FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Jesse Rogers' Song Collection and Souvenir from Old Mexico

Jesse Rogers

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Lonely Hill Billy

Now he's only a lonely Hill Billy and she was a wild mountain gal,

Jesse Rogers' Song Collection and Souvenir from Old Mexico

Jesse Rogers

FC 11 R-32

Return of the Gay Caballero

I am a gay caballero, I'm back from Rio Janeiro, and you bet your life I'm

Jesse Rogers' Song Collection and Souvenir from Old Mexico

Jesse Rogers

FC 11 R-32

The Lane County Bachelor

My name is Frank Bole an old bachelor I am

Jesse Rogers' Song Collection and Souvenir from Old Mexico

Jesse Rogers

FC 11 R-32

Sweet Violets

When I was handsome young fellow I was having the time of my life

Jesse Rogers' Song Collection and Souvenir from Old Mexico

Jesse Rogers

FC 11 R-32

Roger's Unknown Trail (To the Home Corral)

I'm riding west on a trail alone

Poetry of the West: The Rough Rider and Lyricist known as the Cowboy-Poet is ali

FC 11 R-33

Walter Roessing

Poetry of the West: The Rough-rider and lyricist . . .

Article from SKY Magazine, February 1990.

Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 R-34

Don Roundy

B.S. From the Bench of the Bootmaker Bard

One night while up in the canyon I heard a cougar scream.

Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 R-34

Don Roundy

Ma's Alligator Boots

I called ol' Willy in Alabam' to see how things were goin' with him.

Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 R-34

Don Roundy

The Bootmaker Bard

Shoemaker am I, the repairman said but no shoes at all does he make.

Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 R-34

Don Roundy

B.S. From the Bench of the Bootmaker Bard

I've often thought a well built boot with it's curves and line and flow,

Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 R-34

Don Roundy

I-Oh-Dee-Form

Tick Sawer was a thinker and he'd tax his mind quite good

Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 R-34

Don Roundy

Triple Crown Trio

Brother Bob was the first of a "Trio Happenstance."

Cowboys, Poets & Gatherings

FC 11 S-58

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David J. Swift

Article from Mother Earth News, Jan./Feb. 1989. Includes poems: "Colder than a banker's hand sake," by Baxter Black; "Commuted Sentence," by Wallace McRae; "When They've Finished Shippin' Cattle in the Fall," by Bruce Kiskaddon.

Spurrin' the Words: Youth Guide

4-H

FC 11 S-54

Montana State University Extension

4-H youth cowboy poetry guide, with information on cowboy poets and CD with cowboy poetry recitations, including: 1. "Git Along, Little Doggies," 2. "If Spanish is the Lovin' Tongue," 3. "Generic Titles," 4. "The Legacy," 5. "The Buffalo Trail," 6. The Streets of Laredo," 7. "The Cremation of Sam McGee," 8. "The Glory Trail," 9. Mr. Magpie," 10. "Ridin'," 11. The Heavyweight Champion Pie-Eating Cowboy of the West," 12. Dear Mom," 13. The Monte Carlo Express," 14. "Horses vs. Hosses."

Spurrin' the Words: Leader's Guide

4-H

FC 11 S-55

Montana State University Extension

4-H leader's cowboy poetry guide, with information on cowboy poets and CD with cowboy poetry recitations, including: 1. "Git Along, Little Doggies," 2. "If Spanish is the Lovin' Tongue," 3. "Generic Titles," 4. "The Legacy," 5. "The Buffalo Trail," 6. The Streets of Laredo," 7. "The Cremation of Sam McGee," 8. "The Glory Trail," 9. Mr. Magpie," 10. "Ridin'," 11. The Heavyweight Champion Pie-Eating Cowboy of the West," 12. Dear Mom," 13. The Monte Carlo Express," 14. "Horses vs. Hosses."

Exchanging Courtesies

FC 11 S-57

Marie W. Smith

Welcome, Two Thousand

Christmas candles have all burned low, snows have come, and buffalo are breaking through dirfts to change

Exchanging Courtesies

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Marie W. Smith

The Bluchers

Back in the thirties he had them made when fancy tops were few.

Exchanging Courtesies

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Marie W. Smith

Authenticity: To a Friend

Is it a cowboy poem if I write of a cowboy?

Exchanging Courtesies

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Marie W. Smith

Already Home

I have ever been impressed how most folks on this earth, will lend their thoughts to stray at times to land of their ancestors' birth.

Dedicated to Henry Realbird, a fellow Montana Poet and my friend, with love and appreciation for the many hours of enjoyment his poetry brings.

Exchanging Courtesies

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Marie W. Smith

Through Aspens & Pine

To Meeteetse, Wyoming, a young cowboy strayed

Exchanging Courtesies

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Marie W. Smith

Sons

In the last few years I've gathered sons.

Exchanging Courtesies

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Marie W. Smith

The Eternal Optimist

Since December twenty-first, we've been headin' straight for spring,

Exchanging Courtesies

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Marie W. Smith

Cloud Song

I listened in the shadows to the cowboy's haunting song

Exchanging Courtesies

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Marie W. Smith

And They Could a Done it Without Us?

For every cowboy who ever rode there was sweetheart, wife or mother,

Exchanging Courtesies

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Marie W. Smith

A Cowboy's Hats

Cecil looked good in hats, each new one sat his head like it had been custom made,