FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Composer
Call #
Pages
Author
Poem Title
First Lines
Keywords
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
34
Gail T. Burton
A Song of Wounded Knee
I can see the sinking sun as evening marks the closing of the day.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
35
Gail T. Burton
The Rough Life
It was dark there in the line shack.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
35
Gail T. Burton
The Jockey
The green-broke horse just stood there.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
36
Gail T. Burton
The Red Cap
The boss had bought 'em tickets.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
37
Gail T. Burton
Horseback Theologian
Randy Jones and Booger Red
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
37
Gail T. Burton
Procrastination
In an old brush arbor meeting.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
40
Harold Carpenter
50 Yds South
You may have heard those Okies are a whole different breed.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
40
Harold Carpenter
Bunk House Campaign Managers
It was a routine evening around the bunkhouse before the hands hit the sack.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
42
Harold Carpenter
Dining Along 166
The Buzzards roost there below the tree covered ridge.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
43
Harold Carpenter
The Cowboy and the Biker
The High Plains of Kansas, at a roadside stop.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
46
Peggy Coleman
Ghosts of Chisholm's Trail
A hardy bunch of cowboys, and a cowgirl name of "K"
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
47
Peggy Coleman
Rodeo Cowboy
You came in the arena, tall and proud, ready to ride.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
48
Peggy Coleman
A Place they Call Pawnee
Come along with me and you will see a place they call Pawnee
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
48
Peggy Coleman
Cowboy Angel
Another angel made Heaven today
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
49
Peggy Coleman
I Knew An Angel Straight-on
He was a soft spoken man with an outspoken love
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
50
Peggy Coleman
I Don't Wanta Fight that Bull
I came out west ten years ago
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
50
Peggy Coleman
Grandma's Cowboy
The cowboy climbs on the big black horse.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
51
Peggy Coleman
Comin' Home For Christmas
She puts up the Christmas tree, and wraps the gifts with care.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
52
Peggy Coleman
Rodeo You're a Woman
The lights are all turned out, the crowd has all gone home.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
55
Don Collop
Don's Chuckwagon Menus
One 12 lb. Sirloin aged well with plenty of fat.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
56
Don Collop
Up On the L & M
Now I's up on the L&M a few years back
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
56
Don Collop
Goin' To Town
Come along late September
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
57
Don Collop
A Tribute To My Wife
Now there is a girl that I know
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
59
Jimmy Couch
Old Cowboys in Tennis Shoes
Most old cowboys I know wear tennis shoes.
Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Leroy Watts
FC 11 M-46
61
Jimmy Couch
Range Fire
The racing fires began because