FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
39
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Cow-Boy's Dream
A cow-boy and his trusty pal; Were camped one night by an old corral.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
43
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Cow-Boy's If
If you can keep your head when all the cattle; Are breaking out and running through the brush.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
45
Bruce Kiskaddon
A Cowboy Funeral
There was once a cow boy funeral that I many times recall.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
47
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Cowboys Christmas Dance
Winter is here and it aint so nice tendin' the feeders and choppin' ice.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
49
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Creak of the Leather
It's likely that you can remember; A corral at the foot of a hill.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
51
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Dark Horse
Some troops were stationed at a fort, Upon a reservation.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
56
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Disaster
There's troubles that keep a man fussin' -- There's sorrows that make his heart bleed.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
58
Bruce Kiskaddon
Doing Her Best
This cow is in trouble, she's left on her own.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
59
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Drag Driver
There's pictures and there's stories of the men that ride the lead.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
60
Bruce Kiskaddon
Drinkin' Water
When a feller once comes to a pond or a tank, It is better to ride out a ways from the bank.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
61
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Duel
Old Pan Handle Johnny was quick on the draw, And a wonderful shot was old Billy McGraw.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
62
Bruce Kiskaddon
Feedin' Time
You are warm in the cabin, and doin' yore cookin'; But you know that yore hosses are there, without lookin'.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
63
Bruce Kiskaddon
Figger It Out
There's a big Christmas package hung up on the fence.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
64
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Fight in the Dark
You loosen the cinches to let your hoss blow; While you look for the ranch in the valley below.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
66
Bruce Kiskaddon
Forgotten
Yes, he used to be a cow hoss that was young and strong and fleet.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
68
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Gentle Hoss
Of all the things you come across, the best one is a gentle hoss.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
69
Bruce Kiskaddon
Ghost Canyon Trail
There are strange tales told of spirits bold.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
72
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Ghosts at the Diamond Bar
'Twas a winter night at the Diamond Bar, The wind was blowin' cold.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
75
Bruce Kiskaddon
Graves by the Side of the Trail
When the trail herds came through; And the wagon trains too.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
76
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Gray Wolf
The stockman lay in his blanket bed -- We were sleeping, he and I.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
79
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Hacamore Colt
When a hacamore colt starts to learnin'; The ways and the methods of men.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
80
Bruce Kiskaddon
Her Neighbor's Kids
Most cows will give their calves good care.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
81
Bruce Kiskaddon
High an' Wicked
When they cut you out a bucker why the boys all gathers 'round.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
82
Bruce Kiskaddon
Honest John's Five Aces
es
Things was goin' sorter quiet on a lazy afternoon.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)
Mason and Janice Coggin
FC 11 K-21
84
Bruce Kiskaddon
Hoof Beats
In the song of the West, each tune and word, Should be set to the tread of the pony herd.