FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Ride For the Brand
FC 11 S-53
52
Red Steagall
Hats Off to the Cowboy
The city folks think that it's over.
Ride For the Brand
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53
Red Steagall
Justin
Friend, I was born at Spanish Fort along the Chisholm Trail.
longhorn, Cimarron, mud, perils, Long branch, homestead, bride, well
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56
Red Steagall
The Shank of the Evening
That new batch of heifers we got in today.
Ride For the Brand
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58
Red Steagall
Bedroll
There's a hole in the wagon sheet big as my head.
Ride For the Brand
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65
Red Steagall
The Ballad of Dawson LeGate
He hung his old saddle up high in the barn.
Ride For the Brand
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69
Red Steagall
Rosalee's Smile
One night in Paducah, we danced until dawn.
love, bronc stomper, camp, Paducah
Ride For the Brand
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72
Red Steagall
The Texas Silver Zephyr
She was a young and pretty Coleman County farm girl.
drifter, rails
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76
Red Steagall
My Pardner
Just before the sun came up I turned and reached for her.
Ride For the Brand
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79
Red Steagall
The Memories in Grandmother's Trunk
They came in a wagon from St. Jo, Missouri.
Comanche, trinkets
Ride For the Brand
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87
Red Steagall
For Freckles Brown
The year was '67, National Finals Rodeo.
heroes, cowboy, bull, Tornado
Ride For the Brand
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92
Red Steagall
To Casey
There wasn't much that we could do.
Ride For the Brand
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99
Red Steagall
Smokey
He was born at the Sixes on the West Texas plain
Ride For the Brand
FC 11 S-53
102
Red Steagall
Bandito Gold
Was mid-July the Year that I was ten.
Ride For the Brand
FC 11 S-53
105
Red Steagall
Deacon and the Dun
Ol' Deacon was a puncher, born a hundred years too late.
Ride For the Brand
FC 11 S-53
108
Red Steagall
The Bell on Old Blue
let me tell you a story 'bout a tarnished old bell.
Ride For the Brand
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111
Red Steagall
One More Lick
When G.L. said he wouldn't buck, I figured he would know.
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117
Red Steagall
Jacob's Well
Gold has fired the souls of men who search for wealth.
greed, empire, king, money
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120
Red Steagall
McCorkle and the Wire
McCorkle rode into the Whiskey Flat Camp.
shakin', fence, law
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127
Red Steagall
The Last Buffalo
I sit at my desk and occasionally glance.
Ride For the Brand
FC 11 S-53
129
Red Steagall
When Joseph Was Chief
From the long winding valley where teepees once stood.
camp, hills, wisdom, annihilate, injustice, Great Spirit
Ride For the Brand
FC 11 S-53
131
Red Steagall
All They've Changed is the Guard at Fort Sill
The Wichita Mountains rise out of the haze.
Ride For the Brand
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133
Red Steagall
Bright Comanche Moon
We gathered at Brown's cabin in the Brazos River Breaks.
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139
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The Picture
The little frame house in the cottonwood trees.
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141
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The Weather
There's something about a cool October mornin'.
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143
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To an Old Friend
I stood by the fountain as they brought him in.