FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Jay Kulm's Pocketbook of Cowboy Poetry: Second Batch

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Jay Kulm

Passersby

Out where you seldom see a person passing by.

Jay Kulm's Pocketbook of Cowboy Poetry: Second Batch

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Jay Kulm

A Kid

I said something stupid just the other day; To a man I know out at the sale yard.

Jay Kulm's Pocketbook of Cowboy Poetry: Second Batch

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Jay Kulm

Golf

A golf course was built across the street.

Jay Kulm's Pocketbook of Cowboy Poetry: Second Batch

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Jay Kulm

Cowboy with a VISA

Jack is a friend of mine and as cowboys tend to be.

Jay Kulm's Pocketbook of Cowboy Poetry: Second Batch

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Jay Kulm

Treasure Hunter John

Among the many folks I've had the pleasure to have met.

Jay Kulm's Pocketbook of Cowboy Poetry: Second Batch

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Jay Kulm

Water

I know this conservationist who says that beef's a curse.

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Jay Kulm

Thoughts on My Friends

I know a horseman who breaks wild mavericks gathered/ off the plains.

Jay Kulm's Pocketbook of Cowboy Poetry: Second Batch

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Jay Kulm

The Rollercoaster

He rides the wild bucking broncs, He has no fear he's proud to say.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

The Burro's Class

A Burro stands knee deep in green and rich and tender grass.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Failure

I own no houses and no lands --No stocks -- no bonds -- no gold.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Contentment

I have a wife to share my life, To help raise my boy.

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Jack Killam

Kids

Three happy kids belong here -- The visitor makes it four.

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Jack Killam

Good stuff the Rattlesnake

Beside a pile of railroad ties, I stopped to mend a tire.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Accident

A feller met me on the road; And pulled a smoking cork.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)

Jodie and Bob Phillips

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S. Omar Barker

A Measure for Man

I hear folks measure up their friends; And foes, both men and ladies.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)

Jodie and Bob Phillips

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S. Omar Barker

Cowboy Breed

You take a bunch of cowboys where the bunkhouse stove is red.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)

Jodie and Bob Phillips

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S. Omar Barker

Grand Canyon Cowboy

I'd heard of the Canyon (the old cowboy said); And figured I'd like to go see it.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)

Jodie and Bob Phillips

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S. Omar Barker

Manana

Manana is a Spanish word; We all would like to borrow.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

The Patriot

A bozo came to visit me, Out in the Poison Oak.

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Jack Killam

The Deacon

The deacon asked me to his house, One evening after church.

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Jack Killam

The Rich Man

A bird who owns a dozen banks, Blew out his only spare.

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Jack Killam

The Wheels of Progress

Seems we block the wheels of progress, And make this life a little .curse.

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Jack Killam

Gold Camps

Hurrying, scurring, rushing along -- Hustling, rustling, gold madden throng.

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Jack Killam

A Daughter

There's a little girl awaiting for my return each night.

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Jack Killam

Birthdays

Today my birthday hit me and I am forty-three.