FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Rangeland Perfume

There's something in the tang of things; That makes a feller feel; For home or for adventurings, For woe or maybe weal.

smells, odor, sagebrush, love, romance, girlfriend

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Ballad of Tenderfoot Tate

Now hark to the ballad of Tenderfoot Tate: He come to a finish right unfortunate.

mush gizzard, death of a tenderfoot, Drag Arrow, Big Brother Club to Prevent Painin' Cattle, horned, burial, humor

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Bronc Buster's Epitaph

Lies here where winds, sun rays an' rains; Come beatin' o'er his head, A bowleg son o' western plains, Whose name was Fork 'em Fred.

bronc-stompin', dead cowboy, bowlegged

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

A Cut of Beefsteak

You've heard how spice and tea and things from out the mystic East; Are smacked with far adventure and romance, How dates are caravanned across the desert for your feast.

steak, food, beef, meat

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

To a Jackrabbit

Lean, lanky son of desert sage, Gaunt galloper of mesas, Speed king of Satan's acreage, Gray ghost of twilight places.

rabbit

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

His Bravest Deed

Oh, I ain't no rival to Billy the Kid; Fer slaughterin' men and fer shootin', Fer drawin' and firin' like Bill Hickok did, Or killin' to settle disputin'.

stiff standup collar, bravery

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

A Trail Herd Lullaby

'Twas in the spring of Eighty-two, The Texas herds come drivin' through.

1882, cattle drive, night-herding song, grandmother, grandfather, romance, courtship, love, music, folksong and ballad, longhorn

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Preference

They's bound to be cities, they's got to be towns, With hundreds of folks to the acre.

progress, civilization, city

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Bow Legs

There's quicker ways to travel and there's softer seats, I know, Than on a lopin' cow hoss crost the plains.

bow legged, bowed legs, modes of travel, horseback riding bowlegged

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Bury Yore Guns!

Oh, along come the law in the West countree -- Shoot 'em up, pardner, and bury yore guns!

armed, rifle, sixgun, court, judge, gun

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

A Puncher's Protest

They're killin' mustangs off the range to sell as feed fer chickens -- Somebody's always choppin up the West.

chicken feed, horses, horse meat, wild horses

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

A Foothill Puncher's Spring Song

To songs o' spring that poets sing, Folks hanker fer to listen.

mud, tailin' up cows, tailing up cows, cattle

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

A Cowpuncher Watches the Crowd

Hi, Pete! Yeah, I'm a-playin' corner post.

city folk, Tex Austin, crowd, watching people, cows

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Rangeland Sleepin'

While pillows is softer fer under yer head; Than bunch grass or ol's saddle leather, An' maybe fer sleepin' a house an' a bed; Is quite some pertection frum weather.

sleep, protection from elements, cowpuncher, slumber, bunchgrass

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

"Jest Bring Me Back My Cowgirl Gal!"

The boss he's took my gal to town, Fer a fancy hat and a low-neck gown!

girlfriend, love triangle

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Up-to-Date Cow-Puncher

Oh, the wind she's a-blowin' off Lone Tree Flat; With a whimperin' wail that's fearful, And the coyotes yelpin' their devil's chat; In the sage brush ain't right cheerful.

cowpuncher, loneliness, lonely, radio

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

A Ballad of Two Mountain Cowboys

Snow flakin' down on old Baldy, Blizzard a-whippin' the trees, Up on the Creston rides a cowboy alone, The cold creepin' into his knees.

rescue, friendship, Beaver Creek Joe

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Feud of the Range

There's woolly sheep's wool woven into my shirt, There's cowhide from cows in his shoes.

buckaroo, sheep, cows, smell, cattle, odor

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Rodeo Days

Ropin' of yearlin's and tyin' em' down, Wrastlin' of steers so the folks from town; Once in their lives gits a chance fer to see; Wild "hook 'em cowboys" like you and me.

bareback riding, calf roping, dance, bronc riding, bronc busting

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

His Night-Herd Pardner

Oh, there's pardners good fer daytime and there's pals that's meant fer nights, And a few that's good enough tuh never change.

May, spring, night-herding, moon

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

What the Old Texan Misses

Red cow, white-face, muley black, Yaller steer with a warbled back.

cattle, cows, Texas longhorns, Texas longhorn

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Stockyards Bound!

Jest beef? Say, feller, that ain't half the story!

stockyard, rendering, parts of cows, ears, hide, leather, horns, hair, hoof, hooves, glue, gelatin, cattle

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Mexkins

I ain't in love with Mexkins with their saddle leather skins; Nor fond of smellin' chili on their breath, But say, I kinder hate to read about their "evil grins", An' how they'll always knife yuh to the death.

Mexican, ethnic, simplicity, sharing, racial, prejudice, stereotype

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Homesick

Don't sing me no song of a knight's romance, No ballad of saber's rattle, No opery love songs, no sanctified chants.

herd, night-herding

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

His Hour Divine

There's lots of way of takin' hearty comfort as you eat, And feedin' of your soul with calm content.

meat, beef, food, home, love, wife, sweetheart