FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
128
Bob Christensen
The Testimony
The mood in court was somber, he would ask him one more time "The report says you said, 'I'm okay,' now to lie here is a crime" "Now judge, if I could just explain, the circumstance is clear, I'm sure your honor will concur, there is no perjury here.
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
128
Bob Christensen
Lucky Larry
The called him Lucky Larry though the only luck he had was consistently and constantly unquestionably bad. While others in his foursome always found their errant drive he'd lose his in the fairway and have to take a five.
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
129
Bob Christensen
Letter to Santa 1995
Bring me a new idea Santa, one for a new Coyboy Poem. Not horses nor cattle nor roundups, nor riding three days to get home. Give me a real snappy punch line, one nobody's heard of before. I'm needin' a little help Santa, I know you can do it for sure.
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
131
Bob Christensen
Christmas 1996, The Tree From Utah
From the heights of Emery County to the nation's eastern shore it serpentined cross country like the torch had done before. It'sdestination, Washington, as our nation's Christmas Tree; A Centennial gift from Utah for all to come and see.
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
131
Bob Christensen
Christmas 1997 Good Wishes
We hope your barn is full of hay your stock is slick and fat that friend and neighbors take the time to stop a while and chat. We hope your Christmas Stocking's full of sweet and purty things while your doctor and your lawyer
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
131
Bob Christensen
Christmas 1998 Cowboy Logic
In a line shack sat some waddies on a cold December night and they pondered on some storiesthey had heard; 'bout the Christ child born on Christmas and of his parents plight how he grew and lived to preac the holy word.
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
132
Bob Christensen
Christmas 1999, Call a Friend
Instead of penning something clever, some snide remark about the weather, the cost of hay, the price of beef, the President and other grief I thought I'd ride a different trail, I hope this comes to some avail. This year instead of just a card
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
132
Bob Christensen
Christmas 2000 "The Radio Flyer Wagon"
I remember Christmas morning right there underneath the tree Santa brought a new red wagon and he left it just for me. The white paint read "Radio Flyer" they're the very best you know. I'd of been outside a haunting if it wasn't for the snow.
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
134
Bob Christensen
Christmas 2001, Giving Thanks
With all the joy this season brings, be thankful for the little things like, we finally got some winter weather, that the shingles seldom last forever, that grandkids come and shovel snow, that todday you have no place to go
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
134
Bob Christensen
Christmas 2002 "The Substitute"
I'm older now and feeling strange, so they've brought me in from the range. The home ranch now is where I live, but I still have more that I can give. I'd chopped some wood and then of course, I fed the stock then forked my horse
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
135
Bob Christensen
Christmas 2003, New Years's Inventory
Did you ever sit down and make a review of all the old hands that you ever knew and all of the ranges that you ever rode and all of the broncs from which you were throwed?
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
136
Bob Christensen
Christmas 2004 (Sage Brush Santa)
One Christmas out west when the snow was real deep the stockings were hung and the kids were asleep and Santa had left and was well on his way when a double-tree broke on the tongue of his sleigh.
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
138
Bob Christensen
Christmas 2005, Livestock Logic
"Did you note something strange?" asked the Mule of the Bay "The master just forked us a whole lot of hay we're always well fed but just looky there there's enough for each one a whole extra share."
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
139
Bob Christensen
Christmas 2006 "The Melt Down"
The North Pole's in trouble according to Gore, So Santa his options he now must explore. Said Santa, "it looks like I should have thought twice before setting up shop on a thin sheet of ice."
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
140
Bob Christensen
Christmas 2007 "Alone for Christmas"
She's just a wee bit shy of thirty with three kids all under ten and she's learning fast the workings of a place. She was raised up in the city then became a country wife so she's running hard to keep up the pace.
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
142
Bob Christensen
Christmas 2008 "The Back-haul"
It's five a.m. Christmas morning and I'm loading hay; a ton and a half in the back of a sleigh. The driver's no help, he's alseep in the seat made deliveries all night and he seems a might beat.
Confessions of A Cowboy Poet
FC 11 C-52
143
Bob Christensen
The Mountain
There once was a couple of soul mates, that loved every minute of life. He hated the hours without her so he took her to be his dear wife.You would find them always together, on mountain, meadow or slope.
Don McLennan Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 M-62
1
Don McLennan
Fixin' the Outhouse
Oly was napping on the couch one afternoon
Don McLennan Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 M-62
2
Don McLennan
The Door Prize
I went to the monthly meeting, at the local Deer Creek Grange, and I won the door prize, but I thought it was little strange
Don McLennan Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 M-62
3
Don McLennan
The Tilted Christmas Tree
The tree was slightly tilted, some ornaments on the floor
Don McLennan Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 M-62
4
Don McLennan
What did you do today?
Bedtime is here, so I am wondering, what did you do today? I hope you made it special, it was all yours to work and to play.
At Home On The Range
Charles W. Bell
FC 11 B-71
8
Charles W. Bell
The Young Cowboy Learns a Lesson
I'm goin'to tell you all a tale, I swear it's the honest truth. It happened a lotta years ago When I was a cocky youth.
At Home On The Range
Charles W. Bell
FC 11 B-71
10
Charles W. Bell
Chad's Boots
Young Chad went to work for his uncle: "A dollar a day and your keep! The ranch was nine miles north of Cheyenne; Long days and not much sleep.
At Home On The Range
Charles W. Bell
FC 11 B-71
12
Charles W. Bell
Cowboy's Revenge
Two cocky cowboys, Jim and Joe Were havin' fun one day. The boss came by and caught 'em cold, And he had this to say: "I see you guys are goofin' off
At Home On The Range
Charles W. Bell
FC 11 B-71
13
Charles W. Bell
Horse Liniment
The hole of a badger in the prairie so wide Was the cause of our downfall, for me and my ride. Old Babe, who was blind in her right side eye,