FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Those Good Old Days

We hear a lot of grouching about our girls and boys.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

The Old Pine Bar

I know times are better.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Hard Boiled

Old Mother Jones was loved by all, a gentle, friendly soul.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Plumbing

Now old Tom Nye was a hardy guy.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Autobiography of the Bard of the Poison Oak

"Tis an old joke that Poison Oak; Is the fairest of all flowers.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

The Naming of Los Flores

I suppose you won't remember; Back to Eighteen Ninety-three.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Dear Doctor

Dear Doctor: Ain't it funny; When neither you nor I.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Dissatisfaction

You plan in the heyday of innocent youth, The part you will play in the long search for truth.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Congratulations

When Ray and Helen, Sunday night, Passed out this text o us.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

The Sleepin' Jackass

"I met a poor man on the Laramie Trail.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Westward, the Course of the Empire

My Grandpap used to sit and sun, Down by the Tennessee.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Fatheads

I did one little stunt quite well; And received commendation.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

When Babies Come

Dads count so little in the scheme of things, When Babies come.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Dear Wife

Dear Wife: The heathen rages -- The devil is to pay.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

The Cowman

I know a man who's six feet high; And husky as a bear.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Divorcees

I know some young divorcees; In sundry walks of life.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Inspiration

There's a little service station, back in Poison Oak.

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Jack Killam

Monuments

A name on a stone on the Plaza -- A monument on a hill.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Ain't Nature Grand

We live in the Back Country; Out in the verdant sticks.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Jags

A guy was givin' us the dope about this drinkin' game.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Preachers

I sure had hard luck with preachers.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Worldly

So you say our ways are worldly.

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Jack Killam

Brews and Stews

Bill Jones was a briefer of cases.

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

The Riding Girl from Powder River

I'm the Riding Girl from Powder River!

Ballads of the Poison Oak

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Jack Killam

Compensation

I wondered 'bout Dad when a boy.

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