FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
26
Harry Mills
The Cowboy Poet
Sharp-Shooter Jim, a cowboy, roamed the wild, romantic West, ranked in his rough profession as among the very best; yet through his reckless nature ran a strange, poetic strain, Which turned his thoughts to rhythm as he galloped o'er the plain.
cowboy, stubbornness, author
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
28
Mike Logan
Ranch Girls
"Movin' cows is man's work!" I heard one young buck say. But Evelyn covered twice the ground He covered in a day.
gender, girls, work
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
28
Author Unknown, 1880's
The Brave Little Girl on the Ranch
Some may prefer the gay damsels of Newport Or the society pets of Long Branch But I would fain that my muse sing the praise Of the brave little girl on the ranch.
girls, bravery, lifestyle
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
30
Harold Carpenter
Headin' North
They were rugged men who ventured forth, With a herd of Longhorns headin' North, Facing hardships, wind and rain, Their destination a far off train.
cattle drive, trail
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
30
Author Unknown, 1880's
Ogalley Song
We left the Nueces River in April eighty-one With three thousand long-horned cattle, and all they knnowed was run.
cattle drive, difficulty
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
31
Stephen C. Bryan
Camp Cookie
The old wagon leaned hard then lurched on ahead. Pots and pans banged a tune as they clanked off the bed. The sun was low, time to make camp for the night.
care, cook, experience
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
32
F. H. Maynard
On the Trail
It was down across the Brazos That we rounded up to start, With about five thousand cattle For the busy Kansas mart;
change, trail ride, dodge
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
33
Guy and Pip Gillette
North to Kansas
Oh it was a fine and a pleasant day; We left Texas and the sun was glaring, Just a young cowboy with a string of horses Off to drive the longhorns north to Kansas.
cattle drive, longhorn
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
34
Jack DeWerff
Drover's Lament
The campfires died down to a few glowin' coals. Everyone's sleepin' but me And the nighthawk, he's out singin' to the cows About a gal named Annie Laurie.
cattle drive, travel, tired
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
36
Paul Oberg
The Five Hundred Young Steers
At the start of the drive to Kansas There was a great round-up. Oh, what a long ways! We weren't counting on our lives.
spanish, death, drover
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
38
Raymond Nelson
Kansas Cowtowns
When Joe McCoy chose Abilene To build his livestock pens, He cleared the way for longhorn herds And Texas cattlemen.
history, change, lifestyle
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
40
Michael Johnson
T. C. Henry Tells the Story of Abilene, Kansas
When Joe McCoy arrived from Illinois, spring of '67, the whole shebang consisted of only a few log huts.
abilene, cowtown, lifestyle
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
42
Leonard Hitz
Dodge City
Back in the late 1800s Dodge City Wasn't what you see here today She was just a frontier town on the prairie Where she caught each day's last ray
dodge, frontier, change
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
44
Don Wagner
Sunrise Serenade at the Clover Cliff Ranch
Five bulls at sunrise lay claim to a ridge Swaying high above the Cottonwood River In a Flint Hills pasture of tall prairie grasses Swirled by the sun and the new morning mist.
bull, pasture, prairie
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
44
Phyllis Macy-Mills
Come Feed Cows With Me
Bundled up in gloves and boots And caps with ear flaps down When snow is almost boot top high and covers barn and ground.
experience, food
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
45
Zenith Lindamood
The Caretaker
Each morning he makes his accustomed round to feed the cattle, loading his pickup with grain in the automatic feeder and piling bales of hay behind it.
cattle, rancher
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
45
Steven Hind
Finding the Calf
Wind breathes in the new Leaves along the creek.
calf, april, cattle
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
46
Don Wagner
Feeding Time
In the earlyy morning darkness I rise, gather my clothes, and Clump down the stairs.
feeding, cattle
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
47
John Markley
The Kind That Put Cash in the Bank
Some like . them red. Some like them roan. Some like a face that is white.
cattle, color, breed, market
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
49
Glenn Brunkow
The Neighbor's Bull
It's what caused most range wars since barb wire's introduction. No it isn't musk thistles I speak of, but the neighbor's bull.
breed, bull, cow, fence
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
50
Jack Hurlburt
Life on a Flint Hills Grazer: The Receiving
To the Flint Hills pastures big old Texas grassers used to come to graze, And fatten on the rich bluestem grasses through the long, warm summer days.
train, ranch, shipping
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
52
John Markley
Choosing a Bull
I had a herd of rainbow cows - Every color you could find. They came in every size and shape And every breed and kind.
cattle, breed, world, herd
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
53
Don Hurst
Spraying Cattle
Helped spray cattle the other day Neighbor bought them down Mexico way.
shipping, corral
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
53
H. Howard Hamm
Round Up
When you're riding down th' trail You're almost sure to meet A cloud of dust a' drifting high, Stirred up by the shufflin' feet.
round-up, cattle
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
54
Jack Hurlburt
The Cattle Loader
We followed the drags through the shippin' pen gate, the end of a dusty trail And as soon as the cattle loader would come, we would put them on the rail.
cattle car, shipping, train