soft wind sways the whispering grass.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
10
Yield Not to Temptation
Yield not to temptation for yielding is sin.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
12
The Cowboy
All day o'er the prairies alone I ride; Not even a dog to run by my side.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
15
A Christian Cowboys Creed
I am no profess'n Christian of the sort the cities hold.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
16
From Town
We're the children of the open and we hate the haunts o' men.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
18
The Raven Visits Rawhide
It was meetin' night in Rawhide Town.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
20
Riders of the Stars
Twenty abreast down the Golden Street ten thousand riders marched.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
22
Theology in Camp
I was on the drive in eighty; Working under Silver Jack.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
25
Cowboy's Call to Prayer
No one accused me of being good; No cowboy is a white washed saint.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
26
The Grand Roundup
Last night as I lay on the prairie; On a saddle I pillowed my head.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
27
The Cowboy's Dream
Last night as I lay on the prairie, Looking up at the stars in the sky.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
28
The Great Roundup
At mid-night when the cattle are sleeping; On my saddle I pillowed my head.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
29
Cowboy's Meditation
At mid-night when the cattle are sleeping; On my saddle I pillow my head.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
31
Cowboy's Nightherd Thoughts
As fer wildness 'mong us cowboys; I am going to confess.
Heaven on Horseback
Austin and Alta Fife
FC 11 F-13
32
The Range Rider's Soliloquy
Sometimes when on a night-herd I'm ridin'.