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
Don't Box Me In
I need a favor from you And now is when I'll ask it. When i die, for Pete's sake do Not put me in a casket Where my body lie
Out West to Outback and Beyond
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Dick Warwick
The End User
My son calls me an "end user" Of machinery, cars and tools; He claims, does my accuser, That I'm among those silly fools
Out West to Outback and Beyond
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Dick Warwick
A Toothsome Tale
My girlfrined is more gorgeous than Miss Finland or Brazil, And she loves me as deeply as a woman ever will. She's as faithful as my favorite horse, as smart as Einstein; Her taste in furnishings and art impeccable and fine.
Out West to Outback and Beyond
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Dick Warwick
A Sad Sea Story
Once upon a fine fine day, many many years now past, The sun came up like plunder over Fundy Bay so fast. Did I mention it was Sunday, Or Monday at the worst?
Out West to Outback and Beyond
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Dick Warwick
The Trail I took
The trail forked in desolate land And thinking either choice was ill I looked and thought, and gazed and scanned Across the miles of scrub and sand
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Dick Warwick
Saving Time
You can save your money, put it underneath a rock And you can store up honey in a jar or in a crock But there's a term that's often used.
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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3
Dick Hays
A Mother's Dream
When I was a little feller, On a stick horse I would ride, Go a whoppin an' a hollerin' With a wooden pistol on my side
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
The New Wagon
Pa's bought a damn contraption, Th' durndest thing I've ever seen. Claims we don't need ol' Maud or Bess, 'Cause it's pulled with gasoline.
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
Button
Th' Button, he's a cowhand, though a little premature. He's gettin' lots of pointers; He'll make a hand fer sure.
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
Pecos Blues
I'm up on ol' Baldy, My bed is on ol' Jack; I didn't come from nowhere, An' now I'm goin' back. Fer this promised land of Pecos
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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7
Dick Hays
Courtin' On a Mule
Now I went down to Mary's house To see if she was home, An' Mary's Pa had told me twice To leave his girl alone. As I rode up th' shady lane
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
Hats An' Horses
Early in th' morning when th' ground is froze An' th' water runs from th' end of your nose, You saddle a horse that's full of grain, You sure better watch th' crazy ol' thing. He's all swelled up an' your saddle won't fit.
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
Facts of the Cowboy Life
Now people seem to sit an' dream That a cowboy's life is play. They cuss their luck 'cause they are stuck In a city far away. They read in books how a cowboy looks,
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
Shorty
Gather 'round you buckaroos While I relate th' fate Of a puncher known as Shorty That's roped himself a mate. Now Shorty, he was famous Fer his stock disturbin' skill.
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
The Hide Buyer
Th' ol' hide buyer is drivin' along With is stinkin' load of hides, His pockets are stuffed with money, An' his head is stuffed with lies. He'll look at th' hides that's hangin' On th' fence by th' slaughter pen,
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
Heaven
There's a land above the stars, Far above the Milky Way, Where cattle roam in thousands And cutting horses play. Ther ain't no jigger bosses
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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15
Dick Hays
The Girl of My Golden Dreams
Now I've been doin' some thinkin' As down th' ridge I ride As to how I'll treat th' girl That I take fer my blushing bride. I want her to wash my clothes,
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
The Long Looper
A long looper's life is lonely. High in th' moutains he rides, A-huntin' for yearlins' with no man's brand To mar their glossy hides. With his horse, an' rope, an' runnin' rod, He's makin' himself a home,
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
Th' Depot Agent
If you've ever been to th' stockyards, It makes no difference where, I'm sure you've seen, th' same as I, Th' depot agent there. After you've worked your cattle An' cut 'em in carload lots,
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
Brahmer Bulls
If you ever go down to El Paso To th' fat stock show an' fair, Look on th' ground bu chute number two An' yuh'll see my picture there. Th' boys, they kept on a -sayin
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
Huntin' Season
Th' hills is fulla fellers With bandanners on their hats, A-aimin' an' a-shootin' First this-a-way ann' that. Yuh can see th' devils squattin' On every moutain side;
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
The Beef Eater
Way back in th' head of th' canyon, High on a rocky rim, A cowboy knew there was a butcher, An' he lay an' wait for him. With is loaded thirty-thirty
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
Th' Cow Buyer
A cow buyer rides into your herd In his city, storle-bought clothes, His hat pulled down over knowing eyes, An' spectacles on his nose, With his pockets full of pencils,
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
Th' Western Drifter
Now a feller rode into my camp From many a weary mile. I asked him if he'd stay An' chew th' fat awhile. He helped hisself
From a Cowboy's Point of View
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Dick Hays
Th' Calf Roper
Yer calf is in th' chute An' his eyes are open wide. It's plain to see he's scared So you're gonna have to ride. Yer pony feels a quiver