FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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An Afternoon In The West (More Cowboy Poetry, Pictures, and Other Stuff)
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D.L. Chance
Bullriding Beginner
"I'm gonna stay up this time!" I determined as the wranglers helped tie me on.
An Afternoon In The West (More Cowboy Poetry, Pictures, and Other Stuff)
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D.L. Chance
Carl's Poetry
This old cowboy friend of mine named Carl always did fancy himself a poet.
An Afternoon In The West (More Cowboy Poetry, Pictures, and Other Stuff)
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D.L. Chance
Show Me
Show me a genius, and I'll show you someone who fails. Show me a real Cowboy, and I'll show you dirt under his nails.
An Afternoon In The West (More Cowboy Poetry, Pictures, and Other Stuff)
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D.L. Chance
Line Shack Winter
Charlie Phipps worked a winter line shack on the old Spring Valley ranch in Idaho.
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D.L. Chance
Texas #2
The French tourguide became unusually distressed when the rich Texan gazed at the Eiffel, unimpressed.
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D.L. Chance
Steppin' Lively
This Cowboy once asked me to play him a fast one, and I really tried hard to comply. "Hell, that ain't so fast, speed it up some!"
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D.L. Chance
Big Ed's Manners
The hands out at the Wagon Wheel ranch have always used good manners at the table.
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D.L. Chance
Ghost Towns
"If these walls could talk, what would they say? Just what could this old ghost town tell me?"
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D.L. Chance
Jake, The Storyteller
Yes sir, Jake Hawkins could tell some captivating tales, and everyone of them guaranteed true!
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D.L. Chance
An Afternoon In The West
He was an old cowboy, sitting in a wheelchair on the porch of a nursing home in the tiny ranching village of Melrose, New Mexico
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D.L. Chance
Willard And The Big Hog
A bunch of the cowboys out by Little Creek still like to talk about that night When Old Willard Hill got back in late, and told about that terrifying sight.
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D.L. Chance
Underneath A Cowboy Moon
1. Well the work's at an end and we're riding again, the roundup's come and gone.
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D.L. Chance
The Cowboy And The Banker
A cowboy once went to see the banker, to inquire into takin gout a loan.
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D.L. Chance
Shortie #4
A wise man will seek out wisdom, or so I've always believed. A modest man will tend to underplay any accomplishments he may have achieved.
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D.L. Chance
Cowboy Practical Jokes #2
Cowboys are a noble, trustworthy bunch with the morals of a Sunday School teacher.
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D.L. Chance
A Shortie
"Sell me a horse cheap!", the greenhorn demanded. The Cowboy thought this was somewhat high-handed.
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D.L. Chance
The Carolina Kid
At the airport in Charlston I was corralled by a kid, while once trying to get into Birmingham.
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D.L. Chance
The Coyote Cafe
The Coyote Cafe was a true institution, and had been for many, many years. It was out where Hwy. 7 crosses the river.
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D.L. Chance
The Trick Roper
"Now, let me see," I said to myself, "there must be some trick here that I don't get."
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D.L. Chance
The Society Cowboy
Sophistication, in itself, is an artificial concept held dear mainly by the sophisticated.
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D.L. Chance
Shortie #6
"Has this church got an outhouse?" the rude Cowboy asked too loudly. The Parson stopped right in mid-sermon, then answered somewhat proudly.
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D.L. Chance
The Trail Cook
Supper is a long time coming to a cowboy who's been at it since five.
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D.L. Chance
The Old Woman's Trail Chili
Next to beans, this was the trail cook's best dish. Most of the ingredients could be carried in the chuck wagon without the probability of spoiling.
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D.L. Chance
A Father's Cowboy Dreams
"Dad, when I grow up I want to be...," my son began as we took a little walk. I was somewhat startled by what he told me, but, trying to be a good father, I just let him talk.
Coming Out Of The Cowboy Closet (Cowboy Poetry, Pictures, and Other Stuff)
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D.L. Chance
Where Are The Real Cowboys?
Where are the real cowboys, in Texas or Wyoming? I guess it don't matter where they're from as much as where they're going.