FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
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Elliott S. Barker
Dream Prompters
Some dreams that we have are real hard to explain, To figure them out almost drives us insane.
electric blanket, dream,
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
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Elliott S. Barker
Ramifications
The ram ran off of a high, high cliff; And landed square on his head ka-biff.
ewe, U-turn, humor, sheep
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
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Elliott S. Barker
The Lion Hunter
A lion's been there, I see his fresh scrape, And dogs are all off on his trail in full cry.
mountain lion, dog
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
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Elliott S. Barker
A Good Example
My wife and I took a horseback fishing trip, Our granddaughter, Cindy, went along.
litterbug
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
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Elliott S. Barker
When Your Number is Called
I am inherently afraid to fly.
fear of flying, death, humor
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
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Elliott S. Barker
Grace or Invocation
Oh, Lord, Creator of heaven and earth and all things therein and thereon, we ask Thy blessing upon this food for the nourishment of our bodies.
prayer, religion
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
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Elliott S. Barker
Our Part in Prayer
At eight, to set a fish line out, I taught my son, And twice when we returned we'd caught a splendid one.
fishing, bait, hook
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
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Elliott S. Barker
Why Do I Believe in God?
Just why do I believe in God, you ask.
religion, belief
Outdoors, Faith, Fun and Other Poems
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Elliott S. Barker
Learn to Live with Nature
America, a land or rich resources, Was one vast, lovely, pristine wilderness; Until the white man came, with all his forces, And conquered her with shameful wastefulness.
conservation, natural resources
Buckaroo Ballads
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S. Omar Barker
Jest Plain Ol' Cowboy!
He wears a sixgun, cusses cows, Gits drunk an' raises Hades -- But in a crowded bus he bows; An' gives his seat to ladies.
cowboy code
Buckaroo Ballads
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S. Omar Barker
The Man on Hossback
In summer or spring, boys, in winter or fall, A feller on foot, boys, ain't no man at all!
cowboy
Buckaroo Ballads
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S. Omar Barker
Free Rider
Spurs for my heels, a pinto horse, and knee-rub-bed saddle leather, A prairie trail for easy loping speed, Chaps for my legs, a rope to swing -- what matter wealth or weather?
gear, spurs, horse, saddle, leather
Buckaroo Ballads
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S. Omar Barker
Hot Ir'n!
The thumpin' sound o' hosses' hoofs, the clack o' runnin' cows, The song o' loopin' lassos on the swing, The smell o' cedar fire, an' then to make yer pulses rouse.
branding iron
Buckaroo Ballads
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S. Omar Barker
The Cycle of Sudden Death
"And Canna begot Zidon--" so old Hebrew cycles ran: Out in the West where hate bred hate each killer got his man.
dug his grave too small, John Jones, Ollinger, Billy the Kid, Bonney, Pat Garrett, murder, killing
Buckaroo Ballads
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S. Omar Barker
One Reason
Some envies million-heirs an' dudes, An' even office clerks, Who draws a lot of money fer; The little time they works.
punching cattle, occupation, income tax
Buckaroo Ballads
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S. Omar Barker
What It Takes to Make One
Oh, I am jack of many trades, the master of but one, And folks that knows the nature of my callin', Can understand just how my work ain't never through nor done.
cowboy, occupation
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)
Jodie and Bob Phillips
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S. Omar Barker
Tall Man Standing
This is a song that the night birds sing; As the phantom herds trail by.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)
Jodie and Bob Phillips
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S. Omar Barker
The Tie-Fast Man
This is the way of the tie-fast men, Where the unpenned cattle graze.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)
Jodie and Bob Phillips
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S. Omar Barker
Cowboy Ridin'
I've rode where it's wet, I've rode where it's dry, I've rode the low country and also the high.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)
Jodie and Bob Phillips
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S. Omar Barker
Pants Polisher
They asked me "What's a saddle?"
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)
Jodie and Bob Phillips
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S. Omar Barker
Big Windies
They asked me "What's a windy?"
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)
Jodie and Bob Phillips
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S. Omar Barker
Sometimes Serious
There ain't no other breed of man around the world and back; That jokes as free as cowboys do, but still it is a fact.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)
Jodie and Bob Phillips
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S. Omar Barker
Cowboy's Complaint
I wouldn't be a cowboy for a skunk-boat full of gold!
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)
Jodie and Bob Phillips
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S. Omar Barker
Ol' Snoozy Schmidt
A sleepin' fool was Snoozy Schmidt, The snorin' cowboy wonder.
Cowboy Poetry: Classic Rhymes by S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)
Jodie and Bob Phillips
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S. Omar Barker
Code of the Cow Country
It don't take sech a lot o' laws; To keep the rangeland straight.