FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Tracks Along the Trail
FOLK COLL 11 H-63
61
Bob Huff
The Rancher's Friend
We met the Senator last summer. He campaigned out our way. We all gathered at the Grange Hall To hear what he had to say.
politician, lies, rancher
Tracks Along the Trail
FOLK COLL 11 H-63
65
Bob Huff
Five Days to Silverton
Sixty miles to Silverton. A trip to make with care. Four riders, three packhorses, Five days to get us there.
travel, ridge, ride, distance
Tracks Along the Trail
FOLK COLL 11 H-63
68
Bob Huff
Cruz Garcia
I tip my hat to Cruz Garcia As I ride this woodland trail. He came this way and left behind A weathered cross and untold tale.
death, cross, accident
Tracks Along the Trail
FOLK COLL 11 H-63
70
Bob Huff
A Cowboy's Prayer
I think about the Lord sometimes As I ride across the land And hope that when he watches me That He will understand.
prayer, gratitude, plea
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
11
LeRoy Jones
Kid Stuff
One thing that always "got my goat" and even made me want to roam Was milking all those Jersey cows when I was growing up at home.
milking, tail, cow, trick
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
15
LeRoy Jones
The Preacher's House
The Preacher saw this Cowhand come a'walking up the lane His saddle on his shoulder and his face marked with pain.
new horse, phrase, start, stop, humor, religion
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
21
LeRoy Jones
One Full Turn
I looked into the mirror, and I felt surprise to see This full grown Cowboy standing there and looking back at me,
reflection, age, change
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
25
LeRoy Jones
Cowboy
You talk about a Cowboy, and in your mind you see, This yahoo wearin' high heeled boots and standin' six foot three,
history, father, cattle
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
29
LeRoy Jones
Lifestyles
There's lots of City Slickers who don't know just what you need To keep a herd of mother cows and furnish them their feed;
city, lifestyle, rural, clothing
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
32
LeRoy Jones
F.D.I.C.
You get your ducks all in a row Financed to make your business grow, But when your Bank goes bust, you see You're financed with F.D.I.C..
bank, debt, loan
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
33
LeRoy Jones
The Night Before Christmas
"Twas the night before Christmas, and out at the Tacker's They'd finished their supper of hot soup and crackers,
christmas, santa, gifts
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
39
LeRoy Jones
Jilted
Married! Aw, you must be funnin', I don't see how that could be. Hit warn't no more 'n a month ago when she wuz shinin' up ta me.
marriage, plans, abandon
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
43
LeRoy Jones
Muly Cow
The thing that troubled me the most when I was just a lad Was not why nations go to war, or other things as bad, Or why some folks just being mean mistreat their fellow man And take from him his life, or steal the labor of his hand.
mystery, god, cow, horns
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
45
LeRoy Jones
Roundup
Had you noticed that the cows that were so peaceful in the pasture Make a change and get suspicious when you start to drive them in?
corral, stubborn, horse, cow, skill
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
51
LeRoy Jones
Tin Can Cave
I named it that first day I saw The cave that sat back in the hills And found out later it had been The site of a moonshiner's still.
mystery, history, cans, moonshiner
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
53
LeRoy Jones
Range Fire
It started 'bout Thanksgiving when the grass was dead and brown and rainstorms as a rule don't come to saturate the ground.
fire, grass, winter
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
55
LeRoy Jones
Christmas
It's true most Cowboys ain't real good at puttin' fancy words together, Leastways, not the ones the likes of which I run across.
love, story, christ, god
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
63
LeRoy Jones
Neighborhood Area Watch
He said that we could make a plan and do ourselves some good If we'd just start an Area Watch in our own neighborhood.
watch, guard, nosy, neighbor
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
65
LeRoy Jones
Summer of 1990
Those TV weather forecasts seem to always sound the same As weathermen procrastinate and play their little game.
weather, heat, politics
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
68
LeRoy Jones
The Day of the Cowboy
"Now this new western trend" said a man to his friend "Is just mor that a fellow can stand, For they put it in rhyme when they speak of a time That the cowboy could live off the land.
technology, change, end
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
71
LeRoy Jones
A Normal Day
Leaves are falling, cattle bawling, Where the heck you been? Engine sputters, driver mutters Out of gas again.
age, change, difficulty
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
73
LeRoy Jones
We Fly Away
Psa. 90:10 The days of our years are threescore and ten; and if by reason of strength they be four-score years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
death, funeral, farewell
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
75
LeRoy Jones
I Want to Be a Cowboy
When I was just a little lad, about the only dream I had was punchin' cows and riding broncs the way the Cowboys did.
growing up, mature, man, good
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
81
LeRoy Jones
The Dream
He's spent a long day in the saddle and he's weary to the bone with the miles he's covered rounding up his strays.
cowboy, goal, dream
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
83
LeRoy Jones
A Cowboy Has to Sing
At the end of the War Between the States in 1865, the men who had fought, especially for the South, went back home to a country vastly different from the one they had left, and for many, unlike a land in which they wanted to live. So they turned their eyes west, toward Texas, which thirty years earlier had defeated General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and gained independence from Mexico.
song, death, sing, lifestyle