FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Fair Girls and Gray Horses with other verses
FC 11 O-12
1
Will H. Ogilvie
Leila
The nodding plumes steal slowly by; fair women turn their heads aside; and yet the purest there must die as poor Love-Leila died.
Fair Girls and Gray Horses with other verses
FC 11 O-12
3
Will H. Ogilvie
Dray-Dreams
O the mountains speak of sadness! There is gloom on ridge and spur; but they cannot dim the gladness in my heard because of her.
Cowboy Poetry: Tracks That Won't Blow Out
FC 11 O-10
192
Ray Owens
20/20 Vision
The best part of wakin' up ain't Folgers in your cup Some advertisin' hucksters must've dreamed that slogan up You'd think that any fool would know the truth, for goodness sake;
Cowboy Poetry: Tracks That Won't Blow Out
FC 11 O-10
194
Ray Owens
Is Right Wrong?
Did you ever sit and ponder 'bout life's many oddities? Life takin' a flu shot that makes you sick, so you don't get the disease? Or a doctor takin' your tonsils out
Cowboy Poetry: Tracks That Won't Blow Outf
FC 11 O-10
196
Ray Owens
Arguin'
'Tween forty and fifty years ago, when I was just a lad I had a talk one afternoon with old grandadd. He was sittin' in his rockin' chair, rockin' to and fro
Cowboy Poetry: Tracks That Won't Blow Out
FC 11 O-10
198
Ray Owens
Just Be Patient
I wonder how I write apoem Don't think I rightloy know 'Cause if I really try to write one The words refuse to flow From the well of knowledge they're kept in
Cowboy Poetry: Tracks That Won't Blow Out
FC 11 O-10
199
Ray Owens
Wishin'
I ain't never been too much of a hand To spend a lot of time on wishin' But I ain't braggin' about it I'm just makin' an admission Of how I've always looked at things
Cowboy Poetry: Tracks That Won't Blow Out
FC 11 O-10
201
Ray Owens
Mashed Taters
The other day the Lod and I engaged in conversation And I mentioned somethin' causin' me a lot of consternation I said, "Lord, I think that taters which You worked hard to create Were intended
Cowboy Poetry: Tracks That Won't Blow Out
FC 11 O-10
204
Ray Owens
A Tour Around the Homeplace
This evenin' while feedin' the horses I paused for a ong look around And remembered back when we first started Improvin' this old plot of ground.
Cowboy Poetry: Tracks That Won't Blow Out
FC 11 O-10
206
Ray Owens
Spellbound
Sittin' here and lookin' yonder Just a-lettin' my thoughts wander Sorta soakin' in the scen'ry all around. Takin' time to muse and ponder Why it is folks seem to squander
Cowboy Poetry: Tracks That Won't Blow Out
FC 11 O-10
208
Ray Owens
Nature's Bounty
There's a lotta things in nature it's a pleasure to behold And I notice this more often as I'm startin' to get old But don't go jumpin to conclusions;
Cowboy Poetry: Tracks That Won't Blow Out
FC 11 O-10
209
Ray Owens
Peace in the Valley
Over yonder mountain is a place we'll make our home; Where we can settle down to live, and nomore will we roam. These words were spoken many times by settlers long ago
Cowboy Poetry: Tracks That Won't Blow Out
FC 11 O-10
210
Ray Owens
The Gates of Home
Did you ever stop and wonder what it is that makes a man Think the grass is always greener in some far-off distant land? Times a feller gets so caught up
Cowboy Poetry: Tracks That Won't Blow Out
FC 11 O-10
211
Ray Owens
Folks I've Met and Places I've Been
There's folks that I've met and places I've been Both imagined, and some sho' nuff real That left an impression so lastin'
Hogwash Hokum and Heifer Dust
George Wolstad
FC 11 W-37
1
Edward E. Paramore, Jr.
The Ballad of Yukon Jake
Oh the north country is a tough country that mothers a bloody brood
Hogwash Hokum and Heifer Dust
FC 11 W-37
9
George Wolstad
The Romance of Rex
A farmer's dog came into town his Christian name was Rex
Hogwash Hokum and Heifer Dust
FC 11 W-37
13
George Wolstad
The Persain kitten
A Persian kitten perfumed and fair strolled out of her kitchen door for air
Hogwash Hokum and Heifer Dust
FC 11 W-37
12
George Wolstad
Ode to a drunkard
Twas in the late September how well do I remember I was walking down the street quite full of pride
Hogwash Hokum and Heifer Dust
George Wolstad
FC 11 W-37
16
Robert W. Service
The cremation of Sam Magee
There are strange things done neath the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold
Hogwash Hokum and Heifer Dust
FC 11 W-37
24
George Wolstad
Abdullah Bulbul Amir
The sons of the Prophet are valiant and bold and quite unaccustomed to fear but none were so bold as a man, so I'm told named Abdullah Bulbul Amir
Hogwash Hokum and Heifer Dust
FC 11 W-37
27
George Wolstad
Way high up in the Mogollons
Way high, up in the Mogollons among the mountain tops a lion cleaned a yearling's bones and licked his thankful chops
Hogwash Hokum and Heifer Dust
George Wolstad
FC 11 W-37
33
James Whitcomb Riley
The passing of the backhouse
When mem'ry keeps me company and moves to smiles or tears
Hogwash Hokum and Heifer Dust
George Wolstad
FC 11 W-37
38
Robert W. Service
The shooting of Dan Magrew
A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malemute Saloon and the kid that handled the music box
Hogwash Hokum and Heifer Dust
FC 11 W-37
46
George Wolstad
Midnight on the ocean
It was midnight on the ocean not a streetcar was in sight
Hogwash Hokum and Heifer Dust
FC 11 W-37
47
George Wolstad
The Camel
The sexual urge of the camel is stronger than anyone thinks and when he's obsessed with obsessions he makes a bee-line for the Sphinx