FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
41
Jack Walther
The Roping Horn
A bunch of old cowboys were tellin' stories as they have been known to do.
Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
43
Jack Walther
The Mark of a Cowboy Poet
This is a story about a Cowboy you will find in every crew.
Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
45
Jack Walther
The Old Ranch Cook
The most important man on any ranch no matter which way you look is the one working in the kitchen.
Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
48
Jack Walther
The Old Horse Barn
On the road to our mailbox stands a barn that we pass by.
Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
51
Jack Walther
Pepper Corn
The morning stars were shining bright when we left camp to look for cattle that strayed.
Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
53
Jack Walther
Cattle Verses Campers
When summer blossoms fade and September drifts around
Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
55
Jack Walther
Qualifying a Cowboy Poet
Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
57
Jack Walther
The Boss
Think of the work to put this meeting together not the flip of a coin or a change in the weather.
Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
59
Jack Walther
Corn Bust
Let us stop awhile before we begin this feed, and think what may transpire between the roasting ear and seed.
Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
62
Jack Walther
Stealing a Pig
We were at a livestock auction in a town called Jerome that is across the Idaho border, about 170 miles from home.
Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
66
Jack Walther
Irene's Down Fall
We had a lot of snow that winter. The cattle had wintered well.
Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
68
Jack Walther
Feed Salesman
My calves weighed 500 pounds. To me that seemed good.
Ruby Mountain Rhymes
FC 11 W-09
70
Jack Walther
Traveling the Same Road
There are folks around this gathering you must have seen a few, with a camera and a notebook making a cowboy interview.
Singing Along Old Cowboy Trails
FC 11 B-49
Randy Bunney
essay
Cow-Gals Love Their Cowboys
Jodie and Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-50
1
S. Omar Barker
Cowgirl's Choice
To start with, take a horseback an whose face the sun has browned
Cow-Gals Love Their Cowboys
Jodie and Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-50
2
S. Omar Barker
Opinion on Punchers
What is a cowboy? I been wishin' for some plumb salty definition.
Cow-Gals Love Their Cowboys
Jodie and Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-50
3
S. Omar Barker
On the Mesa Trail
On, a white, white horse for a red-haired lass
Cow-Gals Love Their Cowboys
Jodie and Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-50
4
S. Omar Barker
Cow-Gals
Tall girl, small girl, summer girl, fall girl, daughter of the snows or bud o' spring
Cow-Gals Love Their Cowboys
Jodie and Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-50
5
S. Omar Barker
To a Blue-Eyed Cowgirl
I used to think the sky was blue, and mornin' light was neat,
Cow-Gals Love Their Cowboys
Jodie and Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-50
6
S. Omar Barker
Plenty Pretty!
My love is like a red, red rose so sung some poet feller
Cow-Gals Love Their Cowboys
Jodie and Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-50
7
S. Omar Barker
My Mountain Cowgirl
My cowgirl gal's a mountain maid, perhaps that's why her eyes.
Cow-Gals Love Their Cowboys
Jodie and Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-50
8
S. Omar Barker
The Owner's Daughter
The owner's got a daughter that's as purty, I should say, as a little red-wheeled wagon
Cow-Gals Love Their Cowboys
Jodie and Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-50
9
S. Omar Barker
Love's Hobbles
Now whether built stringy, whang muscled, or stout,
Cow-Gals Love Their Cowboys
Jodie and Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-50
10
S. Omar Barker
Thirsty Cowboy
There's a sayin' out West, and it's true, I'll allow that a man who cain't drink from the track of a cow ain't much of a cowboy;
Cow-Gals Love Their Cowboys
Jodie and Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-50
11
S. Omar Barker
Rangeland
There's something in the tang of things that makes a feller feel for home or for adventurings, for woe or maybe weal.