FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Composer
Call #
Pages
Author
Poem Title
First Lines
Keywords
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
315
Rattlesnake -- A Ranch Haying Song
A nice young ma-wa-wan.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
407
A Ripping Trip
You go aboard a leaky boat.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
388
Road to Cook's Peak
If you listen a while I'll sing you a song.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
280
Rosin the Bow
I live for the good of my nation.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
393
Rounded Up in Glory
I have been thinking to-day.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
149
Sam Bass
Sam Bass was born in Indiana, it was his native home.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
252
The Shanty Boy
I am a jolly shanty boy.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
332
Silver Jack
I was on the drive in eighty.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
56
Sioux Indians
I'll sing you a song, though it may be a sad one.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
243
The Skew-Ball Black
It was down to Red River I came.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
320
The Song of the "Metis" Trapper
Hurrah for the great white way!
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
226
The State of Arkansaw
My name is Stamford Barnes, I come from Nobleville town.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
258
Sweet Betsy from Pike
Oh, don't you remember sweet Betsy from Pike.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
326
Tail Piece
Oh, the cow-puncher loves the whistle of his rope.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
229
The Texas Cowboy
Oh, I am a Texas cowboy.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
373
Top Hand
While you're all so frisky I'll sing a little song.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
44
Texas Rangers
Come, all you Texas rangers, wherever you may be.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
132
The Trail to Mexico
I made up my mind to change my way.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
249
The U.S.A. Recruit
Now list to my song, it will not take me long.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
66
Utah Carroll
And as, my friend, you ask me what makes me sad and still.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
204
The Wars of Germany
There was a wealthy merchant.
Verse for Aussie Children
Carmel Randle
FC 11 R-27
51
Zita Horton
The Boxer
People call me "Shorty", and they tease me 'bout my size --
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
314
Way Down in Mexico
O Boys, we're goin' far to-night.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
37
Westward Ho
I love not Colorado.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John A. Lomax
FC 11 L-12
53
When the Work is Done This Fall
A group of jolly cowboys, discussing plans at ease.