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

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,

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

The Sheepherder

You see my little tent like a white bird on the mountain side.

sheepherder, tent, sheep, sheepdog, dog, coyote

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Smiling Jim

Down from the iron-scarred mountains in a valley silent and dim.

Smiling Jim, old-timer, Indian fighter, scout, guide, smile

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

The Outlaw

Up through the mountain fastness, up through the lone, bleak trails.

outlaw, posse, life, ethics, choice, understanding

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Joe Weaver of Owyhee

I am Joe Weaver, the trapper.

Joe Weaver, trapper, Owyhee, fate, loner

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Snake River's Purple Valley

There is a purple valley out in Owyhee land.

Snake River, nature

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Autumn Evening on the Ranch

As autumn evening settles down across the fields and hills.

loneliness, autumn, nature, God, law

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Diamond Back, King of the Rattlers

Coiled like a living wire, evil head a-sway.

snake, rattlesnake, diamond back, venom, fangs

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

An Old Song

There's an old song tonight in the willows.

aging, time, past, memories, phantom, Buck Horn Pass

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Bronco Buster

Wild Horse Tex they called him, the bronco buster man.

bronc busting

Songs of the Saddle and Trails Into Lonesome Land

FC 11 B-19

E.A. Brubacher

Last Trail Homeward

I'm herdin' on my last trail homeward.

death