FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Cowboy Poet
FOLK COLL 11 H-64
29
Joel Hayes
Psalm 150
This psalm, most will find familiar And many can quote it in part. But Brother Ivan is its living illustration He has taken this passage to heart.
praise, talent, respect
Alaska-Yukon Favorites
FOLK COLL 11 S-78
4
Robert W. Service
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune;
death, shooting
Alaska-Yukon Favorites
FOLK COLL 11 S-78
8
Robert W. Service
The Cremation of Sam McGee
There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men for moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold;
yarn spinning, cremation, death
Alaska-Yukon Favorites
FOLK COLL 11 S-78
12
Robert W. Service
The Spell of the Yukon
I wanted the gold, and I sought it; I scrabbled and mucked like a slave. Was it famine or scurvy - I fought it; I hurled my youth into a grave.
nature, yukon, gold
Alaska-Yukon Favorites
FOLK COLL 11 S-78
16
Larry Beck
Ballad O' the Bad and the Good
Into the Tenderloin he sauntered, shaggy hair on scalp and chin. He surveyed the crowd a moment quite unnoticed 'midst the din.
sin, personality, goodness
Alaska-Yukon Favorites
FOLK COLL 11 S-78
20
Larry Beck
Alaska's Gold Dust Twins
Born to Earth in a double birth were John and Simon Mason as miners bold they searched for gold in the giant Yukon basin.
death, brothers, love, searching
Alaska-Yukon Favorites
FOLK COLL 11 S-78
24
Larry Beck
The Resurrection of Dan McGrew
The old gold rush town was tumbling down, it was a saddening sight to see; The ground played out and without a doubt it was a place that used to be.
forgiveness, resurrection
A Snake In The Bathtub And Other Stories
FOLK COLL 11 B-79
1
Curt Brummett
The Suicidal Heifer
Many times I have asked myself, why is it always the youngest of the crew, the newest member of the team, the newest member of the team, or the most gullible guys that get the nasty, dirty, or even the most dangerous jobs that nobody else want?
heifer, anger, suicide
A Snake In The Bathtub And Other Stories
FOLK COLL 11 B-79
7
Curt Brummett
It Don't Take Much Dynamite to Blow Up an Outhouse
One day in 1959 while me and Terry were exploring the canyons to the northeast of the Canadian River, we found a gold mine. Well, we figured it would be if we could just get the hole started.
gold mine, dynamite, boys
A Snake In The Bathtub And Other Stories
FOLK COLL 11 B-79
15
Curt Brummett
Revenge at the Girls' Latrine
The summer of 1959 was a very trying period of time in my life. It all started when Terry's folks got with my folks and discussed our religious upbringing.
tattle, prank, revenge
A Snake In The Bathtub And Other Stories
FOLK COLL 11 B-79
22
Curt Brummett
Gastronomical Endeavors, Won and Lost
The main topic of this little story is gas. Not unleaded or ethanol or even regular, just plain.
gas, church, prank
A Snake In The Bathtub And Other Stories
FOLK COLL 11 B-79
27
Curt Brummett
Old Tom Was a Good Old Cat
Me and old Tom had a life-style similar to that of the Hindenburg. It seemed that every time something went wrong, it was either blamed on me or old Tom, or both. And after being unjustly accused, we would crash and burn.
cat, gun, anger, horse
A Snake In The Bathtub And Other Stories
FOLK COLL 11 B-79
33
Curt Brummett
Things That Go Bump and Hiss in the Night
one time my folks and I got in late from town and my dad told me to get the chores done and then check out the old shed and see if any of the chickens had been laying eggs in it. I finished up the chores by lantern light and headed to the tool shed.
snake, chores, fear
A Snake In The Bathtub And Other Stories
FOLK COLL 11 B-79
40
Curt Brummett
Cuddles Goes Blind
I hired out to a ranch in Eastern New Mexico one fall, just with fall delivery in mind. But due to the exceptional weather and the fact that I wrecked my pickup and needed more money, I decided to stay on a couple of months longer than my original plans.
prank, blind, dominoes
A Snake In The Bathtub And Other Stories
FOLK COLL 11 B-79
47
Curt Brummett
Rutherford the Blind Mule
One morning the weather was about as nasty and disagreeable as it could be. There was ice everywhere, a slight breeze of 30 or 80 miles per hour, overcast skies and not a hint of sunshine. The only good thing was, it had quit raining.
blind, horse, joke, well
A Snake In The Bathtub And Other Stories
FOLK COLL 11 B-79
54
Curt Brummett
Bifocals and Store-Bought Teeth
The year R.V. turned 46 he started going downhill, sort of like a runaway freight train.
dentist, reluctance, sad, glasses
A Snake In The Bathtub And Other Stories
FOLK COLL 11 B-79
60
Curt Brummett
A Bronc in the Clothesline
I've learned to patch quite a few things so's they'll work for a while, but I'm just not into complete and total repair like some of the more mechanical-minded hombres I have known.
wife, argument, clothes
A Snake In The Bathtub And Other Stories
FOLK COLL 11 B-79
66
Curt Brummett
Good Help is Hard to Find
Once, just before the 4th of July rodeo, I had a set of leathers go bad in a windmill in the west pasture. Normally I would have just moved some cattle around and fixed the well after the roping. But I had just put some straightened-out yearlings in there and I needed all the fresh water I could get.
dog, steer, accident
A Snake In The Bathtub And Other Stories
FOLK COLL 11 B-79
72
Curt Brummett
A Snake in the Bathtub
Springtime in the sandhills can be a little spooky. The mesquite and other plants take a turn for the better, and even though it's been pretty dry, everything has a green tint to it. of course, things get worse if we've had any moisture to speak of.
softball, injury, snake, shower
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
3
Dean Cook
Tall Tales and Treasures
Up on Stoneman Lake Road, when I was just a kid, my Dad said, "When you pass here, look around.
treasure, hidden, legend
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
5
Dean Cook
The Minstrel's Song
Across a hundred campfires, on a hundred rocky trails, I've listened to their songs, and I've heard them tell their tales.
stories, winter, tales, songs
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
6
Dean Cook
I Think I Saw Woody
On a windy downtown corner that the homeless call their home, I heard that old guitar playing, heard the singer's lonesome moan. He was standing on the sidewalk, and I know I could be wrong, but it sure did sound like Woody, and it sure was Woody's song.
hitchhike, musician, travel
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
7
Dean Cook
Granddad's Fiddle
I never heard my Grandad play his fiddle, and that's a thing that I regret today. We didn't see him much when I was growing up, 'casue Texas was some weary miles away.
fiddle, music, memory
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
9
Dean Cook
A Brief History, etc
Back in 'seventeen, this land was green with the brand new irrigation,
history, emigration, farm
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
10
Dean Cook
General Springs Cabin
There's a picture on my wall of the cabin where we lived, at the end of that lonesome canyon road.
cabin, vacation, memory