FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Horse Tales

FC 11 J-23

Billy James

The New Horse?

That new bought horse is mighty strange, The ugliest I've seen; Ain't got no legs, ner mane ner tail; What's more, the horse is green.

Horse Tales

FC 11 J-23

Billy James

A Trip Back Home

Sometimes I think of going home, so up that hill I climb To find velvet textured holes woven in th looms of time painted red, rust colored by some oxidizing nails

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

There is Something About Ranching

I'm always following cattle, no matter where I go, If it's Idaho, Oregon, or far off Mexico. They have a fascination for me that I can't seem to shake. I guess I have a love for them that I don't want to break.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

Horses

I have ridden lots of horses; You don't know what I've been through. They have thrown me, drug and kicked me; There's nothing they won't do

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

Cherokee Bill

Cherokee Bill was an outlaw; He was known both far and near. He had a price upon his head That ws growing every year. THe law had tried to catch him, but each time he'd get away

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

The Wild Horse of Owyhee

This wild bay stallion that I bought, He never had a name; He had never felt a rope or brand, But I bought him just the same.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

The Filly

She was the slickest filly I'd ever seen But my chances with her looked rather lean. She was built for a prize in any show; Where she came from I did not know.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

Carol:

Carol, my darling, it's strange but it's true, Most of my life I've been married to you. I'll never forget the day that we met. The thrill of that hour remains with me yet.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

When You're Feeling Low

When you're feeling kinda low and really want to cry, And your poor old husband bugs you every time he passes by, Don't abuse the lowly critter; he may have his troubles, too.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

March 19th, 1914

Oh yes, I know more than sixty years ago Down in Cassia County in the Stateof Idaho, A little girl arrived one night while most folks wereasleep, But her Mother was wide awake and Dad was with the sheep.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

The Baby Moutain Goat's Skull

On Barren Pass one fine day, When there your footsteps chanced to stray You found this token in decay And have kept it to this very day. I know how much it means to you

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

Almost Two

Lovalyn, you are so sweet; You're almost good enough to eat. you really catch your daddy's eye, And you're is girl, but that's not why

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

When the Path is Black

Did you ever have a time in life When hell knocked on your door, When your dreams and plans and love of life Lay shattered on the floor?

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

A Little Rodeo and a Big Bull

Forrest was just a little boy, But his feet reached to the ground. He had some good ideas And to me they sounded sound.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

Christmas with Christensens

Well, Santa Clause, is it true That you're coming here tonight, With you sleigh bells and your reindeer and your suit of red and white?

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

Three Wheeler Ride

That Dennis is a good boy, to this you must agree, But listen while I tell you what that critter did to me. I am his old Grandpa, in fact, he bears my name; That didn't really matter; he did it just the same.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

The Last Roundup--Almost

We've been in lots of scrapes together, Old Vincent Flake and me. We won some and we lost some, In the days that used to be.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

Old Vet the Workhorse

We had a horse we called Old Vet And he could really buck. There was none of us could ride him. But a harness changed his luck.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

Old Age at 75

I didn't think I'd make it, But here I'm seventy-five. It really isn't all that bad. I'm glad that I'm alive.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

The Taming of a Terrorist

We were camped in Apache County Near the reservation line; I was cooking for a crew of men; Things were going fine. They really lilked my biscuits and put a lot of them away.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

The Hashknife Outfit

They came to Arizona in the year of eighty-three, Hashknife was the brand they wore and it was plain to see. There were a lot of cattle and a lot of punchers, too.

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

Life on the Lazy H

I've had some great experiences, and some not quite so great. Some I like to talk about, and some I don't relate. We were living on the Lazy H in nineteen forty-one;

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

Old Joe

I bought him out in Oregon, this horse that we called Joe. The seller was Guy Rencher, a fellow you might know. He was no special breed, just a cow horse I would say

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

The Taming of the Shrew

Scott is just a neighbor boy who likes to hang around; He wants fo find the action, at least what can be found. He doesn't always find it, but he found it yesterday

Ropin', Ridin' and Ranchin'

FC 11 F-22

Dennis Flake

My Prayer

Forbodings of grave things ahead That would distort all reasons power, Are held in check by Thy great love As faith I walk by every hour.