FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Old Leather Saddle

There's an old leather saddle that hangs on a peg on the bunk house wall.

saddle, bunkhouse, gear, leather

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

The Kid was a Killer

The kid was a killer, cold and sure.

killer, singer, gunman, aging, old-age

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

The Hanging

They're hangin' us in the morning on the cottonwood tree in the glen.

hanging, horse thief, religion, belief, prayer, God, hanging tree, condemned

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Texas Kid

Square, he was, and soft spoken, and friendly, all knew him to be.

temper, White Line, Texas Kid, whiskey, Six-Gun, gunfight, shoot out, death, killing

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

When Cow-Man and Sheep-Man Met

I'm old now, but I well remember the men I met in the draw.

West, Englishman, sheep, range, disagreement, shoot out, monacle, duel, burial, death

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Lost

Out of a nameless desert.

desert, dry, watering hole, thirst, water, mirage, dry river bed

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

To Wash Down the Alkali

We're hitting the breeze for the cow-town.

thirsty, bourbon, hot, dry, Circle Y, drinking, scarves, clothing, dress, soap, satisfaction

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

The Ringo Killers

They were known as the Ringo Killers.

Ringo Killers, brothers, Wild Horse Glen, Ringo Brothers, water holes, spread, gun, bullets, gunman

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Song of the Bottle

Trailin' the hills with the riders, roundin' up the strays.

stray, camp, trail riding, whiskey, bottle, drinking, night-herding

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

The Call

I've heard the call that points the lone trail winding.

death

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Idaho Kid

The Idaho Kid they called him, slim as a blade of grass.

Idaho Kid, glove, gunman, notches, gun, killer, music

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Mirage, Mirage, in the Desert

Mirage, mirage in the desert, fooling, fooling you.

mirage, desert

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

The Old Prospector

He has wandered up the Wapoo Pass and down Comanche Trail.

Wapoo Pass, Comanche Trail, Lone and Last, Wild Horse Vale, Shoofly, Oreana Pass, Bruneau Gulch, Red Horse, Wild Grass, prospector, prospecting, pick, packhorse, gold, gold pan, mine, bonanza, aging, old-age

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Contentment

The old ranch seems content tonight, as I view it from the hill.

contentment, ranch, harvest, grain, night, contentedness

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Top Rider Tex

Tex was a good top rider for the spread of the Diamond A.

Tex, top rider, Diamond A, friends, friendship, drunk, rustler, brand, law, outlaw, hanging, lynching, rustling

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Arid Desert Land

Out through the desert reaches, with bleached and ghostly hands.

desert, canteen, thirst, dry, mirage, bones, birds, vultures, alkali, water, rain, survival

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Song of Pioneer Women

There's as song of Pioneer Women that the sage and the willows sing.

pioneers, women, settler, past, song, wife, mother, frontier

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

The Draw

And so we stood--the bronze horseman and I.

horseman, Cross Bar T, gunfight, hate, killing, death

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

My Horses

There they are, their long day's work is done, my horses, standing in the last of sun.

horses, work, Spot, Star face, Bell, Blade, White foot, Silver, Strawberry Roan, Lady Jane, Lilly Bell

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Give Me an Old Black Fry Pan

Give mean old back frying pan, some fish hooks in my hat.

frying pan, fishing, fish, game, hunting, survival, prospecting, gold

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

To a Cow Town Down the Line

We've finished the round up and brandin' and we're lookin' for a time.

cow town, roundup, branding, thirst, dirty, barber, money, drink, Circle G 9

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Cattle In A Blizzard

High sweeps the wind like a rushing of wings.

blizzard, north, cattle, freezing, icy, lost cattle, freeze, death

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Bronco Buster

The riders tall and rangy, sit on the birch corral.

rider, bronc busting, corral,

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Pinto Pony

Little old pinto pony, poor little tired hoss.

pinto, horse, going home, dedication

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

My Blue Stone Home in the West

There's a blue stone home where the poplars stand.

home, stone, Owyhee, bucket, well,