FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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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
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
1
Robert 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.
gold, yukon, wilderness
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
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Robert Service
The Three Voices
The waves have a story to tell me, As I lie on the lonely beach; Chanting aloft in the pine-tops, The wind has a lesson to teach; But the stars sing an anthem of glory I cannot put into speech.
ocean, wind, stars, god
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
6
Robert Service
The Law of the Yukon
This is the law of the Yukon, and ever she makes it plain: "Send not your foolish and feeble; send me your strong and your sane -
survival, desire, nature, strength
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
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Robert Service
The Song of the Wage-Slave
When the long, long day is over, and the Big Boss gives me my pay, I hope that it won't be hell-fire, as some of the parsons say.
pay, work, labor
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
12
Robert 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; Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou.
hunger, death, shooting