FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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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
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
11
Dean Cook
Ruby's Song
In those lean and troubled times, not a dollar to their name, with love and lots of faith, she married Ken. And they often must have wondered how they'd make it through the week, but I'll bet she grew her flowers, even then.
love, memory, flowers
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
12
Dean Cook
First Waltz
In the dance hall down by the rodeo grounds, the band played a waltz, long ago.
dance, waltz, mystery
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
13
Dean Cook
Living on 66
I heard them play that song again, a day or so ago. It used to be the theme song on our home town radio.
highway, diner, cafe, travel
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
15
Dean Cook
Santa Fe Main Line
We'd hear the rattle and the bang, as they first took up the slack, as she pulled out of the siding, a half mile down the track.
train, hobo, engine, freight
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
16
Dean Cook
Derby Day
Before Camp Verde became the thriving metropolis it is today, it was a simple place, where kids found their own amusements, such as building soapbox racers, as my brother Jim and I decided to do.
soapbox, burro, race
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
17
Dean Cook
Bob
Bob ran fifty head on his little shirttail spread, and took contract jobs when there were bills to pay.
memorial, cowboy, life
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
19
Dean Cook
The Mustard Jar Syndrome
It all started when my patio door wouldn't open. A few monts back, I had fixed a roller by drilling holes and installing bolts in unlikely places.
salvage, patch, repair
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
21
Dean Cook
The Carolers
On a weekend close to Christmas, we'd all gather late one day. I'd get Bob Garey's flatbed truck, and load it up with hay, and we'd ramble through those winter streets to houses where we knew someone was sick, or simply feeling blue.
christmas, carol, snow
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
23
Dean Cook
Sweet Betsy
Have you heard of Sweet Betsy, and her lover, Ike, who started out west on the Jersey Turnpike?
travel, conservation, hypocrasy
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
24
Dean Cook
The New Pioneers
Whenever you meet certain folks on the street, They have a big frown on their face.
arizona, simplicity, rural
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
25
Dean Cook
Homesteader's Cabin
I don't know how long it's been here, standing at the forest's edge, but I played here when I was nine or ten, and even then I had the feeling that its ghosts were laid to rest, and the silence of the forest ruled again.
age, memory, rot
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
26
Dean Cook
Battleground Monument - Big Dry Wash
Young trooper, how'd you get here to this lonesome rocky crest? Why did you join the Army? Why did you come out west?
history, memorial, death
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
27
Dean Cook
Grand Canyon Line
Just standing by the tracks, with the black smoke drifting back, while the steam turns to crystal in the cold. Waiting for boarding time on the Grand Canyon Line, like they must have done a hundred years ago.
train, railroad, travel
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
28
Dean Cook
Where Do You Go When There's No Place To Go?
Where do you go, when there's no place to go, on Bright Angel Trail? When nature calls, and there's no place at all? You know it never fails.
mules, grand canyon
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
29
Dean Cook
Grand Canyon Sweet
We'll build an exhibit that's easily seen, from Toroweap clear down to Valle. From brink to brink, garments pretty and pink, from Maidenform, Olga, and Bali.
bra, art, campaign, grand canyon
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
30
Dean Cook
One Brick at a Time
They said that old hotel had outlived its day, so they've torn it down, and they've hauled it away.
brick, memory, hotel
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
32
Dean Cook
Weather or Not
A Phoenix spring is a fleeting thing, then summer swoops down like a bird, and sometimes fall doesn't come at all, and winter is only a word
heat, weather, phoenix, contest
Arizona Born
FOLK COLL 11 C-62
35
Dean Cook
Blame It On You-Know-Who
There's a lake everywhere that the land is low, and you can't get home unless you row.
el nino, complain, water