FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Cowboy Lore
FC 11 A-01
157
Jules Verne Allen
Bucking Broncho
My love is a rider, wild bronchoes he breaks, but he promised to quit it.
tipped me a wink, Tomlinson's ball, love has a gun
Cowboy Lore
FC 11 A-01
159
Jules Verne Allen
The Zebra Dun
We were camped upon the plains at the head of the Cimarron.
looked so very foolish, Spanish war, Santa Fe
Cowboy Lore
FC 11 A-01
162
Jules Verne Allen
Billy the Kid
I'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid.
New Mexico, Silver City, Pat Garret
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
2
Whoo-pee Ti Yi Yo
As I was a walking one morning for pleasure.
dogies, Wyoming, beef steers
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse
FC 11 M-43
95
Larry McWhorter
My Song: Travis Gass
Some look at a cowboy and call him a fool.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse
FC 11 M-43
99
Larry McWhorter
The Panhandle
Where the short grass struggles daily
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse
FC 11 M-43
101
Larry McWhorter
Calendar
Feedin' hay and choppin' ice and tendin' to the weak.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse
FC 11 M-43
102
Larry McWhorter
Private Thoughts
Jobs I once did I now see from the road As I drive at county expense.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse
FC 11 M-43
108
Larry McWhorter
He Rode for the Brand
His wall wasn't lined with old Double days.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse
FC 11 M-43
111
Larry McWhorter
The Unrepentant
The unrepentant horses are the one who won't give in.
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
4
When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain
When the moon comes over the mountain ev'ry beam brings a dream dear of you.
dream, alone, day is gray
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
6
Home on the Range
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam.
graceful swan, antelope, discouraging
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
8
She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain
Billy Hill, a hilly bill an old railroad man.
engine, six white horses, hits a cow on Sunday
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
10
Red River Valley
From this valley they say you are going, I shall miss your sweet face and your smile.
sweet face, adieu, loved you so true
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
12
Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane
Hand me down my walkin' cane.
midnight train, drunk, jail
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
14
Jack o' Diamonds
Oh Molly, Oh Molly, 'tis for your sake alone.
roam, rabble, Dixie
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
15
The Cowboy
Oh a man there lives on the western plain.
rollicking restless, dancing hall, coroner
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
16
Oh! Dem Golden Slippers
Oh my golden slippers am a laid away.
chariot, golden street, morn
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
18
Big Rock Candy Mountain
On a summer day in the month of May.
bees, cigarette trees, lemonade springs
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
20
The Dying Ranger
The sun was sinking in the west, and fell with ling'ring ray.
palmetto, silv'ry sky, ranger was dead
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
22
A Prisoner for Life
Fare you well green fields, soft meadows, adieu!
soothe, fishes, life without liberty
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
23
I Wish I was Single
I wish I was single again.
pockets would jingle, hitched, crying
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
24
The Little Old Sod Shanty
I am looking rather seedy now while holding down my claim.
Eastern home, bachelor, West
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
26
Only a Cowboy
'way out in old Texas, the great Lone Star State.
mocking bird, N A Range, drift of the line
American Cowboy Songs
Robbins Music Corporation
FC 11 A-02
26
The Old Chisholm Trail
Oh, come along boys and listen to my tale.
comma, ti-yi-youpy, slicker, punch cows