FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Musings from Cowboy Country
FOLK COLL 11 R-46
163
George Rhoades
Where I'll Be
Martha Mae, Martha Mae, Listen to what I say, I'm gonna go down, Roundup's in Goliad town;
desire, cattle drive
Musings from Cowboy Country
FOLK COLL 11 R-46
165
George Rhoades
Why So Many Stars?
Billy Bob and Shorty, Night-herdin' on the Texas Caprock, When Billy Bob says, lookin' up, "Why do you suppose The Good Lord made so many stars?"
stars, sky, curiosity
Musings from Cowboy Country
FOLK COLL 11 R-46
166
George Rhoades
Winds of Many Kinds
Winds of many kinds Swirl across the prairie, Around my prairie home Singin' constantly.
wind, storm, change
Musings from Cowboy Country
FOLK COLL 11 R-46
168
George Rhoades
You Ain't In New York Anymore
Yep, that's cow manure, you need to get some boots, Get rid of those Reeboks, You don't need no fancy suits.
new york, greenhorn, culture
Musings from Cowboy Country
FOLK COLL 11 R-46
171
George Rhoades
You Ain't No Casey Tibbs
At our hometown rodeo, Here's what they said to me: "You ain't no Casey Tibbs, You ain't never gonna be."
rodeo, insult
Musings from Cowboy Country
FOLK COLL 11 R-46
172
George Rhoades
You and I
Memories from the years, I know them quite well, Come to me again and again Like the ringing of a bell.
memory, forget
Musings from Cowboy Country
FOLK COLL 11 R-46
173
George Rhoades
You Don't Wanna Know
Billy Bob and Shorty, Way out on the Texas plain, Ridin' herd for the Bar X, Scorchin' hot, needin' rain.
heat, weather, change
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
10
Brewster Higley
Home on the Range
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play,
kansas, state song
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
10
Phyllis Macy-Mills
At the Foot of Lookout Mountain
At the foot of Lookout Mountain Where the Caney River flows
kansas, scenery, nature
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
11
Raymond Nelson
The Great American Desert
When Pike and Long explored the land They traversed far and wide, They mapped the rivers and the plains And made long lists beside.
kansas, settlers, topography
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
12
Kenneth Porter
The Land of the Crippled Snake
The geographers have thrown a loop north and south across the Great Plains, a crippled snake
kansas, history, settlers
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
13
Eugene Ware
The Prairie Storm
With the daylight came the storm; And the clouds, like ragged veils, Trailed the prairie until noontide, Borne by vacillating gales;
kansas, storm
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
14
Ray Davidson
My Prairie
I've traveled east and I've travelled west And I've traveled a lot between. But the prairie grass of these old Flint Hills Is the best I've seen.
kansas, riding, rural
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
15
Willnette Wallace
Kansas in October
Indian summer days lie golden across the rolling Kansas Flint Hills, decking the valleys in red and bronze and edging the by-ways in yellow.
kansas, autumn
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
15
Jack DeWerff
Livin' in Kansas
You ask why I live in the country, Out here on this Kansas plain. There isn't a mountain or ocean for miles, Just pastures and farms needin' rain.
nature, kansas, prairie
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
18
Author Unknown, 1880's
The Cowboy
A man there lives on the Western plain With a ton of fight and an ounce of brain Who herds the cattle and rides the train And goes by the name of cowboy.
violence, cowboy
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
18
Jack DeWerff
The Cowboy
He'd bucked off The Strawberry Roan. He was there on the Streets of Laredo the night That young cowboy died all alone.
legend, cowboy, history
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
19
Orange Scott Cummins, The Pilgrim Bard
The Cow Boy
Oh ye who know the cowboy not, Can never know his lonely lot; Lightning and cyclone, wind and rain, Will never make the boy complain;
cowboy, lifestyle
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
20
F. H. Maynard
The Reckless Cowboy
I am a reckless cowboy, the prairie is my home, At the early age of sixteen I first began to roam,
change, range, cowboy
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
21
Anne Browning Wilson
Herders
She brushed the spiderweb Off her cheek Reined hard to the left, And ducked beneath a heavy branch.
herd, pasture, free
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
22
Harold Carpenter
Cowboys Through the Ages
When ancient man domesticated the cow, For milk and meat and to pull the plow, Tending the critters was chore of the younger lads, So they were the original "COW" boys for their Dads.
history, change, cowboy
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
23
Mel Raley
No Trophy on Their Belt
There's still a few out there, And the cowboy life's their way of life, Than they ever did their pay.
struggle, lifestyle, cowboy
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
24
Jack Hurlburt
A Tie-Fast Man
Down in the thorny brasada, by the sleepy Rio Grande, Came a special breed of cowboy known as a tie-fast man.
dedication, honesty, honor
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
25
Phyllis Macy-Mills
The Last of the Handshake Cowboys
In a part of our country known as the West, in the land of the great Flint Hills, The bluestem rolls on forever, and in our minds it always will.
honor, honesty, trust
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
25
Mack Goddard
Will Rogers
He'd handled a lot of bad horses Rode a million miles in a coupe, But an aeroplane finally got him In a Johnny-blocker loop.
actor, cowboy, tragedy