FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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From Poison Creek to Redwater
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Kenneth Goss
Chapter Fifteen
Seems like where ever you go, you run into some character you never forget. One man I'll always remember was a man named Jarvis.
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Kenneth Goss
Chapter Sixteen
Prose: Clayton Thompson was a farmer for a while. In fact, he done a lot of different things. It seems he was good at most everything he put his hand to.
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Kenneth Goss
Lewis and Clark
Now Tom Jefferson he was in office Way back in eighteen oh three. He'd bought a chunk of land out west That he thought he'd like to go see.
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Kenneth Goss
Chapter Seventeen
Prose: Elmer Cox was a feller I met over in South Dakota. He was a few years older than me, and a whole lot tougher. He told me so himself.
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Kenneth Goss
Chapter Eighteen
Prose: My grandad on my pa's side lived in northwest Texas most of his life. I only seen him once, when he come to visit us when I was about twelve years old.
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Kenneth Goss
Chapter Nineteen
Prose: Now it seems like I always had a good memory for brands. I knew most everyone's brand that lived in the country around Richey and for quite a ways beyond.
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Kenneth Goss
Chapter Twenty
Prose: Amanda Wallen showed up in the early homestead days. She was one of the first settlers to file on a claim down on what they called HOrse Crick. She said she loaded everything she could beg, borrow, or steal
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Kenneth Goss
Chapter Twenty-one
Prose: Seems like most of my stories is about moonshiners or horse or cow thieves or some other undesriable characters. We had our share of them like most communities, but we had a lot more of the other kind.
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Kenneth Goss
Chapter Twenty-two
Now along in the twenties, while I had my place rented out, I got a job workin for the Frye Cattle Company at Poplar. Frye had a good sized bunch of cows
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Kenneth Goss
Chapter Twenty-three
When I first got back to Poplar after I'd been gone about a month, Fred called me into the office and said, "Jack, there's still a few more horses the boys up at Browning
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Kenneth Goss
Chapter Twenty-four
Prose: Now along about the time I'd got to thinkin I might be old enough to think about retirin, I got a letter from a woman IN Omaha, Nebraska, named Otilia somethin or ohter.
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Kenneth Goss
Chapter Twenty-five
Prose: The last few years I farmed was real good crop years, but it seemed like the work was gettin harder and harder and I was gettin slower.
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Kenneth Goss
Former Bronc Rider
I used to be a bronc rider I never could figure out why If someone said, "That horse sure can buck" I'd have to go give him a try.
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A.G. Nelson
Cow Pasture Pool
Author Lee Pitts once explained, The reasons cowboys shouldn't play golf; Seeing a cowboy's pale legs in shorts, To me is, plenty reason enough!
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A.G. Nelson
The Oyster Fry
This story all came to pass, Many long winter nights ago; When my brother Jim decided, Off to college he would go.
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A.G. Nelson
The Shoppin' Trip
It's a strange symbiotic relationship, This courtship -n- marriage -n- such; And it seems the longer you're in it, You find you haven't learned all that much.
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A.G. Nelson
Tally Ho The Fox
When it comes to new experiences, I'm always up for a change in pace; So when my friend offered a fox hunt, I couldn't resist joinin' the chase.
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A.G. Nelson
Missin' Thumbs
We all have our distinguishing features, Some are more obvious than others; And they make us all individualized, And easily identified by our mothers.
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A.G. Nelson
Cowboy Dictionary
It seems we all have our own lingo, That we were either born with or acquired; Mine happens to be a western drawl, That not too many people have admired.
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A.G. Nelson
Bull vs Geo
I sure wish I was present, That snowy day way back when; But the story my brother recounts, Is as good as any pictures or pen.
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A.G. Nelson
The Japanese Quarterhorse
I haven't much recollection, Of the events that recently transpired; But one thing's for certain, My days of motorcycles have expired!
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A.G. Nelson
The Texan
I'm sure we've all met fellers, That we didn't particularly care for; For one reason or another, You just couldn't take em' anymore!
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A.G. Nelson
Pete And The Wolf
I've been known to embellish tales, And my nose like Pinocchio's grew; But the story of my friend Pete, And an unsuspecting wolf is true.
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A.G. Nelson
One Expensive Chip
We have all had brain misfires, That happen every twice in a while; And I seem to recall a potato chip, That made me miss a synapse by a mile.
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A.G. Nelson
The Catchpen Chiropractor
Ol' Leroy is a pretty good feller, And not a bad cowhand to boot; But he's been plagued with lumbago, For most of his life, the poor old coot.