FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Just More Thinking
FC 11 S-69
71
Georgie Connell Sicking
Back Roads
There is a place in Arizona, Stays forever in my mind, Beneath lofty Mahon Mountain where, A pack trail weaves and winds.
Just More Thinking
FC 11 S-69
73
Georgie Connell Sicking
The Spirit Of Christmas
We were two kids in a cow camp, Christmas drawin near. Not much food, no moeny to spend, The way ahead was drear.
Just More Thinking
FC 11 S-69
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Georgie Connell Sicking
Qui-Ui
Last week we heard from Washington D.C., And it seems their latest wish, Is to dry up our fields and pastures, To protect the Qui-Ui fish.
Just More Thinking
FC 11 S-69
75
Georgie Connell Sicking
Hold The Cut And Take The Cussin'
Hold the cut and take the cussin', Is a sayin' in a cowboy life - A good place for a gunsel or, Maybe for a cowboy's wife.
Just More Thinking
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Georgie Connell Sicking
Rabbit Track Mind
I got myself a cow dog, One of the working kind. He had all the looks and he had all the moves, But he had a rabbit track mind.
Just More Thinking
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Georgie Connell Sicking
The Making Of A Hand
Was packing out salt on the old F C, When what should walk out in front of me, But a long ear'd heifer fair of face, No brand, long ears and ready for a race.
Just More Thinking
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Georgie Connell Sicking
The Glory Trail
I've worked hard and I've rode hard, Had my ups and downs Always working on the ranches, Stayin' away from town.
Just More Thinking
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Georgie Connell Sicking
Cowboy Bedroll
That old cowboy bedroll helped, Make a home away from home, For many a most broke cowboy, Who had the yen to roam.
Just More Thinking
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Georgie Connell Sicking
That Long Ear'd Bull
We had been range brandin' on Elephant Mountain, Evening was coming on. Horses tired and sweaty, Been riding them since dawn.
Just More Thinking
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Georgie Connell Sicking
Wings And Things
In our part of the country, Flying things are taking over. Cattlemen better grab your hats, And head right out for cover!
Just More Thinking
FC 11 S-69
87
Georgie Connell Sicking
Cowboy's Wife
Many stories have been told, Of the cowboys romantic life. I have a different story to tell, That of a cowboy's wife.
Just More Thinking
FC 11 S-69
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Georgie Connell Sicking
Why Is A Cowboy A Cowboy?
"Why is a cowboy a cowboy?" A city feller asked me one day. Why is a paint horse born with spots, And a bay horse just a bay?
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Georgie Connell Sicking
The Greatest Sport
An old Nevada mustang, As wild as she could be, I'll tell you all for sure, She made gambler out of me.
Just More Thinking
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Georgie Connell Sicking
The Way It Is
An old hen cackled, From a nest that she had hid. Then the rooster cackled, Come see what we did.
Just More Thinking
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Georgie Connell Sicking
That Little Old Coyote
He steals my chickens, He steals my geese. Never let's me be at peace. That little ole coyote.
Just More Thinking
FC 11 S-69
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Georgie Connell Sicking
Dust Devils
When the dust devils dance on the hard pan, laughing in fendish glee. Saying look what the politicians have done for you and me.
Just More Thinking
FC 11 S-69
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Georgie Connell Sicking
A Modern Way of Working Cattle
I had a dream the other night, and what I say is true. I wanted to work the cattle, like the modern cowboys do.
Just More Thinking
FC 11 S-69
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Georgie Connell Sicking
Lora and the Inspiration
She was always there before me, like a beacon in the distance. A challenge that forever led me on.
Just More Thinking
FC 11 S-69
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Georgie Connell Sicking
Free Verse
I once knew an Indian fellow, he was old and he was wise. Many things and many places, had passed before his eyes.
Just More Thinking
FC 11 S-69
99
Georgie Connell Sicking
My Prayer Poem
Lord, as you look upon us, you've given us the best, Of faith, hope and courage, the women of the west.
Just More Thinking
FC 11 S-69
100
Georgie Connell Sicking
Heaven
When I get to Heaven, if I get to Heaven, will the wild horses be running there? Will the wild roses bloom in the canyons, sending fragrance in the air?
Checkin The Back Trail
FC 11 A-19
5
B.S. Aitken
Old Tom
Old Tom cowboyed for many years -- A better hand was hard to find from years of sweat and alkali dust -- His eyes got bad, he went blind.
Checkin The Back Trail
FC 11 A-19
6
B.S. Aitken
Water Baptism
Where ever there are ranches that hire workin men There'll be bunkhouses that they will gather in Stories will be told, -- Cowboys will relate The worst trouble one's been in -- is a subject to debate.
Checkin The Back Trail
FC 11 A-19
9
B.S. Aitken
Education
We'd rounded up the cattle - headed for the summer range Taken along some college gals who wanted to cowboy for a change.
Checkin The Back Trail
FC 11 A-19
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B.S. Aitken
The Sheephearders Revenge
Out in a Western state -- A sheepman leads his crew It takes a lot of real estate to run a band or two.