FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Benny Benito

Who found him encountered a rugged decline, To a far, sunny valley, and fronting his field.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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The Cowboy and the Canon

"Some Titan showed his anger when he made; That mark upon the world," the poet said.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Punchin' Dough

Come, all you young waddies, I'll sing you a song.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Bread

Oh, my heart it is just achin'; For a little bite of bacon.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Bill McGee

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

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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The Bigelow Boys

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

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Old Bill

Young Sam went broke and hoofed it out of town, When, on the mesa trail, came riding down.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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That was Maw

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

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Mesa Magic

"Speakin' general of hoss'es, in a kind of offhand way."

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Under the Joshua Tree

Way out there where the sun is boss, Under the Joshua Tree.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Ridin' to the Baile

San Antone's a Texas town: Ridin' to the baile.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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The Cowboys' Ball

Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Tunin' up the fiddle.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Pony Tracks

I was ridin' for the Blue, When she wrote to me from France.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Mournful Joe

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

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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The Old-Timer

Morning on the Malibu, mist across the ranges.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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I Knew a Boy

I knew a boy who, at the pasture gate, Shouted and laughed to see the ponies run.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Trail-to-Glory

Could old Trail-to-Glory preach!

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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He'll Make a Hand

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

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Where the Ponies Come to Drink

Up in Northern Arizona there's a Ranger-trail that passes.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Song of the Gray Stallion

My dame was a mustang white and proud, My sire was as black as a thunder-cloud.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Outlaw

A day we followed the wild horse herd, A day and another day.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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The Round Corral

Buck Yardlaw in the round corral leaned hard against the rope.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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That Roan Cayuse

Colt she was when I spied her, stray on the open range.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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Little Bronc

Little Bronc, I'm goin' to ride you -- you a-hidin' in between.

Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs

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The Bronco

The bronco's mighty wild and tough, And full of outdoor feelin's.