FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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The Fence That Me and Shorty Built
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Red Steagall
The Visalia
A friend of mine who raises horses asked if I would stay.
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Paw Paw
I called my granddad Paw-Paw and I loved him more than life.
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25
Red Steagall
The Real America
I've traveled 'cross this country, been in towns from coast to coast.
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30
Red Steagall
The Blue Roan and the Kid
The kid was in the round pen saddlin' up a blue roan colt.
The Fence That Me and Shorty Built
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The Bay
They was hiring at the Pitchfork, and I had cowboyed some.
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Climbin' Out the Other Side
I hired on at the wagon, green and wet behind the ears.
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The Vanishing Breed
The fat order buyer stepped out of his truck.
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We're Hangin' Him Tonight
He was such a nice young feller.
The Fence That Me and Shorty Built
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Boley
The first time I met Boley I was seven, maybe eight.
The Fence That Me and Shorty Built
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Red Steagall
The Song of the West
I'm ridin' a pasture I've never been in.
The Fence That Me and Shorty Built
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Red Steagall
A Dusty Cotton Field
I often thought of leaving home.
The Fence That Me and Shorty Built
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Red Steagall
The Feller a' Horseback
The feller a' horseback is regal and proud.
The Fence That Me and Shorty Built
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Red Steagall
I'm Sleepin' in My Leggins' Tonight
There's a big storm rollin' in.
The Fence That Me and Shorty Built
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He was There
The sun was creeping 'cross the rise.
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The Big Circle
The cattle were scattered.
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The Last Guard
I like the last guard.
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Now That I Have Accepted Your Love
I know that I haven't been livin'.
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A Long Way from Montana
A long way it is from Montana.
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The Lantern on the Wagon
I was out on night guard.
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Panhandle Wind
My grandparents came here from Yell, Arkansas.
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Red Steagall
Rider on the Rim
On the wagon last October was a kid of seventeen.
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Red Steagall
Dear Mama, I'm a Cowboy
There's nothing left but ashes.
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The Old Man and His Fiddle
In a trunk in the attic of grandmother's house.
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Cowboy Church
Lord, I am just a cowboy.
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Forty and Found
I topped a ridge this mornin'.