FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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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

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

Lonnie D Garten

The Twister

We were going to have a junior rodeo And I was trying some bucking steers We had some big old staggy steers For the twisters to try to top.

twist, trick ride, rodeo, bronc

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

Lonnie D Garten

Charlie

Well Flower Pot mound still looks the same And so does Uncle Dick's Peak But there's a part of the Gyp Hills missing Down along Bitter Creek.

death, memory, cowboy

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

Lonnie D Garten

The Forgotten Hand

My wife had been up long before dawn And put the beans and a beef roast on She had a million things to do.

wife, help, cook, forget

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

Lonnie D Garten

Downhill Skiing

We went to Denver's Nation Western Just to see what we could see And since it was so handy We decided to go ski.

hill, speed, ice, ski

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

Lonnie D Garten

It's a Stinking Job, But Someone had to do it

Well, I saddled up and headed out To drive some weanin' calves to the bunks And I hadn't went a hundred yards Until I met a big old skunk.

skunk, stink, spray, barn

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

Lonnie D Garten

Round Up Your Deer

There are some critters that roam these gypsum hills The valleys and the fields Break the top wire on all the fences And cut down on the farmers' yields.

deer, hunt, farm, permit

Cow Country Happenings

FOLK COLL 11 G-46

Lonnie D Garten

Christmas Tradition

There's a tradition in our family And it happens on Christmas Day The men become house husbands And the women get to play.

christmas, husband, dinner, dishes