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
Nightmare
I don't recollect the first time I dreamed it... Seems it has been with me since I was a pup. I never knew what to make of it, I've lived with it all this time...
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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Roger Ringer
Openers of the West
It tugs on the heart Builds people's yearnings Lures the imagination And fires the soul
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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109
Roger Ringer
An Old Cowboy's Final Comment
He said, Well, Old Dunny, it's been a long trail This brush poppin' just seems to get harder every year.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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111
Roger Ringer
Dad's Shop
It sets in the middle of the yard... probably the third thing you'll see. The first being the old farm house, Second, the old barn by the tree
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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114
Roger Ringer
God Don't Like Mobile Homes
Let me expand on a point That is common knowledge out on the plains. It is a familiar subject at the cafe But has failed to be debated or addressed.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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Roger Ringer
Dance at the Grange
The band was playin' a lively old tune With young and old at the dance. 'Twas the social event of the season, They weren't all there just by chance.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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118
Roger Ringer
Still More Cowboy Truisms
You never remember the things that go smoothly. The best memories and laughs come when things go plumb to hell.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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119
Roger Ringer
Big Daddy's Last Harvest
It was a typical Kansas summer day the sun...it was blazing hot! Not a cloud in the sky... Perfect for cutting wheat.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
121
Roger Ringer
Still More Cowboy Definitions
Dependable: The dog will always sit in the gate... when you don't want him there.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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123
Roger Ringer
Full Bloom
Cherry trees a bloomin' in the spring for all to see At our Nation's Capitol in Washington D.C.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
125
Roger Ringer
Memories of Mom
This little lady we call "Mom"...Some call Grandma, Sister, Aunt Mae, neighbor or friend...'tis true... This silver haired lady with eyes so blue.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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Roger Ringer
Big Daddy
Frank Kyle... What a man Lover of life... Keeper of the land Generous heart... Good neighbor Friend to young and old as well
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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128
Roger Ringer
Quilt of Love
One day long ago, a pattern was found in a magazine called Hoard's Dairyman... it's probably no longer around. Sent for it, stamped the blocks, it was ready to go... Who in particular I did not know.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
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129
Roger Ringer
Bucky's Christmas Visit
Once upon a time...not so long ago Our neighbor dog named Bucky Would come to play and visit... When, we'd never know.
Cowboys, Plowboys, and Country Folk
FC 11 R-39
131
Roger Ringer
True Friends
True Friends are wonderful indeed. We laugh, cry, pray..whatever the need. Daily we thank the Lord up above His help binds us together with love.
Drover Diaries: Original Poems of the American Cowboy
FC 11 N-14
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Rod Nichols
A Cowboy's Diary
By a short, tallow candle, or a campfire-dim light, or a coal-oil filled lantern, he would take time to write.
Drover Diaries: Original Poems of the American Cowboy
FC 11 N-14
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Rod Nichols
Angels 'Round The Campfire
It was fall and the roundup was over; in a short time the snowflakes would fly. We packed up our gear for a long ride to a warm place til spring would arrive.
Drover Diaries: Original Poems of the American Cowboy
FC 11 N-14
5
Rod Nichols
An Irish Cowboy Song
Tis an Irish cowboy melody 'round the campfire's fadin' light as a gentle air of fair colleen calms a bedded herd tonight.
Drover Diaries: Original Poems of the American Cowboy
FC 11 N-14
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Rod Nichols
An Itch
It's a long, hard trail from San Antone to the rail in Abilene. The days and nights grow longer, still, when you're mired in old routine.
Drover Diaries: Original Poems of the American Cowboy
FC 11 N-14
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Rod Nichols
A Penny's Worth
Somewhere, way up in Heaven boys, an angel sits with pen, and keeps a daily record of the words and dedds of men.
Drover Diaries: Original Poems of the American Cowboy
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Rod Nichols
A Pinpoint Of Light
A cowboy sat stirrin' a campfire, as sparks and smoke rose in the night, alone on a prairie for hundreds of miles, from heaven, a pinpoint of light.
Drover Diaries: Original Poems of the American Cowboy
FC 11 N-14
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Rod Nichols
A Rancher's Pride
There's somethin' 'bout the land it's said that grows inside a man: a sense of being where he ought a rancher understands.
Drover Diaries: Original Poems of the American Cowboy
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Rod Nichols
Autumn Cowboy
When summer is over, and fall heads our way, and brown, red and gold paint the leaves, I guess that's the time that I'm feelin' my best, just an ol' autumn cowboy, that's me.
Drover Diaries: Original Poems of the American Cowboy
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Rod Nichols
Badger
Now, it jest seemed the thing to do, a-sittin' 'round a-jawin'; ol' Badger started in to gripe 'bout things at him a-gnawin'.
Drover Diaries: Original Poems of the American Cowboy
FC 11 N-14
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Rod Nichols
Bee
He weren't what you'd call a top hand boys, jest steady and long-in-the-tooth but when that ol'boy started talkin' whatever he said wuz the truth.