FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
61
J.B. Allen
Sun Up
You ever see the prairie chickens dancin on the ground?
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
62
J.B. Allen
Sweet Revenge
The last that we heard of the little black steer he was draggin' Bill's kak down the draw
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
64
J.B. Allen
Grandpas Answer
Shore, I'll try to tell ye, how it was when I was young yonder creek was still a runnin I remember how it sung on a lazy summer evenin with the chores and supper thru as the chipmunks and the crickets put their show on for the crew
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
66
J.B. Allen
Consequence
Beside as ancient corner post a whiskey bottle lay
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
67
J.B. Allen
Sage Advice
I sometimes have to go to town to git a bai of grub
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
68
J.B. Allen
Too Many "ings"
There's lots of ways to skin a cat and folks are fond of sayin that but there's no way that I can see a sheep ranch deal can work for me
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
69
J.B. Allen
P.H.D.'s
Some hiddin traits attracts to entities coming together as fotsam on the sea
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
70
J.B. Allen
The Transformation of Willie Jack
Many great and famous men have left their mark upon the world mor'n likely
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
71
J.B. Allen
Cabin Fever
A blizzard held 'em captive in their cave of weathered walls givin cabin fever rein to work it's spell
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
72
J.B. Allen
Speculations
We write these words and wonder if they're stayin what we mean
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
73
J.B. Allen
Enemy Within
A war without quarter is waged thru the years unknown, but to those in the fray the casualties mountain
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
74
J.B. Allen
Advice Well Taken
Slippin thru the pine and aspen to the singin creek below someone called
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
76
J.B. Allen
Hard Bargains
With eyes both clear and cold as ice the buyer thus bespoke his price
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
77
J.B. Allen
Cowcamp
Well it's plain as Granny's bonnet when the winders start to shake that there won't be too much sleepin fer you'll blame shore be awake
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
78
J.B. Allen
The Golden Rake
A cowboy will--at sundry times decided to mend his ways
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
79
J.B. Allen
Last Camp
No wings of an angel will bear him across when life on this Earth is all thru
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
80
J.B. Allen
The Living Legend
Wild Horse Johnson weren't the rowdy sorta feller you'd suppose
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
81
J.B. Allen
Salt, Water, and Perfume
Now a dance will lose its lustre if there ain't no women folk
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
82
J.B. Allen
Metamorphosis
He slipped on his slicker and stepped off the porch
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
84
J.B. Allen
Stigma
A greasy pack of cards provides the entertainment now as ag and failing eyesight took the rest
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
85
J.B. Allen
Two Rag Day
"Twas a cold and dreary two rag day with dark clouds hangin low and gray
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
86
J.B. Allen
Histry Lessons
The legends grows in the words swift flow relivin the times
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
87
J.B. Allen
Cowboy Plumbin
I'd been calvin out some heifers thru and early winter storm
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
88
J.B. Allen
Mixed Blessings
What's a feller 'sposed to do when everything he does is wrong
JB The Circle
Duward Campbell and Chuck Milner
FC 11 A-17
89
J.B. Allen
Hell
It ain't so complicated when you stop to clear yore head