FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
70
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
71
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
72
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
73
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
74
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
75
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
76
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
76
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
77
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
78
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
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
78
S. Omar Barker
Lonesome
Oh, there's someone I'll be missin', When the moon comes, mesa-kissin', Out o' twilight hills that tender way it knows.
love lost, lover, girlfriend, riding range
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
79
S. Omar Barker
The Sheep Beezness!
"I'm tell j'you what, thees sheeps beezness," Thus spoke Borrego Joe, "Eettake wise feller like myself, For savvy make heem go!"
thief, steal, ethnic
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
80
S. Omar Barker
When Sunset Slim Rode Satan
Oh, Sunset Slim he rides today, On sorrel Satan, so they say.
girlfriend, marriage, jealousy, broncriding, bronco, bronc busting
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
81
S. Omar Barker
The Anti-Globe Trotter
They tell me there's sport on the sunny south sea, A-fishin' fer sharks, barracuda, Fer sand-dabs or whales, but its lure ain't fer me.
cowcamp, remuda, cattle punching, range, tending cows
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
82
S. Omar Barker
The Bad Hombre's One Virtue
I guess there's many a kinder careless deed, I'm charged with on the Record Book -- Me with my cowboy blood unpedigreed, And never carin' how I look.
afterlife, cowboy heaven, soreness, horse
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
83
S. Omar Barker
The Trail to Town
The trail us punchers foller from the ranch into town, They say is uphill goin' in, while comin' back it's down.
love, girlfriend, uphill, downhill, kiss
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
7
Baxter Black
Inaugural Column - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
8
Baxter Black
Scrap Iron - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
10
Baxter Black
White Oaks Rodeo - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
11
Baxter Black
It's A Small World - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
12
Baxter Black
The New Hat
Yesterday I went to buy myself a brand new hat.
hat, clothing, brim, crown, lesson, learning, education, humor, selling, sales, modern times, Bailey, Bulldoggers, bulldogging
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
13
Baxter Black
Jekyll & Hide Cattle Company
He's kind to his wife when the market goes up.
humor, Jekyll and Hyde, Jekyll and Hide, cattle market
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
14
Baxter Black
Snappin' Bees - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
16
Baxter Black
Ecolastic Monetary Catability - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
17
Baxter Black
The Pore Chicken - not a poem