FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Piled Higher and Deeper on the Cariboo Trail

FC 11 P-36

Mike Puhallo

Try

A cowboy never asks for much, he just wants a chance to try. To live, love and chase his dreams, beneath the western sky.

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

The Reata Man

To the branding comes a Reata Man No one knows from where, but he appears a hand.

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

Build it They Will Come

Many years ago in rode, was a horse that could not be rode And there lived a man, who was dang hard to be throwed

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

Gentle Breeze

I can understand the heat, I can understand the cold But I've at times wondered, about the wind so bold

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

Driving a Loomix Through Without a License

I drove to the ranch, to get an empty Loomix trough To take to another rancher, to cure his cattles coughs

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

A Cowboys' Starlit Night

Some places in this country, have extra rough and rocky land And cattle go wild sometimes and can't be caught, by the best of hands

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

The Barn

In the late 1800's, while I was still a tree A farmer from the east, was wantin to be free

Wrong Time Wrong Place

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Ed Fields

Yesterdays' Cowboy

Yesterday, I was a cowboy and took joy in each tomorrow The work I do nowadays, only brings me sorrow

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

The Reciter

Writing all this poetry, is the easy part Reciting to an audience, it's a different art.

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

The Reincarnation of Clyde

In the early 1900's, lived a Cowboy we'll call Clyde He was really quite a Cowboy, who lived only to ride.

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

Dead and Almost Forgotten

I was riding along the south end, one beautiful day Enjoying the sunshine and searching the draws for some strays

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

Partners

Many men miss out every time they ride When they don't have their wives, by their side

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

Old Ben Gay

Old Ben Gay is not a buckaroo, nor a friend you'd want to have But it is most indispensible, as a lubricating salve

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

Spandex Buckaroo

Got to tell you a story, that's not short or sweet About a cowboy whose stomach, got to shadin out his feet.

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

Cowboys and That is That

Many Cowboys start out with a dream and a black felt hat They dream of being a cowboy and that is that

Wrong Time Wrong Place

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Ed Fields

The Last Buck

The early morning sunlight, filtered in, through cracks in the cabin door The old man arose stiffly and as he slowly stood he swore

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F- 21

Ed Fields

A Cowboys First Cat Ride

He was tired of workin for a cowboys pay So he thought he'd try bulldozing, for a couple of days

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

Ranch Environmentalist

Woe was the day, when the boss attended that seminar And spent all night drinking, in that dive of a bar

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

For $50.00 I'll Shoe em Myself

I noticed that my horses had gotten some taller I hadn't shoe em, bein kinda tight with a dollar

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

The Four Pointer and the Lion

I was riding in the hills alone, alone as one can be Admiring the stillness and the fragrance of the trees

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

Fer Sure

Good help these days it seems, is mighty hard to find When you're in a hurry, you can't be choosy of the kind

Wrong Time Wrong Place

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Ed Fields

Grandpa

When I was a young boy I tried to make a hand I rode and worked closely with my Grandpa, a sure enough top hand

Wrong Time Wrong Place

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Ed Fields

What Makes a Cowboy

Some people say, what makes those fools ride all day in weather so cold, it freezes marrow in the bones

Wrong Time Wrong Place

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Ed Fields

Modern Rancher

When you were a youngster, startin out to ride You'd rake the ponies fore and aft puttin trails upon their hides

Wrong Time Wrong Place

FC 11 F-21

Ed Fields

Coyotes, Natures' Ghost

Some folks do not understand him and try to do his in Because coyotes sometimes kill some livestock and commit some other sins