FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Singing Cowboy: A Book of Western Songs
Margaret Larkin
FC 11 L-03
165
I'm Bound to Follow the Long Horn Cow
I'm bound to follow the long horn cow until I get too old.
Singing Cowboy: A Book of Western Songs
Margaret Larkin
FC 11 L-03
169
Jim the Roper
They dug him a grave at the set of the sun, His riding was over, his roping was done.
Singing Cowboy: A Book of Western Songs
Margaret Larkin
FC 11 L-03
171
Home on the Range
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play.
Singing Cowboy: A Book of Western Songs
Margaret Larkin
FC 11 L-03
175
Goodbye, Old Paint
Goodbye, old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
19
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
The Stampede
Over the plains the Texas herd came straggling slowly on.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
23
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
The Desert Rat
This is the tale of a desert rat, With a smelly pipe and a floppin' hat.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
27
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
Old Big Ben the Grizzly Bear
Big Ben is a monster silvertip; He's a grizzly bear and a snortin' rip.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
33
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
The Lone White Wolf of the Hackawaws
The lone white wolf of the Hackawaws, With gleaming orbs of red.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
37
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
On the River of No Return
In the lava beds below the peaks, to the south of the Bitter Roots.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
41
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
The Silver Stallion
The silver stallion of Ashurst Lake, A glorious dapple gray.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
47
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
Powder River Let 'er Buck
Powder River, let 'er buck, a surgin' mass of cattle.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
49
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
Preacher Dunn
I heard about this outlaw, they called him Preacher Dunn.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
53
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
The Forest Ranger
I am the Forest Ranger, in the saddle I never tire.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
55
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
"Nigger" the Malamute
Bitterly cold, the polar night, as she harried her demons forth.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
61
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
Big Horn Mountain Lion
Two green glaring orbs of Hell came staring through the dark.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
67
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
Roulette Kate
The Mexican border's a place for men, And not for the female breed.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
71
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
The Road Runner
He's known as the road-runner, killer of snakes, And also the chaparral cock.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
75
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
Town on Trail to Bear
Here we are back at our cabin home; From wanderlust off and afar.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
79
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
Death Valley
'Twas silent below on the desert; Where the night comes swift and strange.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
81
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
Big Horn Queen
Ah wuz a-ridin' in a rodeo contest, A-settin' up a-straddle uf the Big Horn queen.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
85
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
Old Cow Puncher
Ah'm cravin' tuh ride the range again; To straddle a ropin' saddle.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
89
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
Idaho Jack
Idaho Jack from the Salmon buttes; Grinned up at the buckaroos, workin' the chutes.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
91
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
My Wife
I have a lovable gracious wife, Impulsive and wonderful, full of life.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
93
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
Wanderlust
I've stowed away in the lockers, of ships that go down to the sea.
The Stampede and Other Tales of the Far West
FC 11 L-05
95
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
The Wolverine
Savage and ruthless, fierce and mean; Is the ravenous glutton, the wolverine.