FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Out West to Outback and Beyond
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Dick Warwick
A Cowhand's Farewell
Boys, I'm awful tired- It's been a lont old haul ; It's itme that I was fired, Let go once and for all. I feel it deep inside me, The doctor says I'm right;
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Dick Warwick
The Wide Land
I was raised where the land was so flat highest point was the crown of my hat. The sky came down to touch the ground And you could see forever all around.
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Dick Warwick
Christmas in a Line Shack
A cowboy in a line shack had spent some time alone; It was winter, and he had no radio, TV or telephone; To read, just old newspapers, decades out of date,
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Dick Warwick
The Old Meeting Hall
An old grange hall stands bereft In a field of waving wheat; The people all have long since left, Where once with flying feet
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Dick Warwick
King of the Rodeo
It's the sport of buckaroos, Rodeo is its name; you must be strong and fit to choose It as your favorite game. It's rough and tumble action As tough as it is fast,
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Dick Warwick
The Morning After
You were out on the range for a month, you were offered an advance- So you headed for town, 'twas Saturday night, you heard there'd be a dance. After a night of entertainment bordering on mayhem
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Dick Warwick
On the Plains of the Free Range Chicken
There's the range of the buffalo, And that of the cattle so wide; The range in Mom's old kitchen Where the steak and eggs were fried.
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Dick Warwick
When Harley Faced the Bull
Old Harley was a stubborn cuss, never would back down, Which is common with that type of folk that live too far from town; He'd sally blithely forth where angels dread to tread,
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Dick Warwick
An Offer He Couldn't Refuse
He awoke one morning in his own bunk Just before the break of day. Beside the bed, upon his trunk, A sheet of paper lay.
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Dick Warwick
Hayboy
"Hay boy" you can call me that I'll not be offended. "Hayboy" I'll probably wear that hat Until my life is ended. A cowboy is not me metier, But hayboy that would suit;
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Dick Warwick
Double Love
I love my native country with its jagged lofty peaks, Its rich and rolling farmland, its sparkling moutain creeks; I love its frigid winter when the snow like frosting drifts And a sky so purely blue my very spirit lifts.
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Dick Warwick
I Wish Sometimes That I Could Be
I wish sometimes that I could be A real Aussie bloke, and live in Bourke or Wingadee And ride a real moke. Oh, I'd wear an Akubra hat,
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Dick Warwick
Handprint
Beneath a rocky outcrop Somewhere far outback, Where a traveler might stop To rest beside the track, There is upon the stony face,
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Dick Warwick
A Tale to Roo
I'll tell you all a story which I'll vouch is partly true, About the time I went to hunt the ruddy kangaroo. We met out at the edge of town a half hour before dark Where we fine-tuned our rifle sights by shooting at a mark.
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Dick Warwick
Half a World Away
My love is in the Southern Hemisphere Wher it's summer while it's winter way up here; She writes to tell me it's so nice she jsut may up and stay. I'm here at home; she's half a world away.
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Dick Warwick
Nancy of the Internet
I had written her an e-mail, which I had, for want of female Companionship, sent to that old girlfriend I once took to the prom; She was pretty when I knew her, so I sent the message to her, Just for kicks,
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Dick Warwick
A Tale of Two Trees
Two trees stood side by side in a bushland wild, In a place the cunning hand of man had never yet defiled; Strong and tall they slowly grew, as their branches intertwined
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Dick Warwick
My Mates
Old Billy and Matilda, they are my favorite mates Companions in my journeys, throughout the several states. Billy keeps me slaked and fed, Matilda holds me dear; We have been fellow travelers for many a good year.
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Dick Warwick
The Geek From Cabbage Creek
There was ferment in the farmyard when a rumor crossed the fence That the goat from Old Neglect had slipped away And had joined the feral goat mobs- he was worth around twelve cents, So all the wags had come to have their say.
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Dick Warwick
Moama Night
I couldn't sleep, I stepped outside, the night was dark, no moon; Though autumn there, the air was warmer than at home in June. The stars were strewn across the sky in glorious array,
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Dick Warwick
Legacy
Lately I've been introduced as a cowboy poety; please Do not remember me for that. Say instead, he planted trees. Then sit beneath one of my pines some pleasant afternoon
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Dick Warwick
My Old Chevy Truck
I was once so down on my luck All I owned was an old Chevy truck. She would buck, bump and weave And at last took her leave
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Dick Warwick
Biotechnology Blues
I find that I am fearing genetic engineering, Combining forms of life once quite distinct- When Man is the Creator I suspect sooner of later We'll find a way to make ourselves extinct.
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Dick Warwick
The Coup of '63
The name Lee Harvey Oswald will go down in infamy They say he killed the President in 1963. But the real men who did the crime got off completely free, And Lee Oswald was they scapegoat when they killed John Kennedy.
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Dick Warwick
The Mayfly
Some people think it's mighty sad That mayflies live one day; If that were all the time we had, Would we live another way? A mayfly mainly wants to mate