FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
48
Martha Downer Ellis
Rain After Drouth
A cloud came by today.
drought, water, rain, appreciation, gratitude
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
49
Martha Downer Ellis
Today's Work
Breakfast is over, and I see.
work, clothing, dress
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
50
Martha Downer Ellis
1954
The brown and bitter summer has gone.
seeds, grass, hope, frost
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
51
Martha Downer Ellis
Winter Grass
Until the dry years came I never knew.
winter, grass, blue sky
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
52
Martha Downer Ellis
The Perra Corrals
The Perra corrals -- three sets of them.
corral, watering hole, materials, fencing, building techniques, mechanization, progress
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
54
Martha Downer Ellis
The Fence at the Perra Trap
Straight as a string that is taut.
barbed wire, fence, character
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
55
Martha Downer Ellis
The New Chuck wagon
The new chuck wagon doesn't have to have.
truck, modernization
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
56
Martha Downer Ellis
Off to the Museum
How lonely it looked.
chuck wagon, obsolescence, obsolete
Ranch Tales of the Rockies
FC 11 E-03
53
Harry Ellard
Lanky Bill and the Parson
In the good old days of `89.
mining, prospecting, fight, law, saloon, gambling, drink, parson, church, Sabbath, meeting house, money
Ranch Tales of the Rockies
FC 11 E-03
62
Harry Ellard
My Sweetheart on the Ranch
Oh, my sweetheart, she's a beauty, and lives on Circle X.
love, girlfriend
Ranch Tales of the Rockies
FC 11 E-03
64
Harry Ellard
The Dance at Stirrup Ranch
There was hurrying and scurrying.
Colorado, dance, celebration, Diamond T, Double X, Circle C, proposal, girlfriend, boyfriend
Ranch Tales of the Rockies
FC 11 E-03
71
Harry Ellard
Leaving the Happy Hunting Grounds
Progression, with her torch of light.
progress, white man, Indians, land, encroachment, reservation
Ranch Tales of the Rockies
FC 11 E-03
78
Harry Ellard
The Mining Prospector
A mining prospector started out with his tools.
prospector, mining, claim, human nature, greed, persistence
Ranch Tales of the Rockies
FC 11 E-03
82
Harry Ellard
Christmas on Circle A Ranch
"Well, boys, I think we'd better get.
Christmas, celebration, holiday, Bar L8, Circle A, poker, covered wagons, settler, father, mother, son, gambling
Ranch Tales of the Rockies
FC 11 E-03
91
Harry Ellard
A Cripple Creek Narrative
When the Camp Cripple Creek first made a beginning.
shoemaker, Quaker, mining, claim
Ranch Tales of the Rockies
FC 11 E-03
93
Harry Ellard
The Cowboy Regiment
We are coming, we are coming, more than a thousand strong.
war, regiment, volunteers
Ranch Tales of the Rockies
FC 11 E-03
94
Harry Ellard
The Passing of the Buffalo
The buffalo, in herds of millions strong.
buffalo, progress
Ranch Tales of the Rockies
FC 11 E-03
98
Harry Ellard
Buck Fever
Oh, the happy exultation, that filled my heart with hope.
deer, hunting, game, youth
Ranch Tales of the Rockies
FC 11 E-03
100
Harry Ellard
Song of the Lariat
With nostril distended and wide-open eye.
rope, roping, lariat
Ranch Tales of the Rockies
FC 11 E-03
102
Harry Ellard
The Round Up
Up the steep side of the mountain, our broncho with safety we ride.
branding, roundup, horse
Cow Country
FC 11 E-04
1
Tom Ellinwood
Beauty Can Be Practical
A golden desert sunset.
rain, water, need, beauty, dry
Cow Country
FC 11 E-04
2
Tom Ellinwood
The Silver Lining
I find that certain kinds of work.
fence, work
Cow Country
FC 11 E-04
3
Tom Ellinwood
Prospecting Sure Has Changed
He trod a thousand lonely trails.
progress, prospecting, change
Cow Country
FC 11 E-04
4
Tom Ellinwood
Those Make-Believe Crops
I hear about this aid they get.
taxes, government, farmers, rancher
Cow Country
FC 11 E-04
5
Tom Ellinwood
20th Century Arrows
What would they say, those men who rode.
ghosts, progress