FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

The Sunset Trail and Other Verse

FC 11 C-25

41

Bob Case

Bronco Jack's Store Teeth

We uster laugh at Bronco Jack; When he was trottin' 'round.

The Sunset Trail and Other Verse

FC 11 C-25

42

Bob Case

The World Traveler

I of'en sit observin'-like; An' lis'en to the talk.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

135

Duke Davis

Beauty and the Bees

It was a bright, clean day and quite sunny outside.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

138

Duke Davis

One Thing or Another

There's one thing we'll all agree on.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

142

Duke Davis

Chewin' Tobacco

I took this gal out.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

145

Duke Davis

Retirement

Come here, ol' fella.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

149

Duke Davis

My Ol' Pard Les

It's true I confess, my ol' pard Les.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

152

Duke Davis

The Quake of '94

It was January, year '94.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

156

Duke Davis

Cowboy Bill and Booker T

I got a good friend named Bill King.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

161

Duke Davis

Thinkin' it Over

I don't wanna be no cowboy.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

164

Duke Davis

Cow Camp Buckaroo

There's things the BLM and ranchers agree on.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

169

Duke Davis

So, You Wanna be a Cowboy Poet?

A few privileged souls live the life of a cowboy.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

173

Duke Davis

Hey Grandpa

Hey Grandpa, let's go down to the barn and do some ropin'.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

175

Duke Davis

Revelation

I ain't never been too much on politics.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

178

Duke Davis

Tuffy Cooper

It's rare in today's world to measure a man's worth.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

182

Duke Davis

The Epicurean

This homeless fella is camped out in the park.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

184

Duke Davis

Day of Reckoning

I straddle my good gray horse perched on the mesa.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

186

Duke Davis

Wranglin' Dudes

Several years ago, we decided how to subsidize this ranch.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

189

Duke Davis

Some Things Never Change

The old timers have told, of days that were old.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

193

Duke Davis

The Old Cocinero

The old cocinero stared into the fire, and sand an old Spanish song.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

195

Duke Davis

Rancho Chorro Grande

Sing me a song, ol' Sespe River.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

198

Duke Davis

Goin' Back Home

I'm splittin' the cool night air on the highway.

Cowboy Poetry: Contemporary Verse by Duke Davis

Janice and Mason Coggin

FC 11 D-10

200

Duke Davis

A Cowboy Prayer

I thank you, Lord, for all that you've given me.

Sittin' and A-Grinnin': A Collection of Works

Layle Bagley & Linda Merrill

FC 11 B-11

124

Sharon Carlson

Magic Winter Moments

Pristine silence; Of new fallen snow.

Sittin' and A-Grinnin': A Collection of Works

Layle Bagley & Linda Merrill

FC 11 B-11

156

Cecil Jensen

Memories

Out on that snow-capped mountain, Where the clear fork waters flow.