FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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A Cowful of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 B-43
194
Baxter Black
Wilderness Wall
If you've been losing sleep at night about the public land, Yer not alone.
A Cowful of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 B-43
86
Baxter Black
Wondered How He'd Tell Her
The rancher told his foreman, "Looks like things are getting' tough; The price of calves is deadly, hell, there may not be enough.
A Cowful of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 B-43
60
Baxter Black
WW (The New WW)
It was a fairly nice day for Cut Bank in early April.
A Cowful of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 B-43
98
Baxter Black
Yellow Ribbon
The woman stood in line.
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
3
Elliott S. Barker
Boy With A Willow Pole
A barefooted boy with a willow pole; Goes scampering out to his fishing hole, A clear, swirling pool in a mountain brook; Where red-bellied trout often take his hook.
trout, youth, childhood, growing up, spanking
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
4
Elliott S. Barker
Wildflowers
Wild flowers, like glistening gems in the crown of a king, Both beauty and charm to the roadsides and wilderness bring.
flowers, nature
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
4
Elliott S. Barker
A Wedding Toast
May you happiness have, And the best of health; May your labors return; You a bit of wealth.
fate
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
5
Elliott S. Barker
Wilderness Calls
Again I must go to the wilderness, To mountains beneath blue sky, And all that I ask is my faithful horse; With game trails to guide him by.
nature
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
5
Elliott S. Barker
Trail Riders of the Wilderness
Trail Riders of the Wilderness; Are men and woman quite apart.
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
6
Elliott S. Barker
Mountains
The mountains are lovely in the spring; When plants awake to bud and bloom; And birds have returned to nest and sing, While streams from melting snow drifts boom.
seasons, nature
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
7
Elliott S. Barker
My Best Pack-In Trips
My pack-in trips in the wilderness, With groups both large and small, By hundreds truly are told, I guess, And I've enjoyed them all.
trail ride, packing in, hunting trip, fishing trip, marriage, wife, pack
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
8
Elliott S. Barker
First Snow
Last night we watched when it began to snow, Big flakes as though by fairies wafted down; So quietly from clouds to earth below, To spread a blanket white atop our town.
snow, winter, first snow
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
9
Elliott S. Barker
Milk-Pen Maneuver
This farmer's religion was laudably strict.
milk pail, Bossy, milking, humor, farm animals
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
10
Elliott S. Barker
A Heritage to Save
When Christopher Columbus sailed across the sea; He found America where vast resources lurk.
ravage of land, conservation, natural resources
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
11
Elliott S. Barker
Horse Sense
I have four legs, that's very true, While man was given only two; Is that sufficient reason why; He should not walk as well as I?
horseback riding
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
11
Elliott S. Barker
Time to Shut Up
They done stole my horse; So I don't need hay; I ain't got no eggs; 'Cause my hens won't lay.
farm, domestic animals, humor
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
12
Elliott S. Barker
A Promise Kept
The Priest found out, right after dismissing; The good folks attending Christmas Mass, That a statue of the Christ Child was missing; From its niche in the church where people pass.
religion, theft, steal, childhood, doll buggy
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
14
Elliott S. Barker
Next Year We Will Go Again
We elk hunters camped in a mountain park, In the edge of the timber there.
storm, nature, blizzard
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
15
Elliott S. Barker
The Measure of a Successful Hunt
There's a time in each year when we hunt the buck deer, With hopes we'll be able to find one.
wild meat, game, sportsman, hunting
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
16
Elliott S. Barker
Beatty's Cabin
George Beatty was a mountain man; Who just about a hundred years ago, Like all prospectors, had a plan; To mine and strike it rich come weal or woe.
gold, Pecos Wilderness, prospector
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
17
Elliott S. Barker
One for the Long, Long Road
When Saint Peter once answered a knock on the gate, A new candidate begged, "Please my sins expiate."
heaven, car accident, auto wreck
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
17
Elliott S. Barker
Morgues and Jails -- Let's Cheat 'Em
I swear I will follow these rules without fail, And thus keep away from a morgue or a jail.
liquor, driving, gasoline, gas, drunk driving, car, automobile
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
18
Elliott S. Barker
Christmas
Of all the days throughout the year; There's one that always brings good cheer, The one when children are most gay, That one, of course, is Christmas day.
holiday, Christ, religion
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
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Elliott S. Barker
Creation
When God wed Mother Nature to Old Father Time, Untold millions of years ago, He decreed they should toil, for conditions were prime, To develop the world we know.
creation, Adam and Eve, religion
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
FC 11 B-02
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Elliott S. Barker
A Whimper Heard Across the Nation
In fire-blackened forest where ground was still hot, With smoldering snags and charred logs strewn around, A fire-fighting Game Warden stopped on the spot, His ears had detected a whimpering sound.
forest fire, bear, nature, wild animals, Smokey the Bear, zoo, fire fighting