FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Up-to-Date Cow-Puncher

Oh, the wind she's a-blowin' off Lone Tree Flat; With a whimperin' wail that's fearful, And the coyotes yelpin' their devil's chat; In the sage brush ain't right cheerful.

cowpuncher, loneliness, lonely, radio

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

A Ballad of Two Mountain Cowboys

Snow flakin' down on old Baldy, Blizzard a-whippin' the trees, Up on the Creston rides a cowboy alone, The cold creepin' into his knees.

rescue, friendship, Beaver Creek Joe

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Feud of the Range

There's woolly sheep's wool woven into my shirt, There's cowhide from cows in his shoes.

buckaroo, sheep, cows, smell, cattle, odor

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Rodeo Days

Ropin' of yearlin's and tyin' em' down, Wrastlin' of steers so the folks from town; Once in their lives gits a chance fer to see; Wild "hook 'em cowboys" like you and me.

bareback riding, calf roping, dance, bronc riding, bronc busting

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

His Night-Herd Pardner

Oh, there's pardners good fer daytime and there's pals that's meant fer nights, And a few that's good enough tuh never change.

May, spring, night-herding, moon

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

What the Old Texan Misses

Red cow, white-face, muley black, Yaller steer with a warbled back.

cattle, cows, Texas longhorns, Texas longhorn

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Stockyards Bound!

Jest beef? Say, feller, that ain't half the story!

stockyard, rendering, parts of cows, ears, hide, leather, horns, hair, hoof, hooves, glue, gelatin, cattle

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Mexkins

I ain't in love with Mexkins with their saddle leather skins; Nor fond of smellin' chili on their breath, But say, I kinder hate to read about their "evil grins", An' how they'll always knife yuh to the death.

Mexican, ethnic, simplicity, sharing, racial, prejudice, stereotype

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Homesick

Don't sing me no song of a knight's romance, No ballad of saber's rattle, No opery love songs, no sanctified chants.

herd, night-herding

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

His Hour Divine

There's lots of way of takin' hearty comfort as you eat, And feedin' of your soul with calm content.

meat, beef, food, home, love, wife, sweetheart

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Spring Flowers

Violets bloomin' in spring; I never see -- Many a right purty thing; Jest misses me.

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Ballad of Cowboy Clarence

Now hark to the ballad of Cowboy Clarence, Who come of a line of illustrious parents!

snob, pedigree, ancestors, big head, pride, family tree, thoroughbred, rustling, cattle rustling, gunfight, coward, cowardice

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Careful, Cowboy!

Love is a young cowgirl, Lopin' from the West.

girl, female, women

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Old Mountaineer's Favorite Music

Oh, o' course most ever'body's heard a heap more songs than me, More melodies of fiddles, harps, pianners, And maybe even more o' singin' birds and boomin' sea, More opery, more chants and more hosanners.

mountains

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Ballad of "Bible-Book" Bob

In Capulin Canyon near No Water Nob; Nobody was wiser than "Bible-Book" Bob.

scripture, bible, steal, theft, judge, forgiveness

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Winner

I've got a black eye and a nose; That's broke in three places or more!

milking wild cows, contest

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Movin' On

Oh, bobbed wire cuts the kiote's throat, He's drove from hills and holler, With farmer-fence his doom is wrote -- Say--must us punchers foller?

barbed wire, coyote, fencing, range, civilization, farm

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Ballad of Six-Shooter Susie

Now Six-Shooter Susie was brown-eyed an' fair, With rosebuds fer lips an' a sunset fer hair!

cowgirl, shooting, Little Beau Pete, Sue, cupid, target, love, marriage, blanks, prank

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Ride 'Em Clean!

Gray hoss, black hoss, pinto, roan; Broncos tough as the devil's own -- I've spent life with my legs a-straddle; Of a buckin' hoss and a cowboy saddle.

bucking bronco, bronc busting

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Mustang

They call yuh broom-tail, knot-head, runt, Jack-rabbit, magpie meat.

wild horse, fences, mustangs

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Spring Fashion Note

I see by the papers the time's come again; Tuh think about spring styles in clothes fer young men.

clothes, clothing, shoes, style, socks, suits, cowpuncher

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Rope Music

Oh, I've heard a lot of music, human-made and Nature's own, Fiddled tunes an' hummin' thrummin' melodies, With sometimes a squealin' clarinet or sobbin' saxophone, And at others just a wind-song in the trees.

humming, singing, saxophone, windsong, rope, lariat, lasso

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Ballad of Cowboy Lou

Now young Kid Lou was a lad I knew; In the days of the open range, Of a smart-aleck breed till a great stampede; Worked a sudden and complete change!

cocky, Cimarron, prank, bravery

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Water Hole

For miles the cattle smell it in the desert's sage and sand, And trail in lonely lines down to its edge.

watering hole, desert, life, death

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Mariposa Mesa

There's a high green mesa where the mariposa blooms; An' it ain't far up to the sky, Where the wind's a purrin' pussy an' the wild grouse throoms, An' the bunch grass grows thigh-high.

grazing, grass, bunchgrass, love, in love, girlfriend, flowers