FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Rangeland Melodies

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E. Richard Shipp

Christmas Eve

Slip along, Pinto slip along!/ Sun's droppin' sown behind th'hills

Rangeland Melodies

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E. Richard Shipp

Eighteen-Ninety

The old Cowman,/ Cross-legged, sat before the fire

Rangeland Melodies

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E. Richard Shipp

The Queerest Town

Over the hills, across the range,/ I drove into a little town--/ The queerest town I ever saw--

Rangeland Melodies

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E. Richard Shipp

The Touch

Well, well say, old timer, how yo' are?

Rangeland Melodies

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E. Richard Shipp

The West

Men of the east/ call it a desert

Rangeland Melodies

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E. Richard Shipp

Wandering

Up in the high hills--/

Rangeland Melodies

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E. Richard Shipp

Cities

Yes I have seen them,/ I have existed in them,

Rangeland Melodies

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E. Richard Shipp

True Harmony

Through the pines tonight

Roads I've Traveled

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"Country" Don Ross

Prairie Winter

The winters out here on the prairie/ Brings a shiver to even the bold

Roads I've Traveled

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"Country" Don Ross

The Cowboy

I'm a riding the range/ A cowboy am I

Roads I've Traveled

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"Country" Don Ross

On the Bum

I was fifteen when I caught my first freight/ Me and an old buddy of mine

Roads I've Traveled

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"Country" Don Ross

The Loser's Hand

Friend, let me give you a little advise/ And I hope you'll understand

Roads I've Traveled

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"Country" Don Ross

The Sound of Night

The setting sun dips slowly/ Behind the mountains to the west

Pony Nelson and Other Western Ballads

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Clyde Robertson

The Gambler

Too late now to confess.

Roads I've Traveled

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"Country" Don Ross

Trails End

Well ol' hoss I was just a thinkin'/ We've never traveled down this road

Roads I've Traveled

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"Country" Don Ross

The Little Place

I grew up on a farm in South Dakota/ Nine miles southwest of town

Roads I've Traveled

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"Country" Don Ross

Eight Ball

I was sitting alone and feeling gloom/ When a dude walked into the old poolroom

Roads I've Traveled

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"Country" Don Ross

Farmin'

In the old gray chill of dawn/ Before the sun is out

Roads I've Traveled

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"Country" Don Ross

Flash McGraw

There was this fellow names Flash McGraw/ And he wore his forty five tied low

Roads I've Traveled

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"Country" Don Ross

The Old Man and the Dog

I chanced to glance out the window/ Of a restaurant where I stopped to eat

Tails of the West

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Frank "Two Jump" Morris

Everything Has an Udder Side

I am constantly amazed by those comin' from the eastern part of the country,

Tails of the West

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Frank "Two Jump" Morris

Cowboy Philosophy 101

Mostly I'm a poet, but here lately I've been labeled, by some, as a philosopher.

Tails of the West

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Frank "Two Jump" Morris

Would You Like to Buy a Bridge?

No effort was spared, it was like nobody cared.

Tails of the West

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Frank "Two Jump" Morris

Born Again Cowboy

My old mother said it was sinful,/ the lords day to defame.

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Frank "Two Jump" Morris

Bull Ridin'

Ridin' bulls is a fool's occupation./ Asides from the obvious dangers and hazards,