FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
Cowboy Definitions
Government employee: A person with a title and a condescending attitude determined to help you in spite of your ignorance (generally younger than you)...
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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Roger Ringer
Florida Feeders
I was at Gregory's home place a few years ago We took delivery of three pot loads of Florida calves about 600 pounds Eared calves they were all part Brahmer
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
Stomped
Damn you Saul, what have you done? Last I recall I was giving you grain and then a freefall. My ribs hurt and my leg is laying there.... Saul, you devil brute, you stomped me sure. I guess I got away rolling under here.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
Turtle Digging, Part One
When the summer is gittin' along real good and the Kansas sun will bake you to a crisp, ambition wanes and boredom sets in real hard, it's time for turtle diggin' to start.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
Turtle Digging, Part Two
Pull another round this heat is gettin' intense, grass if failing, ground is blowin', milo's burning up. I says to Big Daddy, a perfect August Day, ambition to do nothing but drink and play cards today.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
Cowboy Truisms
If you must ride a bull...draw a rank one. You don't get much respect gittin' stomped by a wimpy bull.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
Big Discovery
The professor made his pronouncement that the old west had ended... Around the turn of the century the cowboy at this time was dead.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
63
Roger Ringer
Golf Huntin'
Me and the boys did somethin' last summer that we don't normally do. We got done with all our chores and headed into the city in the middle of the afternoon.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
Deliverance
Walking up to face the man a kid quickly going to the bad, speed with a gun and false sense of courage the only edge I had. About to face a legend to gain a bit of fleeting fame in a wild and bloody land.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
67
Roger Ringer
Horse Sense
Preamble: I have always suspected that these so-called dumb animals have a lot more on the ball than their human counterparts.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
71
Roger Ringer
Mist on the Greenleaf
The day was gray as I sat on the hill over looking the old Greenleaf Ranch. The hills and sways were misty and hazy...below lay a small feed patch.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
More Cowboy Definitions
Rude Awakening: Realizing the true number of the 10 you left the dance with...
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
75
Roger Ringer
Spring Calving
The temperature's dropping, I feel it in my bones. The cold seems to chill clear thru my soul. It started snowing light this morning and continued past sundown and now is swirling all around.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
77
Roger Ringer
The Legend
Look there on the horizon a speck speeding across the plains Riding with the devil behind Speeding to carry the parcels with haste
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
Prairie Love Song
Come take a walk with me through a sea of bluestem grass waving gently in a Kansas breeze. Let me tell you my dreams as I hold you close to me as the cottonwoods dance so free.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
Passin' Along
She stepped quietly into the room, latching the door carefully. Not wanting to raise him from the painless peace he now knew.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
83
Roger Ringer
Redjaw Coyote Hunt
My, my, my, says I, as I looked down the lines of his truck. I can't see a dent, a scratch, or a scrape, the work they done was truly first rate.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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Roger Ringer
More Kansas One-Liners
It gets dry in Kansas...how dry can it get? Fellah robbed the bank down at Norwich last week...left the money, just took the water bottle.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
A Birthday Visit
A fierce cold wind blew from the plain... Those with a sense were in by the fire's glow. A lone pickup was parked down by the churchyard, A solitary figure could be seen standing by a stone.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
Rounding Up the Strays
I knew an old cowboy, and I do mean old, When I was growing up he was old. His weatherbeaten face all brown and wrinkled Would light up when tickled
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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Roger Ringer
Big Red
He called it "Big Red"...I was somewhat amused, Then I was a bit perplexed N' then, to tell you the truth...I was plain confused.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
Still More Kansas One-Liners
It gets dry in Kansas...how dry can it get? Saw a robin beat the hell out of a redtail hawk tryin gto hog Mama's birdbath...
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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Roger Ringer
Silent Night
It was a silent night... Clear and cold like long ago. The moon and stars shining bright As old Charlie worked on his goal.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
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Roger Ringer
More Cowboy Truisms
Ridin' a buckin' bronc spooked by a hillside full of rattlesnakes will make you a world class rider real fast.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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Roger Ringer
Snaky
Riding for a brand new brand Out yonder in the gypsum hills... Checking fence with the new boss, Not looking for any thrills.