FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

"Lost The Boss"

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Wade Collins

Gatherin Wild Steers

Me and my dog were a gatheren steers with a 16 foot whip and a 40 foot rope. The rain was pouren down real hard and at finden tracks we's loosen hope.

"Lost The Boss"

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Wade Collins

Women

Now this is a touchy subject, One better left alone. Because women control all us men, A thought that chills us to the bone.

"Lost The Boss"

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Wade Collins

Picken Out A Bride

My dad he once told me about his pretty little dove. Said... Son if your gonna get married be sure that your in love.

"Lost The Boss"

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Wade Collins

Inlaws

Even though your married to their daughter who was custom made for you. You somehow failed to realize that you married her family too.

"Lost The Boss"

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Wade Collins

Friends

Through my life I have managed, somehow to learn alot. But, one thing I've learned for sure, true friends are earned not bought.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Cowboy Poet Lariat

Alvin G. Davis is simply an alias Tex West is my real name My home is on the Plains of Texas As a cowboy I've gained my fame.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Cowboy Poetry

Just what is cowboy poetry Is often asked these days Since the revival of this art Has suddenly become a craze.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Cowboy Religion

One day two cowboys were talking About Christ, the Apostles and such Finally they truthfully admitted About religion they didn't know much.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

More Cowboy Religion

The same two cowboys were talking At another time and place When their talk turned to religion And the "loser" wanted to save face.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Bull Shipper

There's a character from Brighton, Colorado And of him you may have read or heard-- Cowboy poet, ex-veterinarian and cattle feeder And his writing sometimes in quite absurd.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

The Rest Of The Story

Our regional weekly newspaper, The West Texas Post Gazette, Recently ran a sad story That really made me fret.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Milking Cows

One of my least favorite chores While growing up on the farm Was having to milk the cows Cause they really had no charm.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Leather, Cowboys and Cows

Since leaves went out of fashion Like Adam's and Eve's from fig trees, Which just became totally inadequate With the coming of the first freeze.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Famous Firearms

There are many firearm collections In museums across the nation And to a visitor without exception With them there is a fascination

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Changing Jobs

Of all the things to make a living There's one I never wanted to be. On my list of desirable occupations, Preaching is last on a scale of A to Z.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Cowboy Steaks

When he was just a youngun To the big city he did go From the level plains of Texas All the way to Chicago.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Beef Type

Way back in Nineteen fifty When livestock I did judge For my Collegiative Livestock Team British breeds you could not budge

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

A Part Of History

Today while I was restin' From work I hadn't done While waitin' for the roundup I thought of verses yet unsung.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

The Diagnoses

A rancher named Jones from our Town Took sick one day and went to bed. He called his long time family doctor And this is what the doctor said:

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

R.F.D. Three Sweepstakes

Now in this home of the brave Which is also the land of the free For many things we can be thankful Not the least of which is R.F.D.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Sagebrush Heroes

I was born in nineteen twenty-seven And when I was just a kid, The great depression came along And greatly limited the things we did.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Reincarnation II

Tex Smith was a much renowned horseman And a might handsome man was he He had developed a nationwide reputation Of all horse trainers he was the envy.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Horse Breeding

If you have ever been a horse breeder Regardless of the name of the breed You probably had a most wanted color For each and every little steed

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Alvin G. Davis

Tex West, DC Ph

We have told you who Tex is And from Where he hails As well as what he does In one of our poetic tales.

A Collection of The Cowboy Poems of Tex West

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Alvin G. Davis

Cowboy Accidents

As part of the crew On the old Bar J Slim Jones was a hand Who, we might say,