FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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A Look at the Cowboy
FC 11 G-30
17
Max R. Godfrey
He Ain't Comin' This Year
Early on in December this story gets told, 'bout Olive's big run away up north where it's cold.
A Look at the Cowboy
FC 11 G-30
20
Max R. Godfrey
The Profound Comment
Braided gear among some cowboys was being passed around.
A Look at the Cowboy
FC 11 G-30
21
Max R. Godfrey
The Naming Dispute
Now Pete and Leo were horsemen they say who had a dispute one warm summer day.
A Look at the Cowboy
FC 11 G-30
22
Max R. Godfrey
The Barren Cow
The phone was a ringin' and the man on the wire was a little put out as he talked to the cattle buyer.
A Look at the Cowboy
FC 11 G-30
23
Max R. Godfrey
Feedin' Hay Still Don't Pay
When I was a little lad my dad would put up hay.
A Look at the Cowboy
FC 11 G-30
25
Max R. Godfrey
Holding On
All they owned in a wagon behind yoked oxen no harness hames and breechins' young Mary Jane, her daughter, and spouse A. F. Richins
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
7
Addie Viola Hudson
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
The sun-kissed West in romance dressed, the home of the summer snows, where the wily camp-bird builds its nest, is the land where the cowboy grows.
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
6
Addie Viola Hudson
Introduction
Gathered together, rounded up, natives and "dogies" in one, thoughts that my pencil has trailed along and lassoed just for fun.
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
8
Addie Viola Hudson
The Storm
The clouds, like unwashed wool, go hurrying by pursued by the Wind Witches of the sky
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
9
Addie Viola Hudson
Go Away Back, Mr. Satan
Go away back, Mr. Satan, for I'm sure a ridin' free, and there ain't no use your waitin' or a followin' after me;
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
10
Addie Viola Hudson
The Cowboy's Valentine
Can cowboy's love compete with those who write so grandly?
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
11
Addie Viola Hudson
When Love Went Riding
We sang and laughed while the ponies pranced, the winds blew mild, the sunbeams danced;
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
12
Addie Viola Hudson
The Handmade Cigarette
There are dreams that come a plenty when the campfire gleams at night,
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
14
Addie Viola Hudson
The Free and Easy Way
I'm back among the hills again, to the free and easy way, to brand the calves and "bust the bronc," and draw a regular pay;
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
15
Addie Viola Hudson
Other Men's Dogs
Other men's dogs have died, I guess, I never gave it a thought except a smile about the fuss over a dog--a canine cuss; why should I worry that blood was shed? But it's different now, for my dog's dead.
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
17
Addie Viola Hudson
Campfire Song
In the evening when the campfire throws its gleams across the night,
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
18
Addie Viola Hudson
At the Stock Show
Said a thoroughbred to a cowboy's nag, "Why are you here in the city? Compared to an animal such as I, You're truly an object of pity;"
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
20
Addie Viola Hudson
Horse Sense
Horse sense, God! But what it's worth to us fellers here on earth that never had no chance to get much further than the alphabet; just got horse sense, nothin' great to be braggin' of to fate.
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
21
Addie Viola Hudson
Travelin'
I'm a-travelin' for my health now, and, say! I'm goin' some; for the sheriff of the county is followin' with a gun.
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
22
Addie Viola Hudson
The Indian Pink
A strange little flower with a sun-kissed nose, without any perfume, yet red as a rose.
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
23
Addie Viola Hudson
The Legend of Columbine
When God brought forth this world for us he planned innumerable pleasures,
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
25
Addie Viola Hudson
Timberline
Up at timberline, how strange to see beyond this dead line no trees grow on the range;
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
26
Addie Viola Hudson
A Sonnet
When summer's rose-tipped cloud shall cease to glow and purple mountain take a sadder hue
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
27
Addie Viola Hudson
When the Lasso Scored
Say, Bill! You mind that cowboy dude rides with the 4T boys,
The Land Where the Cowboy Grows
FC 11 H-36
30
Addie Viola Hudson
Vamose
When you see the silver circle of the moon a swingin' low,