FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
14
S. Omar Barker
Fists on the Trail
Up the dusty trail from Texas come a herd of longhorn steers, with a trail boss in the saddle of a breed that knowed no fears.
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
18
S. Omar Barker
In His Socks
Don't let me die with my boots on, boys!
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
21
S. Omar Barker
The Kid's Old Kack
Two men rode southward swift by night, they skulked the brush by day,
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
23
S. Omar Barker
Lord Fauntleroy
They called the kid Lord Fauntleroy his hair was blond an' curled.
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
27
S. Omar Barker
Ol' Rankin's Son-in-Law
Outrankin' all the ranchers on the range round Caupulin, was Guddlemuddy Rankin, an' his daughter's name was Jean'
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
30
S. Omar Barker
Reprieve
Who steals a horse steals half a man so runs the rangeland rune.
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
32
S. Omar Barker
Randado
Ol' "Lead Steer" Potter tells this tale about a spotted steer
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
35
S. Omar Barker
The Red Kid
The Red Kid fought like a lobo bayed by a mob of mongrel ours, with bullet for bullet in deadly trade, and blood drip on his spurs.
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
37
S. Omar Barker
Sam's Stragegy (San Jacinto)
The campfires of the Mexicans gleamed red a mile away.
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
41
S. Omar Barker
The Tin-Badge Duputy
At old Frisco Plaza one day long ago, young cowboy McCarty put on a show.
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
43
S. Omar Barker
To the Last Breath
Ed King has long returned to dust, who once rode in his pride.
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
45
S. Omar Barker
Wyatt Earp
Young John O'Rourke, to all be-known as Johnny-behind-the-duece, had killed a man and now a mob was out with gun and noose.
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
47
S. Omar Barker
The Wrangler Kid
The grass fire swooped like a red wolf pack, on the wings of a west wind dry;
Straddle the Saddle: Ballads of Courage in the Saddle
Jodie & Bob Phillips
FC 11 B-52
49
S. Omar Barker
Planted Evidence
There were few who suspected and nobody knew the thing that Tom Cowan meant some day to do.
Flint Hills Cowboys: Tales of the Tallgrass Prairie
FC 11 H-20
Jim Hoy
not poetry
Cowboy Poetry (Herald Journal, 6 June 1985)
Patrick Williams
FC 11 C-44
Scott McKendrick
As I Look Back
Pinto Ben and Other Stories
William S. & Mary Hart
FC 11 H-09
37
William Surrey Hart
The Savage: A Story
Captain Lawrence and Private Flynn did not know that when a blanket Indian rode toward them at a full gallop, his right hand extended palm outward high above his head, it was to show the Mineaska (white men) that he was glad to see them, and that his heart was good.
story
Pinto Ben and Other Stories
William S. & Mary Hart
FC 11 H-09
57
Mary Hart
The Last of His Blood: A Story
Altogether, it was a black night outside.
story
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
iii
J.B. Allen
Too Soon Gone
Girls have grown to women in the twinkle of an eye. Pigtails, bows, and shoestrings, I need, no longer, tie.
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
iv
Susan
The Girls
essay by daughter Susan
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
iv
JoAnn
The Girls
essay by daughter JoAnn
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
2
J.B. Allen
The Stamping Mill
The lines etched in their faces and those gnarled and twisted hands bear witness to the places to me cattle and the brands
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
3
J.B. Allen
Affirmation
Teepees stretch their thinnin shadows T'wards the twilight in the east silent heralds to the closin of the day the jaded horses nose around their fav'rite place to roll mixin sweat and dust where sodden blankets lay
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
4
J.B. Allen
Sound Advice
We was camped down on the Brazos in a shaller little draw sorta hidin from the weather and a zephyr damp and raw
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
5
J.B. Allen
Tendrils
Shy and Tuffy, Fred and Tybo nursed the wounds that scarred his soul anchors set aginst the riptide of despair