FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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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

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Maverick

Jest three kinds o' cattle is all that there be: With a yip-hi and a hooey along!

night-herding

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Rustler

Oh, my sweetheart, he's a rustlin', Rangin' cowboy man that steals!

rustling, love, lover, girlfriend, boyfriend

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Cow-Gals

Tall girl, small girl, summer girl, fall girl, Daughter of the snows or bud o' spring; Shy girl, sly girl, eyes-as-blue-as-sky girl -- Which is best to wear a feller's ring?

wedding ring, bachelor, cowgirl of the range

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Cowboy's Heaven

They say they's different heavens fer the good folks bye an' bye, Accordin' as their hankerin's may be.

prayer, religion, God, death, afterlife, Paradise

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Range Parade

Parades with their flags an' their bands, All hullaballooin', Pass where the big guns in stands, Sets a reviewin'.

cattle, cows going to water

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Puncher

His legs are bowed to fit the shape of bulging saddle leather, His talk is ungrammatical and rough.

cowboy, manhood, cowpuncher, bowlegged

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Anti-Motorist

Don't try fer to sell me no gas from a tank, No flivver fer settin' and steerin'!

automobile, car, horseback riding, horse, gasoline

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Cowgirl's Lament

Long Harry rides a swift bay horse, Dick Hurley rides a black.

color, horses, murder, lover, escape, escaped murderer, convict outlaw

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

Rangeland Night

White lights at night I don't see, Far from a town; Dusk covers mesas and me, When dark comes down.

night, stars

Buckaroo Ballads

FC 11 B-04

S. Omar Barker

The Irish Cowgirl

I've trailed back here to Dublin, 'Way off across the sea, To seek old Irish magic, That seemed to call to me.

Ireland, leprechaun, shamrock, west