FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
5
Bob Christensen
Rancher's Revenge
We'd worked all day a-branding calves.
beef, government, bureaucrat, Washington, D.C., humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
9
Bob Christensen
Salesman's Relief
For half my life I've traveled.
feed salesman, McDonald's, restroom, bathroom, toilet, pumpkin pie, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
13
Bob Christensen
A Long Dry Winter
The Wagon Train ground to a stop.
wagon train, turnips, winter, beer, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
17
Bob Christensen
The Square Dance
They took me to a square dance.
square dance, fat gal, sweat, compliment, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
20
Bob Christensen
Pardners
Two buckaroos, real pardners true.
mountain lion, stray, chase, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
51
Bob Christensen
Cowboy In Paradise
This old boy from Oklahoma.
Hawaii, beach, swimming suit, potato, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
48
Bob Christensen
The Helpmate
"I've always stood right by his side."
marriage, wife, hard times, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
45
Bob Christensen
Reach Out and Touch Somebody
I once heard of a couple.
parson, parish, telephone, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
41
Bob Christensen
The Experts from the East
Now here's an ethnic story.
outfitter, backpacking, grizzly bear, Czech, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
38
Bob Christensen
The Bachelor Gal
We'd been out selling in Montana.
Montana, cattle feed, selling, inheritance, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
37
Bob Christensen
Tree of Utah
I hope that I shall never see.
cement tree, Utah, EPA, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, desert
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
34
Bob Christensen
The Pickup
Sir you really are in luck.
pickup, truck, bargain, selling, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
33
Bob Christensen
The Space Shot
Today they shot a rocket up.
shot heard around the world, herd, space, rocket, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
31
Bob Christensen
The Feed Order
Hello? Yes sir I sell feed.
veterinarian, feed, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
28
Bob Christensen
Gobble, Gobble, Hobble
While visiting a rancher.
wooden leg, turkey, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
25
Bob Christensen
The Vet
You know I'll bet that there's a vet.
veterinarian, Baxter Black, feed, education, humor
A Feedbag of Cowboy Poetry
FC 11 C-22
22
Bob Christensen
Old Jupiter
Hey Doc, you've got to come right out.
bull, virility, humor, doctor
I Was Born in the Night, But Not Last Night
Ellie Corrigan
FC 11 C-23
4
C.E. Bishop
And I Smiled, By Gosh
As I walked into church last Sunday o' Lent.
snob
The Prairie Schooner and Other Poems
FC 11 D-01
82
Edward Everett Dale
Blind
How sad you say that I should lose my sight.
Armistice, sight, blindness, war, World War I, pilots, France
The Prairie Schooner and Other Poems
FC 11 D-01
83
Edward Everett Dale
To Rosalie
The years go rushing by on fleeting wings.
love, aging, togetherness, companionship
The Prairie Schooner and Other Poems
FC 11 D-01
84
Edward Everett Dale
My Son
I have seen some boys at seven.
parent, father, son, child, youth, hope
The Prairie Schooner and Other Poems
FC 11 D-01
85
Edward Everett Dale
Good-Bye
I've heard men say they want no moaning of the bar.
death, longing, friendship, mourning
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
13
anonymous
The Gold Seeker's Song
Take up the oxen, boys, and harness up the mules.
gold rush, Pike's Peak, Argonauts, Colorado
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
14
Syntax
Song for the Pike's Peaker
Ho! For Pike's Peak, where gold is found.
Pike's Peak, Colorado, gold, power, wealth
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
15
Lawrence N. Greenleaf
The Pike's Peakers
In `59 Pike's Peakers were a sight.
1859, Pike's Peak