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
94
Michael Johnson
Rodeo Cowboys' Reunion
Sun-kilned faces, eyes kinked to squints, hands twisted like weathered mesquite tucked in the pockets of worn jeans,
reunion, cowboy, rodeo
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
96
Bruce Kiskaddon
Who Told the Biggest
One night a bunch of buckaroos Were gathered 'round a fire; And each one wished to air his views Before he should retire.
yarn spinning, tall tales, lies
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
98
Jack DeWerff
Cotton
The weather was muggy, the temperature high, not enough wind that your sweat would dry.
trust, yarn spinning, lies
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
100
Eugene Ware
The Blizzard
The fiddler was improvising, At times he would cease to play, Then shutting his eyes He sang and sang, in a wild ecstatic way;
snow, sad, memory
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
101
F. H. Maynard
The Dying Cowboy
As I rode down by Tom Sherman's barroom, Tom Sherman's barroom so early one day, There I espied a handsome young ranger All wrapped it white linen, as cold as the clay.
sadness, death, ranger
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
102
Mike Logan
The Young Cowboy's Story
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo, As I walked out in Laredo one day, I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen, All wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay.
death, ranger, sadness
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
104
Stephen C. Bryan
Medicine Valley Bank Robbery
Upon a stormy April morn four men rode into town, led by an outlaw sheriff whose name was Henry Brown.
outlaws, bank robber, sheriff
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
106
Dwight Burgess
The Daltons' Last Ride
The Dalton Gang came ridin' to Coffeyville that morn, October fifth of Eighteen Ninety-two. Their hope for wealth abidin' yet a feelin' quite forlorn, with plans for robbin' banks, not one but two.
bank robber, death, gun
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
107
F. H. Maynard
Bill Springer's Hand
Bill Springer, ranchman, lived south of Dodge, He chose his bride from an Indian lodge. He had a massive, athletic frame, And a reputation for being game.
poker, gambling, cards
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
108
Jim Hoy
Owed to Henry Mudge
Out on the western Kansas plains In 1878 A man from the East detrained and declaimed: "Ranching's to be my fate."
sheep, money, humor
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
110
Zenith Lindamood
The Ballad of Bud Gillette
In eighteen hundred ninety-eight, Or thereabouts, they say, Two strangers came to Quincy town, Brought trouble and woe that day.
race, money, pride
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
114
Rod Beemer
Reminders
Now I'm here to tell you that horses Are truly noble creatures.
horses, humor, rear
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
114
Mike Logan
The Other Choice
Happy birthday, Pardner. We're longer in the tooth By twelve full moons than last year.
birthday, age
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
115
Mike Logan
Temptation
You think you know temptation 'Cause you've seen the city lights Or the gleam of easy money Or some dance hall girls in tights?
temptation, distraction
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
116
Jerry Wright
The Test
The young feller strode up to the cook-shack, Sportin' new boots and a buckskin vest. His chances to land a cowpuncher's job Now hinged on the Cowboss's test.
cow, test, fail, hire
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
117
Harold Carpenter
The Cowboy and the Biker
Out on the High Plains of Kansas, at a roadside stop, Where the Cowboys come for coffee and the local news they swap, A big ugly Biker rode up on a modified hog, In a sidecar was a monster of a dog.
dog, biker, cowboy, eat, death
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
120
Mike Bates
Blusterin' Bill
Down in southern Kansas where their's Oklahoma clay A cantankerous old cowboy got buried yesterday.
honor, death, opinion
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
120
Turk Harsh
Toast to Cassoday
Here's to Old Cassoday With blue sky around. Where the snow never flies And the grass never dies.
toast, scenery, cheap
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
121
Jim Hoy
Ritual
He drove the dead wagon All through the Flint Hills, Picking up blacklegs And lightning kills.
death, smell, stink
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
121
John Markley
The Dog in Front of the Chute
When I go out to work cattle as I quite often do There is one thing that makes me a brute.
dog, chute, moneymaker
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
122
Jack DeWerff
Pretty Good Dog
Jake called last night. Said, "Come over about daylight, And help me gather my cows. Grass is getting dry, Prices are high, And it's time they were weaned anyhow."
chaos, dog, visitors
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
124
Steven Hind
The Ballad of Dung Follower
Oh, the brave young cowboy, Of him the singer tells, How in those soggy feedlots He slogged though aweful smells.
texas, stink, humor
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
125
Jim Hoy
Elmer's Advice
Some horses pitch, some just hop, And some will flat out buck. you know, it helps to know which one does which, Not just really on luck.
obvious, horse, jump
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
126
Jack Wessels
Fear in the Feedlot
I was talking to a neighbor, just the other day, His feedlot was bare; no rain, no grass, no hay,
oyster, bull, steer
Prairie Poetry: Cowboy Verse of Kansas
Jim Hoy
FOLK COLL 11 H-62
128
Frank Desprez
Lasca
I want free life, and I want fresh air; And I sigh for the canter after the cattle, The crack of the whips is like shots in battle, The medley of hoofs and horns and heads That wars and wrangles and scatters and spreads;
love, mustang, cattle, death