FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
15
Henry Real Bird
Rodeo
For once there was a man who thought he could ride the code of the west, he could abide cowboy etiquette knew best his hat he could fan aboard a high flyin' bronc
courage, rodeo, herd, competition, lawyers
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
16
Henry Real Bird
Lone Horse, After Halo Moon
A feeling when the fall green grass is under the snow that is first out in the hills it should've last as ice crystals burst i've got the chills.
saddle, strand, alone, slack, astraddle
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
17
Henry Real Bird
The Wolf Teeth Mountain Rawhider
What can I say I just stood in the grandstands to see my bronc turned out into the arena tell me about it that a dream can get lost. I know that but I just keep hangin' on to fantasy because this is what got me here
wish, glare, moon, reflection, stars
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
19
Henry Real Bird
Riding My Dream
Say you'd like to know why it is, that I ride broncs started out a long time ago as I was lin' on my bunk I dreamt I was a bronc rider born and raised to ride the broncs
flat, care, glance, dream
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
20
Henry Real Bird
The Dreamer
he come walkin' over, bout an hour before the show hat tipped a litle over, bet he's seen a lot of snow how you doin', where you been what'd you draw or do you know
mind, coffee, velvet, horn
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
21
Henry Real Bird
Cowboy Drifter
The most beautiful woman, I ever did see greets me each morin', with the star that's light spirit of the ground, feelin' of life in love with a woman
alive, reflection, rain, horn, fantasy
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
22
Henry Real Bird
Satan Maiden
If ever there comes, a time in life you can have what you want would I be who you want or whould I be the one, to still haunt in the still of the night when things ain't right
erase, love, dream, chase, crazy
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
23
Henry Real Bird
Lone Star Woman
Twas half moon out, on the longest day twas rodeoin' about Oklahoma way walked in a feeling late at night took me a chance turned out right a Lone Star Woman held me tight
feeling free, feeling love, dream, flow, fire
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
24
Henry Real Bird
Pour Me A Dream
What do you think pour me a dream turn my feeling on pour me a dream in the peaceful flow of a feelin' downstream around the fire's glow ride with me
dream, rodeo, towns, drunk
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
26
Henry Real Bird
Mornin' After Yesterday
I'm the feelin', morning after yesterday just before the sun a little beyond nothing on this side of everything this is where it's tough thinkin' of love
lonesome, break, goodbye, adore
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
27
Henry Real Bird
Red Scarf
Boots and jinks silver bit and silver spurs eased into the dawn to walk out kinks horse like shiney, free of burrs trotted into day I'm ridin' bay If you can see the beauty
colors, sunrise, stars, shadow, beauty
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
28
Henry Real Bird
Driftwood Feelin'
How much longer do you want to be in the wind Elk River's edge there I'm standin' lookin' for a feelin' in the roar of the water come down river lookin' around feelin' gotta roam.
hearts, love, stars, cottonwood, river
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
29
Henry Real Bird
Rawhide Laced
Distant faint roar of thunder pulsatin' flashes of lightnin' somewhre over the horizon towards the Powder River here livin' a wonder like in white lightnin' thunder
USA, Big Horn, mute, gold, rain, stalking
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
32
Henry Real Bird
The Evolutionary Alfonso Delupe'
Just to see the awes, of the mountains is good enough a view of Crazy Mountains just to be, is good enough you see, this was a free country before America ever was under the laws of nature
memories, pollution, evolutionary, Queen Liz
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
39
Henry Real Bird
values
It's just that the wind blows and drives me crazy it's just that when the wind blows it drive me crazy so many lives I could've lived but this is what I chose
taxation, civilization, boss, spiled horses
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
33
Henry Real Bird
Horizon People
People, at the horizon where the sky and ground are one to there some people run they're nowhere, from nowhere they'll be gone they are neither in the sky or on the ground
society, tuexdo, clan, sky
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
34
Henry Real Bird
Puff
At one time, a long timea go, when silence was and not a word there evolved a feelin' in this mankind the need to be wanted not taunted to return along haunted stuck in a bind
local bar, imagine, groovy, music
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
35
Henry Real Bird
Among Shootin' Stars
Sold bronc saddle foreclosed cows through the broken pieces of shattered dreams the dremer wrote this from the hollowed feeling of a cloud above Thompson Creek
California, coyote, buffalo, flowers, mountain
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
37
Henry Real Bird
Cowboy Doc
The bellerin' of a calf from the cowboy doctor for a better count on Paleface the mount who jumped away from his shadow at the drop of snow from Ponderosa limb
fire, crescent moon, mist
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
41
Henry Real Bird
Otter Woman
So much you can read and feel wrote this for a feelin' you might now. Times have changed but I've not changed love you more then I did before guessin' and hopin'
hopeless, clouds, beautiful woman, flame
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
43
Henry Real Bird
Love Is A Lady
Wrote this, onece, startin' day anew snowfall at night, fresh snow in mornin'. No tracks in front startin' day anew never used to tire of thinkin' of you
loneliness, dawn, beauty, dream, half moon
Where Shadows Are Born
FC 11 B-73
45
Henry Real Bird
Heart
My heart inside I still love you last night I dremt, I saw you. You, with I traveled my heart was good when your hand I held but then I traveled awake from dream that's good
upstream, silver, bison blood, ecological
Cowboys And Kids
FC 11 C-61
1
Jo Casteel
I Can Talk To You
Hey there, mi Amigo-ya know life it sure is rough, and sometimes this lil' heart-it dang sure feels tough. But I'm glad yer here to listen-somedays folks ain't got the time,
school, teased, foolish, ribbon, daydream
Cowboys And Kids
FC 11 C-61
3
Jo Casteel
It's The Little Things
It's funny how the little things, about our life remain, the things that make ya smile, and keep yer brain cells sane. Today I sat a watchin', for a quiet moment there,
cows, permitted, neighbors, hay
Cowboys And Kids
FC 11 C-61
4
Jo Casteel
Battle Scars And Bonds
One day out on this outfit, a young gunsel rides on in, Just packin' his ol' bedroll, with a hat as black as sin. A friendly kinda fella, with a longin' for a place,
hoof mark, lucky, horses, steers