FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry II: Send Us Another Load
FC 11 C-27
38
Bob Christensen
Grandma's Secret Recipe
Grandma was a chef supreme; She cooked for many years.
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry II: Send Us Another Load
FC 11 C-27
41
Bob Christensen
The Bargain
In old Dodge City Kansas; Before the century turned.
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry II: Send Us Another Load
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Bob Christensen
He Sent the Boy to College
Buck Buckley was a rancher; Back when the century turned.
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry II: Send Us Another Load
FC 11 C-27
46
Bob Christensen
Too Much Heat
While sitting with some saddle tramps; Who were some pals of mine.
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry II: Send Us Another Load
FC 11 C-27
48
Bob Christensen
The Rustler
In the years of 1890; On a hot and dusty spread.
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry II: Send Us Another Load
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51
Bob Christensen
The Chicken Thieves
Near the railroad town of Kelton; In the year of '99.
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry II: Send Us Another Load
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Bob Christensen
The Sleepy Bear
Grandma had an uncle; Who lived back in the woods.
There Ain't No Trail
FC 11 C-28
1
Ron Chappell
There Ain't No Trail
The Autumn winds were talk'n snow and blow'n from the north.
There Ain't No Trail
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Ron Chappell
Mountain Men
We lolled beside a dimming fire; Along "Ten Killer Creek"; And though the fire was burning low; We didn't move or speak.
There Ain't No Trail
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6
Ron Chappell
"Shoshone Jim"
So, you want to hear the story 'bout Shoshone Jim?
There Ain't No Trail
FC 11 C-28
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Ron Chappell
The "Sammon" Didn't Run
The rag'in Na-Ha river; Comes froth'in to the sea; A homeward trail for Steelhead trout; And men "gang aft aglee."
There Ain't No Trail
FC 11 C-28
12
Ron Chappell
I Remember Tucumcari
Tumble-weeds and Hornytoads; Beer-joint bars; On gravel roads.
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
80
Bad Companions
Come, all you young companions, And listen unto me.
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
79
Big Corral
That chuckwagon brute from the cattle chute.
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
60
Big Rock Candy Mountain
On a summer day in the month of May, A burly bum came hikin.
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
7
Billy Venero
Billy Venero heard them say in an Arizona town one day; That a band of Apache Indians.
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
9
Bucking Broncho (My Love is a Rider)
My love is a rider, wild bronchos he breaks.
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
77
Buffalo Skinners
'Twas in the town of Jacksboro; In the spring of seventy three.
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
8
Bum Song
Oh, why don't you work; Life other men do?
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
24
Brown-Eyed Lee
Kind friends, if you listen, A story I will tell.
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
12
By the Silvery Rio Grande
In the Lone Star State of Texas, By the silver Rio Grande.
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
13
Charlie Rutledge
Another good cowpuncher has gone to meet his fate.
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
83
Cheyenne
Shy Ann, Shy Ann, Hop on my pony.
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
74
Cielito Lindo
In Mexico, 'mid the mountain's glow, To the plain below comes a maiden.
The Cowboy Sings: Traditional Songs of the Western Frontier
Kenneth S. Clark
FC 11 C-33
63
Colorado Home
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, And the deer and the antelope roam.