FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

Lonnie D Garten

Be Careful What You Trip

Jerry rode off to doctor a steer He was ridin' a sorrel cayuse He got the steer roped and threw the trip And that's when all hell broke loose.

trip, hospital, sorrell, steer

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

Lonnie D Garten

Years and Miles Change a Lot of Things

I've never been a Winston Bruce Or a Casey Tibbs But I could ride a fair old country bronc Not bragging, but I did.

experience, bronc, age

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

Lonnie D Garten

Nothin' But Bad Luck

I've pondered on a question for a lot of years And probably will until I die I've thought about it until my thinker's thought out And I still don't know the reason why.

luck, cattle, trouble

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

Lonnie D Garten

The Worrier

Boys, lets get those first calf heifers in We'd better cut off a few Because accordng to the calendar those old girls are just about due.

storm, worry, cows

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

Lonnie D Garten

Blue

George had an old blue heeler Which he as mighty proud And Blue'd always get much better. When George was drinkin' with a crowd.

dog, cattle, alley, pen