FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
5
William "Bill" Doramus
Day Workin'
The screen hits you in the back.
chores, work, occupation
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
7
William "Bill" Doramus
Cowboy's Wife
Songs have been written.
wife, spouse, gratitude, work, mother, devotion, sacrifice
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
9
William "Bill" Doramus
Today's the Day
We brought `em in last week.
horse training, breaking horses
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
17
William "Bill" Doramus
Jack Pot Ropin'
Yore all saddled up and ready to go.
rodeo, pot roping, event, competition
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
15
William "Bill" Doramus
Bill or the Colt
We gathered `em in on this day with the sun hangin' high.
horse, bronc riding, throwed, truck
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
13
William "Bill" Doramus
Hey Kids
Hey kids, did you get yore chores done?
work, play, memories, youth, children, father, son
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
11
William "Bill" Doramus
Workin' For Board
Shake the dust off your chinks and hang `em on the peg.
supper, Western Horseman, magazine, day's end, work, board and room
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
19
William "Bill" Doramus
Dream an Old Dream
One rodeo a year.
rodeo, marriage, family, responsibility, hometown, wife, bucking
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
21
William "Bill" Doramus
Down Fence
I've seen some things.
land, beauty, fences, snow, job, work
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
23
William "Bill" Doramus
Lookin' For Rain
Bud Jones called today.
drought, survival, water, loss, selling out
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
25
William "Bill" Doramus
Tree On the Right Rib
Grandad brought it up from Utah many years ago.
grandfather, tree brand, heritage, family, generation, livestock
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
27
William "Bill" Doramus
Yore Out of the Storm
The wind is blowin' hard against yore window.
contentedness, snow, cold, shelter, warmth, dreams
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
31
William "Bill" Doramus
Ode to Bud
Get over here Bud, get a bite.
dog, devotion, pet
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
33
William "Bill" Doramus
The Loss of a Friend
He was on this ranch when I hired on back in `69.
horse, friendship
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
35
William "Bill" Doramus
Who Made That Saddle?
Who built yore rig cowboy?
saddle, saddlemaker, leather, cantle, pride
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
37
William "Bill" Doramus
Nine Years
Hey Jeff, let's go out behind the barn.
snuff, chewing tobacco, youth, boyhood, manhood, lips, behind the barn
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
39
William "Bill" Doramus
The First 30 Days
She's got papers from here to there.
horse training
Our Way of Life
FC 11 D-04
41
William "Bill" Doramus
Country Hicks
I ain't never been to no city.
lights, city, simplicity, space, country life, country folk, nature, hick
Smoke from Wapinitia Campfires
FC 11 D-05
3
Mary R. Duling
Harmonizing Blend
I stand on Nena's rim, in Wasco County.
time, past, ancient history, Indians, Native Americans, smoke, campfire
Smoke from Wapinitia Campfires
FC 11 D-05
4
Mary R. Duling
Sifting Song
Sifting, sifting, sifting.
ancient history, artifact, archeology, dig, Indians
Smoke from Wapinitia Campfires
FC 11 D-05
6
Mary R. Duling
Indian Art Rediscovered
Patience is infinite.
patience, beauty, art, artifact, Indians
Smoke from Wapinitia Campfires
FC 11 D-05
7
Mary R. Duling
Indian Metate
In this little shallow cavern.
metate, grinding, Indians, woman, stone, artifact, tools, lifestyle, petroglyphs, archeology
Smoke from Wapinitia Campfires
FC 11 D-05
8
Mary R. Duling
Wapinitia
Wapinitia -- low, soft, and musical.
Indians, wind, home, ancient history, land, plenty, space
Smoke from Wapinitia Campfires
FC 11 D-05
10
Mary R. Duling
Common Ground
Wapinitia woman.
women, artifact, food, commonality, survival, land, Indians, motherhood
Smoke from Wapinitia Campfires
FC 11 D-05
13
Mary R. Duling
Soliloquy
Just an old arrowhead on the rim of the Nena.
arrowhead, Indians, belief, love for the land, God, truth, creation