FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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One Cowboy's Faith, Family & Friends
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Roy R Moore Jr
Elko
I have just returned from the 34th Annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering The town and events Were especially heart warming
basque, poetry, folklore
One Cowboy's Faith, Family & Friends
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Roy R Moore Jr
Olympics for World Wide Peace
The Olympic movement... understanding and peace Competition in sport, not war, we can't go wrong Not just for the short track But for the long.
olympics, peace, korea, unity
One Cowboy's Faith, Family & Friends
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Roy R Moore Jr
Bonus
When you started reading this book You expected 40 poems, stories and maybe other Because it says so on the Table of Contents And also on the cover
kindness, advice, encouragement
Cow Country Happenings
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Lonnie D Garten
Big Sixty
Today I had a birthday I'm afraid I turned sixty years old But there's several advantages to your golden years Anyhow that's what I was told.
birthday, sixty, age, memory
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Lonnie D Garten
Homebrew
Albert and Giz and Tom and I Decided to make some brew We found some old bottles, washed them up good And capped us a up a few.
beer, brew, soap, taste
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Lonnie D Garten
Repeated Encounter
As I gazed into her eyes like I've done so many times With our faces just inches apart And that sound in my ear as I'm laying here Is the beating of my heart.
wife, kiss, teeth, floss
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Lonnie D Garten
Cow Reasoning
Now a cow's a funny critter Then get fed every day All throughout the winter They get their cake and hay.
cow, funny, truck, food
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Lonnie D Garten
Paybacks
Now I'm not much of a harvest hand If a combine will run I can drive it around Or if the truck is full of grain I can take it in to town.
payback, harvest, fire, wheat
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Lonnie D Garten
Welcome Visitors
Its been a long hard winter But I see signs of spring The cottonwoods are budding out And I hear the robins sing.
spring, grass, buzzards
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Lonnie D Garten
Not a Grease Monkey
I can saddle a horse of a morning And ride him most of a day Doctor a few old cattle And throw down a little hay.
grease, dirt, dishes, oil
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Lonnie D Garten
Mules and Modern Equipment
This story is about a friend of mine That fed with a team of mules Sometimes they were a decent pair And other times, just plain damn fools.
mule, wagon, tractor
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Lonnie D Garten
The Tough Job
I've worked a lot of people Back in the brandin' pen And the hardest part of the whole darn thing Is the job of pushin' in.
branding, pushing, difficult
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Lonnie D Garten
Being Neighborly
One summer a nephew worked for me We were always on the run But once in a while just for smiles We'd stop and have some fun.
fire, vines, pitchfork
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Lonnie D Garten
It's A Good Thought, Anyway
Roses are red Violets are blue Get up Ma We have a whole lot to do.
valentines, chores, work
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Lonnie D Garten
Mother
What do you say to a mother Who has spent most all her life On a ranch back in the hills Being a rancher's wife?
mother, ranch, gratitude
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Lonnie D Garten
My Dad
Harvey is short in stature But among cowboys he stands tall And it takes one hell of a bucking horse To make this cowboy fall.
qualities, praise, father
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Lonnie D Garten
Ace the Hog Horse
I had this farmer neighbor Who had a few old cows He decided to diversify And bought himself some sows.
hog, scare, horse, panic
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Lonnie D Garten
Little
I never did draw Little And I reckon it's just as well That thirteen hundred pounds of Nothin' but pure hell!
bull, kick, jump, draw, buck
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Lonnie D Garten
Tag Along
Troy used to tag along after me Everywhere I'd go Of course his little old legs were short And that's why he walked so slow.
son, companion, hurry
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Lonnie D Garten
The Old Beetle Spin
Well Bobby and Bill are fishermen And by golly they are good They have Bass Pro equipment And use it like they should.
fishing, lure, bait, tackle
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Lonnie D Garten
Ma's Skiing Career
We went to Denver's Livestock Show And since we had an extra day Ma and I went to the slopes Just to watch 'em play.
gopher, ski, fall, snow
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Lonnie D Garten
Endangered Species Act
There are a lot of critters in this old world And most we need to keep And there are radical people who, if they have their way We might run out of anything to eat.
endanger, save, animal, rancher, farmer
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Lonnie D Garten
Lillian
WE lost a part of the cedar hills In the fall of '92 We lost a part dear to our hearts Lillian, when we lost you.
nature, lake, bird, hills
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Lonnie D Garten
Kansas
A lot of people think that Kansas Is one big flat wheat field And I know it's called the Wheat State Because of the bushels that it yields.
wheat, kansas, hills
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Lonnie D Garten
Ego Buster
Old Leo loaded a mare in his trailer Early in the day And headed for a horse sale Down Oklahoma way.
girl, horse, wave, road