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

Bruce Kiskaddon

Hook 'em Cow

You read of fierce bulls in the stories and books, But you don't hear a heap 'bout an old cow that hooks.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

Bruce Kiskaddon

The Hoss Round Up

The circle is throwed and yore closin' in, The day is quiet and hazy.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

Bruce Kiskaddon

How a Cow Puncher Rode

I have often been asked by the people I knowed, To tell 'em the way that a cow puncher rode.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

Bruce Kiskaddon

How They made the Royal Gorge

Did you ever hear how "Brindle" that old long horn Texas steer.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

Bruce Kiskaddon

The Joshua Shade

Did you ever start out fer to make a long ride; When the sun was so hot it was fryin' yore hide?

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

Bruce Kiskaddon

Judgment Day

Once I dremt while I was sleepin'; That the earth had passed away.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

Bruce Kiskaddon

The Line Camp

You rode into the line camp 'bout the time the sun went down.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Long Eared Bull

The long-eared bull was three years old.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Long Horn Speaks

The old long horn looked at the prize winning steer; And grumbled, "What sort of a thing is this here?

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Looking Backward

Do you recollect that country that you knew in days gone by?

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Man on the Fence

There's a man that I would speak about, you see him everywhere.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Marking Knife

He sheds his big hat when he gits into town; And his boots aint so good when he's walkin' around.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Muley Steer

If there ever was a critter; Put creation out of gear.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

New Boots

I got my new boots and they fit me jest right.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The New Mexico Stray

'Twas a year ago he came from New Mexico; He was seasoned to the mountains and the plains.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Old and Foxy

It is likely he was in the drive among the other stock.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Old Cow Pony

Hello there old feller. I'm speakin' to you.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Old Frosty

Old Frosty was a round up cook as cranky as a grizzly bear.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Old Night Hawk

I am up tonight in the pinnacles bold, Where the rim rock towers high.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Old Time Christmas

I liked the way we used to do, when cattle was plenty and folks was few.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Old West

When folks think of the places and times they like best, That's when most old timers remember the west.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Our Boss

He started young and he drifted far -- The owner out at the Diamond-Bar.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Panther Track

It was way out at a water hole a hoss come in to drink.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Parada Shark

Was you ever out herdin' the "Prather,"; On a beautiful clear summer day.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Bruce Kiskaddon (1878-1950)

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Pet Hoss

I once rode a pet hoss, as onery a scamp; As ever tormented a ranch or a camp.