FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Zinita Fowler

La Llorona

Don't go down to the river, child, Don't go down there alone.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

El Muerto, the Headless Horseman of Texas

For years I have heard of El Muerto but it wasn't until recently that I realized that an ancestor of mine might have had a part in this bone-chilling ghost legend.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

FC 11 K-22

Linda Kirkpatrick

Old Man Quirt

Back in the 1950s, children in the Frio Canyon would find various ways to entertain themselves.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

Dear Mr. Saddle-Maker

You know it's close to Christmas time; And I have one big problem here.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

The Texas Snowman

Kids in Texas have a problem; When Christmas rolls around.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

Santa Claus's Sidekick

Now every cowboy hero had a sidekick that was true.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

The Christmas Story

The kerosene lamp burned brightly all night in the window that faced to the south.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

'Twas the Night Before Christmas at the Sansom Ranch

'Twas the night before Christmas and out in the barn; The goats started kidding and this ain't no yarn.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

Poems and History of the Kirkpatrick Family

I was introduced to the song "Let the Rest of the World Go By" when I was very young.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

The Cowgirl

I was just a little cowgirl of maybe two or three.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

The Saga of Lucy Murdock

Once upon a time in Texas, where the sage and cactus grow.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

The Vaquero's Goodbye

The air was hot and humid on that clear South Texas day.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

The Rose

The rose he left at her gravesite; Has now shattered and blown away.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

God's Greatest Little Cowboy

Have you ever wondered; About the twinkle in the Texas stars at night?

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

The Little Cowboy's Prayer

Dear God, this is my prayer before I go to sleep, Can I just talk with you awhile.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

Cow Parts

It's been around for quite awhile; And the cowboy rightly knows.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

The Cuttin' Chute

As the cowboy works the cuttin' gate; There's a few things he's gotta know.

Somewhere in the West: Texas Women Who Left a Legacy

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Linda Kirkpatrick

Chili

My chili is known throughout the land; And some folks say it's even grand.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-23

Henry Herbert Knibbs

The Shallows of the Ford

Did you ever wait for daylight when the stars along the river.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

Mason and Janice Coggin

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

The Fighting Parson

He was a right good man -- a parson, too; Deep-chested, tall, and straight.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

Mason and Janice Coggin

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

Rain-Makers

Where the rattler coils in the yucca shade and the lizard's hue is bright.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

Mason and Janice Coggin

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

The Edge of Town

The scattering sage stands thin and tense; As though afraid of the barbed-wire fence.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

Mason and Janice Coggin

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

The Wind

The wind marched down the canon with the lightnings in his hand.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

Mason and Janice Coggin

FC 11 K-23

Henry Herbert Knibbs

the Rancho in the Rain

The rabbit's ears are flattened and he's squattin' scared and still.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

Mason and Janice Coggin

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Henry Herbert Knibbs

The Reata

Fernando slowly plaited close the long, strong rawhide strands.