FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Sagebrush Classics: Pure Wyoming 'Stuph'
Betsy Bernfeld
FC 11 B-53
Sagebrush Classics: Pure Wyoming 'Stuph'
Betsy Bernfeld
FC 11 B-53
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
Admonition
Admonition
In this book of Western verse, some rhymes are bad, and others are worse. If you take the time to read 'em, please remember where you seed 'em!
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
When I came to work that summer, I was just a city lad. They put me in the kitchen, and it sort of made me mad.
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
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Kenneth D. Gardner
Elko
I'm the guy who opened for Baxter, in Elko in Two Thousand Six. Set up 'n pay some attention. You'll learn how I got in that fix.
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
Bucked Off 'n Hurt Bad
Underneath the aspen tree God reached down and spoke to me.
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
With a Little Bit of Luck You Might'a Had Him Rode (Illustration)
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
The Dual-controlled Electric
I was feelin' kinda chilly in the hour before dawn, so I asked my good wife, Dorothy, "Is our 'lectric blanket on?"
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
About Them Free-range Chickens
"I'd like some free-range chicken," my fellow shopper spoke. I couldn't help it thinkin': Friend, you're overcome by smoke!
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
If You're Asking Me
There's a place in this world that's the best place to be.
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
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Kenneth D. Gardner
A Good Dude Horse Ain't Easy to Come By
Folks often ask the question, "Just what is it that you do when a dude horse gets to buckin' and dumps a guest or two?"
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
Kilts
The cattle drive was over 'n folks was lettin' down. Herb was in the hospital. Three boys wuz lost in town.
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
Settin' On 'n Getting' On
Set humble, friend. Conceal your pride! No one cares just how you ride.
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
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Kenneth D. Gardner
A Sure-thing Business
There are clever occupations among folks that toil for coin, but I heard one the other day that takes the tenderloin!
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
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Kenneth D. Gardner
That Day That I Went Fishing
That day that I went fishing with Norm up on the lake, I learned he weren't no cupcake.
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
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Kenneth D. Gardner
Who Was That Forkin' the Strawberry Roan
Most of the cow folk that I've ever known have heard of the verse, "That Strawberry Roan."
Jim Bramlett, Guy Logsdon
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
Recitin' Stuff
It started after the open mike. This guy comes up all business-like. Now, I wuz done 'n feelin' proud, when he sez to me from out the crow, "You recited not enough!"
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
The High Sierra Packer
After Summer's work is over, and it's time to close the camp; After Fall has stripped the branches, and it's supper by the lamp;
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
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Kenneth D. Gardner
One Evenin' in the Meadow
We had gone to Leavitt Meadow that evenin' one July to gather with the family 'n see if we could try
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
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Kenneth D. Gardner
Back When We Wuz Kids
As I sat today in the parlor, my mem'ry began to play, and scenes returned from long ago scenes from an earlier day.
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
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Kenneth D. Gardner
Preacher and the Cowboy
He walked into the dining room. His clothes were all a-drip. There was horse poop in his pocket and a tremble on his lip.
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
Breakin' in the Tenderfoot
He wuz weaned on Pablum 'n grew up on Ceam of Wheat. Bacon, ham, 'n sausage were foods he didn't eat.
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
The Gait is One You Knowed (Illustration)
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
Git to Runnin'
If you'd like to be a cowboy, then, by gum, you'll need to show 'em that you can act the way they act and write it in a poem.
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
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Kenneth D. Gardner
The Place of Dead Horses
There's a place on this ranch where dead horses go.