FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

E. Richard Shipp

Eighteen-Ninety

The old Cowman, cross-legged, sat before the fire.

cowman, sheep, cattlemen

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Wallace D. Coburn

The Stampede

Did you ever hear the story of how one stormy night.

stampede, tough, escaping death, trampled, BW

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Earl Alonzo Brininstool

The Stampede

A lowering night, with muggy sultry air.

stampede, storm, lightning

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Sarah Elizabeth Howard

The Round-Up

The lovely days of spring have clothed the plains.

roundup, cattle drive

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Wallace D. Coburn

The Cowboy's Fate

One night on the fall beef round-up.

roundup, 1893, barbed wire, night-herding, death, Great Divide

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Robert V. Carr

The Roundup Cook

There's good cooks and there's bad ones.

cook, chuck

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Sarah Elizabeth Howard

Wild Horse Jerry's Story

All over this unsettled country, bands.

wild horses, remuda, stallion

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Wallace D. Coburn

Cowboy Fun

Yes, stranger, them was red-hot times.

cowpuncher, drink, liquor, characters, red-eye, whiskey

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Robert Carr

When Dutchy Plays the Mouth Harp

When Dutchy plays th' mouth harp.

music, cheerfulness, dance

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Robert Carr

Bill Haller's Dance

They're tunin' up the orchestray down at old Bill Haller's.

square dance, caller, fun, music

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

James Barton Adams

At a Cowboy Dance

Git yo' little sage hens ready.

dance steps, promenade

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Henry Herbert Knibbs

The Cowboy's Ball

Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Tunin' up the fiddle.

music, dance, romance, night, stars

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Robert Carr

Romance of the Range

She's bin out here a-teachin' fer this winter now a-past.

teacher, romance, love

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Robert Carr

Cowboy's Salvation Song

Oh, it's move along, you dogies, don't be driftin' by th' way.

roundup, branding

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Earl Alonzo Brininstool

The Range Rider's Soliloquy

Sometimes when on night-herd I'm ridin', and the stars are a-gleam in.

imagination, nature, beauty, Great Divide, Home Corral

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

anonymous

Western Formula

A cow-hand with a gun or two.

X-Dash, Powder River, Indians, hero, story, Western Thriller

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

William T. Butler

The Gathering on the Plains

From the far-off Rocky Mountains, where they meet the eastern hills.

Indians, soldiers, Union, Fort Phil Kearney garrison, General Grant, scalps, New York, San Francisco, Montana, Colorado, desecration, intrusion, domination, heritage, frontier

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Albert Pike

Song of the Navajo

Who rideth so fast as a fleet Navajo?

strength, brave Indians ,Piute, Coyotera, Moqui, Suri, Apache, Spaniards, Pueblo

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

Joseph L. Westcott

The Legend of Grand Lake

"White man, pause and gaze around, for we tread on haunted ground."

legend, Ute, epic, Utes

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

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John W. Taylor

Chipeta's Ride - epic -

From mountain covered deep with snow.

Ouray, Captain Payne

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

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Eugene Field

Chipeta

She is bravest and best of a cursed race.

queen of the Ute, Ouray, courage, honor

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

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Arthur W. Monroe

The Chief Dwelling

Sleep in your silent glory.

past, ancient, mystery

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

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Stanley Wood

Homes of the Cliff Dwellers

In the sad Southwest, in the mystical Sunland.

ancient ruins, death, haunted castle, Hoven Weep, grief

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

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Robert V. Carr

The War Dance

Bodies that gleam like rare bronze in the fire.

drums, grace, warrior

Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology

Levette J. Davidson

FC 11 D-02

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Robert V. Carr

The Western Trail

In the beginning the Great Spirit gave the prairie rare gifts.

nature, happiness, buffalo, Chinook, destruction