FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

118

Baxter Black

The AG Survival Test - not a poem

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

120

Baxter Black

Hangin' On, Hopin' and Prayin' for Rain

There's a fingernail moon hangin' low in the sky.

dry, worries, concerns, lack of money, banker, hope, town, seeds, nature, poverty

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

124

Baxter Black

Some Cowboy Philosophy - not a poem

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

130

Baxter Black

Luther and the Duck Huntin' - narrative

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

132

Baxter Black

Salmon Fishing - narrative

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

136

Baxter Black

Hot Cross Buns - narrative

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

140

Baxter Black

Tombstone of Canaan

WANTED: A cowpoke to help gather pairs.

Noah, Ark, buckaroo boss, animals, Flood

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

144

Baxter Black

Tradin' Horses - narrative

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

146

Baxter Black

The Horse Trader

Have I got a deal for you.

qualities, sicknesses, disadvantages, bad shape, poor health, bloodlines, race

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

148

Baxter Black

Where's the Horse Meat!

The horse has distinguished itself in the past.

cows. horse, inversion, Thoroughbred T-Bone, St. George, Trojan Guernsey, Attila the Hun, Astride, Hereford, Holstein, Jersey Express, General Napoleon, Custer, Red Gelding, hors d'oeuvres, Clydesdale filet, Shetland, Black Beauty, Angus, Appaloosa, horse show, carcass class

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

154

Baxter Black

Doc, While Yer Here...

Doc, sorry I called so late but you must be all through eatin'.

service, nap, nooner, One Life To Live, bad working conditions, run downplace, asking for favors, complaints, doctor's bill, doctor, work

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

156

Baxter Black

The Vet's Wife's Refrigerator

A scream from the kitchen.

neighbor, restraint, eye of a sheep, test tubes, blood, guts, animal parts, remains, tissue samples, Whirl-Pack stew, storage, neighbors

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

162

Baxter Black

E.I.S.

There's a predator stalking the plains.

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

166

Baxter Black

Hello, I'm from the Government.. I'm Here To Help

Mr. President, I guess we know you mean well.

pride, prices, campaign, embargo, unreasonable forms, imposed restrictions, control, bureaucracy, interference, Washington, independence, unwanted help

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

168

Baxter Black

The Young Politician

He rose in the class, hand over his heart.

politics, future career, fame, spotlights, cheers, complicated language, rhetoric, imaginations, running for president, illusions, dreams

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

170

Baxter Black

Food is for People, Not Profit!

You've heard it said, no doubt, by those.

3rd World, hunger, food shortage, starvation, noble goals, altruism, logic, politics, selling grain, earn living

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

171

Baxter Black

Animal Lovers

Let's talk about animal lovers.

protest, hobby, earn a living, distinction, verbal expression, duty, care, protection, opinion, lip service, reality

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

174

Baxter Black

All I Want for Christmas

All my clothes are laundry.

wishes, wives, marriage, divorce, poor, new wife, three wives, ex-wives, bad luck, bride

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

176

Baxter Black

How the Angel Got on Top of the Christmas Tree - narrative

Coyote Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 B-26

180

Baxter Black

Camp Cookie

He's the tumbleweed chef and rides with the wagon.

chuckwagon ,grub, cook, unclean, bad cook, gunpowder biscuit, meadowlark souffl?, rank coffee, dangerous cowboy life, last roundup club, Indians, gunfights, whiskey

West River Waltz: Western Poetry

FC 11 G-31

119

D. W. Groethe

Only Cowgirls Give Cowboys the Blues

She was long, sweet and lean, finest thing I'd ever seen

West River Waltz: Western Poetry

FC 11 G-31

121

D. W. Groethe

Hell to Pay

A rancher works the land with his horses, with his hands

FC 11 T-06

no book, free number

Arizona Women: Weird, Wild and Wonderful

FC 11 J-16

13

Dee Strickland Johnson

The Great Western: Sarah Bowman

Great Western was the largest steam ship that sailed the Atlantic Ocean, And Sarah was a sizable girl, who served the troops with devotion.

Arizona Women: Weird, Wild and Wonderful

FC 11 J-16

21

Dee Strickland Johnson

Sarah was a Darlin': The Great Western (Song)

She's big and tall and nicely formed, completely indiscreet, Her height described diversely as 'twixt six and seven feet,