FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

205

Dee Strickland Johnson

Swap Me a Biscuit

I used to do some guidin'.

Fred Martin, cook, chuck wagon, frijoles, Dutch oven, wood stove, HU-Bar, pack rat

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

210

Dee Strickland Johnson

Battle Ground

Things had gotten out of hand.

Bill Smith, outlaw, Henry Barrett, Bill Phelps, cattle, ranchers, posse, vigilante, Maxwell brothers, Arizona Rangers, shots, Bill Smith

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

214

Dee Strickland Johnson

Lady in the Copper Mesh Gown

Sharlot was a prairie girl reared on a Kansas farm.

James Hall, farmer, read, write, cook, clean, history, philosophy, art, biography, Arizona, mining, artifacts, creativity, pioneers, Indians, ruins, preservation, United States Congress, ancient ones, dwellings, hieroglyphics, Calvin Coolidge, Yavapai County

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

220

Dee Strickland Johnson

A Sojourner's Luck

Charlie Sam was a sojourner.

La Fortuna Mine, boarding

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

222

Dee Strickland Johnson

Ballad of George Manly

Come all you bold young cowboys.

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

227

Dee Strickland Johnson

Mogollon Mountain Moonshine

Up in northern Gila County.

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

229

Dee Strickland Johnson

Down on the Blue

Jes Burke, he was a mountain man.

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

230

Dee Strickland Johnson

Old Soup Bone

There's certain thangs a feller just hadn't ought to loan!

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

231

Dee Strickland Johnson

"They'll Know Who I Am!"

We was down in Pleasant Valley.

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

235

Dee Strickland Johnson

Two Old Hash Knife Cowboys

Most of the Hash Knife were good guys.

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

237

Dee Strickland Johnson

Buckaroo Waltz

Up at the school house or down at the lodge.

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

239

Dee Strickland Johnson

Journey to Turquoise Waters

I stood by the turquoise waters.

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

242

Dee Strickland Johnson

Belle of the Bar (Performance Cut)

'Twas a cold dark night in Prescott, January '98.

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

244

Dee Strickland Johnson

Climax Jim: "My Favorite Outlaw" (Performance Cut)

Jim entered the cattle business.

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

246

Dee Strickland Johnson

Rhyming Robber (Performance Cut)

McNeil was called "Red the Rooster."

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

249

Dee Strickland Johnson

Swap Me a Biscuit (Performance Cut)

I used to do some guidin'.

Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Past

FC 11 J-13

252

Dee Strickland Johnson

Vigilante Coming! (Performance Cut)

The County Attorney refused to assist in Rice's absurd little plan.

Black Beauty

FC 11 S-51

Johne Schneider

Black Beauty

I'd like to tell ya'all a story, I don't want to make you blue.

Cowboy and Other Poetry: Thoughts by Men Who Have Mashed Their Fingers

FC 11 T-16

Jim Tanner

Texas

Now I'm not saying Texas.

Cowboy and Other Poetry: Thoughts by Men Who Have Mashed Their Fingers

FC 11 T-16

Jim Tanner

Whity & the Outhouse

When Whity was a boy.

Cowboy and Other Poetry: Thoughts by Men Who Have Mashed Their Fingers

FC 11 T-16

Jim Tanner

The Doc

Before Matilda Lewis made up with Shorty.

Cowboy and Other Poetry: Thoughts by Men Who Have Mashed Their Fingers

FC 11 T-16

Jim Tanner

Carol

Danny and Choate followed the dusty trails.

Cowboy and Other Poetry: Thoughts by Men Who Have Mashed Their Fingers

FC 11 T-16

Jim Tanner

Cadillac Locks

By the blue ribbon of highway.

Cowboy and Other Poetry: Thoughts by Men Who Have Mashed Their Fingers

FC 11 T-16

Jim Tanner

Jack Vest

Jack Vest was a hand of ours.

Cowboy and Other Poetry: Thoughts by Men Who Have Mashed Their Fingers

FC 11 T-16

Jim Tanner

Female Problems

The boss's son came back from college.