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

175

Bruce Kiskaddon

Was it Scare

I have heered feelers say that they never was skeered.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

177

Bruce Kiskaddon

Wet Boots

A cowboy goes onder a turrible strain, When he tries to wear boots that's been soaked in the rain.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

178

Bruce Kiskaddon

When a Pony Slips His Pack

When you hear a feller braggin' that he never has been throwed.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

180

Bruce Kiskaddon

When Connors Rode Rep for the Lord

One time they was givin' a big work fer souls, They was plum over stocked so they say.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

181

Bruce Kiskaddon

When He Cold Jaws

When yore set in the saddle and up on a hoss, You git the idee that yore mebby so boss.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

182

Bruce Kiskaddon

When to Get Tough

A shy, shrinken man makes me tired; I hate men that bluster and bluff.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

185

Bruce Kiskaddon

When You Buried Your Face in the Alkali Drink

This mornin' at breakfast you raised a big fuss; When you found in yore glass jest a small bit of dust.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

187

Bruce Kiskaddon

When You're Throwed

If a feller's been a straddle; Since he's big enough to ride.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

189

Bruce Kiskaddon

Who Told the Biggest

One night a bunch of buckaroos; Were gathered 'round a fire.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

193

Bruce Kiskaddon

Winter Work

Tryin' to git the cattle in. Movin' mighty slow.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

194

Bruce Kiskaddon

Workin' it Over

It don't matter much what a cow boy may own, You never can git him to leave it alone.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

195

Bruce Kiskaddon

The Wreck

You was chasin' that steer. He was mad, he was hot.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

196

Bruce Kiskaddon

You Never Tell That

You are jest an old waddy that's been everywhere.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

198

Bruce Kiskaddon

Your First Saddle

You never remember the school days you missed.

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

200

Bruce Kiskaddon

Your First Trip

Remember that first time you shipped; And went with cattle on the trip?

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

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-21

203

Bruce Kiskaddon

When They've Finished Shipping Cattle in the Fall

Though you're not exactly blue, Yet you don't feel like you do.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

FC 11 K-22

Linda Kirkpatrick

Tribute

From pages worn in books of old; Eager to have their stories told.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

FC 11 K-22

Linda Kirkpatrick

The Plight of Mary Millsap

In the predawn hours, he kissed them goodbye, First his children, then Mary his wife.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

FC 11 K-22

Linda Kirkpatrick

Widows of the Alamo

The women who came to Texas were strong beyond means.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

FC 11 K-22

Linda Kirkpatrick

Cynthia Ann Parker

The story of Cynthia Ann Parker is one that has always saddened me.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

Cathay Williams

In a tiny shotgun cabin, Martha's baby girl was born.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

Mary Ann's Legacy

I rode to the edge of the caprock; And gazed at the canyon below.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

Teresita

There was an uneasy tremor in the ground; She knew something was not right.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

Conflict

At night 'neath the stillness of the towering bluff; You can hear her saddened cry.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

The White Lady of Rio Frio

Sometimes along the Frio River, when the night is clear and still, you see what appears to be a woman dressed in white.