FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Drift Wood
FC 11 B-59
72
Lucy S. Burnham
Untitled
I pray thee Lord that while I live I shall spend my days in usefulness, May I stand ready Lord to give A helping hand in kindliness.
Drift Wood
FC 11 B-59
73
Lucy S. Burnham
Counting The Years
"How old are you, grandma?" her voice was low, With haunting accents of long ago, When her mother asked in the self same way, As she paused in her play, so young and gay.
Drift Wood
FC 11 B-59
74
Lucy S. Burnham
The House Of The Lord (Dedicated to the Mesa Temple)
Tread Lightly This is the House of the Lord, This is a place of prayer, In it shall be no unclean thought, No sin shall enter there.
Drift Wood
FC 11 B-59
75
Lucy S. Burnham
(To Our Boys In Uniform)
There's something in a uniform That sets our boys apart A grace and manly purpose That tugs at my old heart.
Drift Wood
FC 11 B-59
76
Lucy S. Burnham
A Trail So Old And Winding
A trail so old and winding, Leads on thru a meadow of grass, To a house neath the trees still guarding, The dreams of a bare-foot lass.
Drift Wood
FC 11 B-59
77
Lucy S. Burnham
My Baseball Hero
I've been flirting something awful All this glad, hot summer long, With a dark eyed base ball player Young and handsome and so strong.
Drift Wood
FC 11 B-59
78
Lucy S. Burnham
Spring
I felt it in the cool fresh air this morning, The intangible sweet herald of the spring, I sensed it as I opened wide my window, And suddenly the birds began to sing.
More Horsin' Around
FC 11 C-54
1
Stu Campbell
Buckaroo
Prose: I was workin' out in Nevada on a good cow outfit with some real good hands and a good string of horses. There was about ten of us buckaroos, counting the reps from other outfits.
More Horsin' Around
FC 11 C-54
5
Stu Campbell
Rustler!
Prose: Back in the old days, I guess a feller could get in a lot of trouble branding his neighbor's stock with his own iron. From what the old-timers tell me, when a feller was caught red-handed, if he wasn't shot trying to get away,
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FC 11 C-54
7
Stu Campbell
Christmas Joy
Prose: Last Christmas, the most practical gift I received was a pair of long johns. This set of winter underwear was regular "old time" style, one piece, from neck to toe with buttons up the front and back.
More Horsin' Around
FC 11 C-54
8
Stu Campbell
The Makins' of a Good Horse
Prose: At one dude outfit I worked on, they didn't own any horses. They leased them from a horse trader up around Riverton, Wyoming. Most years they'd get the same horses back in the spring
More Horsin' Around
FC 11 C-54
12
Stu Campbell
Just a Kid's Horse
Prose: I was sittin' over a cup of coffee out in Nevada, out of a job and wonderin' what I would do next. The outfit I was workin' on let all their buckaroos go, promisin' us a job when the fall gather started.
More Horsin' Around
FC 11 C-54
14
Stu Campbell
Runnin' Backwards
Prose: I was workin' on an outfit that was located right in the middle of some real good hay growin' country. The outfit I worked for run a couple of hundred cows an' sold surplus hay.
More Horsin' Around
FC 11 C-54
16
Stu Campbell
Fancy Broomtails
Prose: I don't think there's a cowboy alive that doesn't like to run horses. I know I do. On the dude outfits I worked on, I'd generally bring the horses in on a run.
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FC 11 C-54
19
Stu Campbell
A Familiar Habit
Prose: I buckarooed out in Nevada for some time on quite a few different cattle outfits, some good, some not so good. I enjoyed the work and liked seein' new an' different country
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FC 11 C-54
21
Stu Campbell
Goin' Home
Prose: A loose cinch has caused plenty of cowboys a lot of problems. Most of the time, a feller will ride with a cinch just tight enough to keep the saddle in place under normal conditions.
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FC 11 C-54
22
Stu Campbell
Chocolate Chip
Prose: Runnin' a dude ranch can be a pretty good job, as long as the ranch is set up to handle the guests. But when the ranch doesn't have the facilities to handle dudes, guests or freeloaders can be a problem and a nuisance.
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FC 11 C-54
24
Stu Campbell
Drifter
Prose: Drifter was a good lookin' sorrel horse that come to the dude outfit early in June. From his looks, I figured him to be 'bout half Arab and half Quarter.
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FC 11 C-54
26
Stu Campbell
A Real Cowboy
Prose: When I was goin' to college, I took a couple of colts to break so I could earn some extra money an' help out with the expenses. I was gettin' a dollar a day to ride these colts an' I figured it was worth it just to be able to get away from the books for a while
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FC 11 C-54
28
Stu Campbell
The Talker
Prose: One of the necessary jobs on a cow outfit is shoein' horses. All cowboys are expected to do it, but I never met any that really liked it. I know I sure don't like it an' I generally feel a lot better when my horses was shoed
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FC 11 C-54
30
Stu Campbell
Saddle Sores
Prose: A few years ago I was running a dude ranch up in the Grand Teton country of Wyoming. It was a pretty little ranch with some real good horses, nice country and nice people. It had the makings for a nice year.
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FC 11 C-54
31
Stu Campbell
Making a Name for Myself
Prose: It was time to move camp. We figured it was time because we were having to ride about 15 to 20 miles from camp every day to make a gather.
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FC 11 C-54
34
Stu Campbell
Range Hoss Manners
Prose: Horses have always been a big part of ranch life in northern Nevada and southern Idaho. Most of the ranches keep broodmare bands just to fill their remudas. One such outfit I worked for maintained 80 broodmares in different bands.
Still Horsin' Around
FC 11 C- 55
1
Stu Campbell
All Tied Up
Prose: We'd spent the biggest part of the mornin' corralin' about 1.000 head of steers- yearlin's. It had been pretty tough, the cattle was wild and the country was tough on men an' horses both.
Still Horsin' Around
FC 11 C- 55
2
Stu Campbell
Given' Enough Rope
Prose: When I was about 13 or 14, I had the makin's of a good hand. I could ride some, I'd been on a buckin' horse or two an' hadn't got throwed- too hard anyways.