FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy
Hal Cannon and Thomas West
FC 11 C-38
99
Wallace McRae
Hat Etiquette
There are rules of decorum and conduct to which genuine cowboys attest.
Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy
Hal Cannon and Thomas West
FC 11 C-38
99
Wallace McRae
Little Things
I've laid for hours upon my back; Just looking at the sky.
Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy
Hal Cannon and Thomas West
FC 11 C-38
100
Wallace McRae
E.M. (Red) Kluver
What sort of a man was the Red Pup, you say?
Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy
Hal Cannon and Thomas West
FC 11 C-38
100
Wallace McRae
My Requiem
Some leave their mark on the branded hide.
Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy
Hal Cannon and Thomas West
FC 11 C-38
105
Ian Tyson
Fifty Years Ago
If I could roll back the years; Back when I was young and limber.
Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy
Hal Cannon and Thomas West
FC 11 C-38
106
Ian Tyson
Springtime
Bald eagles back in the cottonwood tree; The old brown hills are just about bare.
Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy
Hal Cannon and Thomas West
FC 11 C-38
111
Waddie Mitchell
What Will I Tell Him?
What will I tell him, you asked me, When my son's trying to make up his mind.
Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy
Hal Cannon and Thomas West
FC 11 C-38
112
Waddie Mitchell
The Old Night Hawk
I am up tonight in the pinnacles bold; Where the rim towers high.
Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy
Hal Cannon and Thomas West
FC 11 C-38
117
Don Edwards
Little Joe, the Wrangler
Now Little Joe, the wrangler, he'll wrangle never more; His days with the remuda they are o'er.
Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy
Hal Cannon and Thomas West
FC 11 C-38
121
Don Edwards
The Old Cow Man
I rode across a valley range; I hadn't seen for years.
Cowboy Culture: A Sage of Five Centuries
FC 11 D-07
David Dary
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
14
Duke Davis
One Good Dog
When I was a sprout growin' up, my grandpa said to me.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
19
Duke Davis
Stare Into the Fire
There's somethin' 'bout starin' into a fire.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
22
Duke Davis
Bernice and the Singin' Horse Trainer
Down behind Bernice's horse ranch.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
27
Duke Davis
Six Whistle Blows
The other mornin' I awoke from a peaceful sleep.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
30
Duke Davis
Buck Ramsey
He rode out one mornin'.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
35
Duke Davis
One More Wreck
I was day workin' the TX Ranch one spring.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
37
Duke Davis
Destination Unknown
Last summer Ol' Uncle Clay died.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
40
Duke Davis
Ridin' the Alley
I'll tackle any chore and with a smile what's more.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
44
Duke Davis
Sonny and His Stock Dog
I guess there's been a lot of written 'bout stock dogs.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
47
Duke Davis
The Hat Band
Livin' in the hill country of Texas.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
51
Duke Davis
The Broken Saddle
Gather 'round boys, stop all yer noise.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
56
Duke Davis
William S. Hart
Though he was born of genteel blood.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
67
Duke Davis
Fiddler and the Gray
There was a time long ago, when our history did possess.
Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis
Janice and Mason Coggin
FC 11 D-10
75
Duke Davis
The Last Coyote
He sits, perched on a hill, backlit by the moon.