FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Songs of the Lost Frontier

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Song of the Mule

Sing, if ye will, of the thoroughbred, and the fine old Morgan breed.

Songs of the Lost Frontier

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Song of Mercado

Just over the border where strife and disorder; Make living a difficult trade.

Songs of the Lost Frontier

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Charley Lee

A low moon shone on the desert land and the sage was silver white.

Songs of the Lost Frontier

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

He'll Make a Hand

He joined our outfit on the drive, came driftin' in alone.

Songs of the Lost Frontier

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Morningstar

Bill Morningstar, I ask you fair, Will ever you be done.

Songs of the Lost Frontier

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

The Plains

Here the painted warrior sleeps, And the moon a memory keeps.

Songs of the Lost Frontier

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Bill McGee

Oh, Bill McGee he was long and lean with a couple of miles of thirst.

Songs of the Lost Frontier

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Benny Benito

Who found him encountered a rugged decline.

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Boomer Johnson

Now Mr. Boomer Johnson was a getting' old in spots.

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Walkin' John

Walkin' John was a big rope-hoss, from over Morongo way.

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Joe Biddle

Old Joe Biddle, a mining man, when his earthly days were past.

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Bill Tandy

Bill Tandy, ridin' Hell's Delight, come foggin' into town one night.

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

The Bosky Steer

Jake and Roany was a-chousin' along, And Jake was a-singin' what he called a son.

Songs of the Lost Frontier

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Mournful Joe

One mornin' early when the ground was froze, Old Mournful Joe from his tarp arose.

Songs of the Lost Frontier

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Tonga Bill

Evening star was the schooner's name, Piled up on the Tonga reef, sir.

Songs of the Lost Frontier

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

If a Horse Could Talk

I wonder, now, what my pony things, When I slip his bit and he snuffs and drinks.

Songs of the Lost Frontier

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

The Bigelow Boys

Billy and Ed and Joe were raised when the West was new.

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

That was Maw

Her name was Martha Bailey, she was smilin', plump, and strong.

Songs of the Outlands: Ballads of the Hoboes and Other Verse

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

The Walking Man

Sunny summer day it was when loping in to Laramie.

Songs of the Outlands: Ballads of the Hoboes and Other Verse

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

It was Overland the Red

"If you're askin' my opinion, well?" said Overland the Red.

Songs of the Outlands: Ballads of the Hoboes and Other Verse

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

The Outland Trails

My head grew gray on the outland trails where I stood a man with men.

Songs of the Outlands: Ballads of the Hoboes and Other Verse

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Sunshine Over Yuma

Sun down the road where once the range, Unfenced, rolled, sweeping like the sea.

Songs of the Outlands: Ballads of the Hoboes and Other Verse

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

The Mule-Skinners

The clack and clatter of the chain; the staggering pull to top the crest.

Songs of the Outlands: Ballads of the Hoboes and Other Verse

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Out There Somewhere

As I was hiking past the woods, the cool and sleepy summer woods.

Songs of the Outlands: Ballads of the Hoboes and Other Verse

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Oliver West

Oliver West came riding down; His face was lean and keen and brown.