FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Goodbye Ol' Horse

What's wrong, Ol' Horse? It sure looks like You're feelin' kinda rough. You should I guess. You're mighty old, And winter's mighty tough.

death, horse, memory

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Love Like the Wind

Love starts like the breeze on a warm summer day, Stirring the flower from its place, Caressing and brushing the trembling bloom As it sways in the swirling embrace.

love, wind, passion, flower

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Church Meetin'

It happened on a Saturday, When payday rolled aroun', That Charlie asked his boss if he Could mosey into town.

church, mistake, dress, woman

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Colorado Heart

I was born and raised where the cattle grazed Under Colorado skies, And the tumbling creeks of the Spanish Peaks Told a tale both old and wise- If you learn to love these mountains, You'll never want to part. If your heart's in Colorado, Colorado's in your heart.

colorado, trail, cattle, mountain

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Raven

You caw and chortle, gurgle and squawk, You're heard long before you are seen. You fly and float, kinda lazy and slow, You're insolent, cocky and keen.

raven, human, smart, compare

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Lost Treasure

I wonder what happened to Di'mond. I sure miss that ornery ol' cuss. He didn't show up for the brandin' this spring, With me and ol' Walter and Gus.

friend, wander, woman

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

The Boss of This Here Outfit

It's a curious fact of nature That some men are better made- A cut above the rest of us, A notch up on the grade.

boss, leader, skill, respect

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

The Horseman

They say he was a horseman. He was young, and bold, and true, And there wasn't any work that He and his horses couldn't do.

experience, memory, age, dream

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

The Things a Cowboy's Got

"Why do you do it?" someone asked, "The money doesn't pay. The work is hard, the hours long, How can you live this way?

cowboy, career, style, clothes

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Pronghorn

He's the watcher of the prairie, He's the guardian of the grass, He's the ever0present sentry of the land.

pronghorn, antelope, animal

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Pronghorn Refrain

Oh, the Pronghorn knows Where the cowboy goes As he rides o'er the cattle trails,

pronghorn, antelope, animal

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Humility

Now, Bill is quite a cowboy. He can ride 'em, oh, you bet. And the horse that he can't handle Jest ain't been invented yet.

humility, cowboy, struggle, practice

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Cowboy Home

Eagle soaring, Free, exploring, Clouds drifting by.

prairie, song, ranch, family

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Jingle-bob Music

I'm but a lone cowboy, adrift on the land Where tumbleweeds ride on the wind. I live in the saddle, a rope in my hand, I pray that it never will end.

music, ride, cowboy, joy

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Devil's Pride

On the west side of the Rockies, where the Bookcliff Mountains stand Roamed an old, unbranded stallion and his freedom-loving band. Feral horses had been ranging there for near a hundred years- Descendants of the livestock that escaped the pioneers.

stallion, mustang, mountain, tame

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Memories, Friends, and Eight-by-Tens

Headlights and traffic, life on the go- Long roads and miles to the next rodeo; Small country fairgrounds, big city show- Ride and move on to the next rodeo.

rodeo, fame, friends, life

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Afflicted

Oh, sorry is the state I'm in; A sickness I have caught That's left me oh so miserable- Distracted and distraught.

trouble, pain, love, emotion

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Tom Tobin and The Espinozas

It was out in Colorado, back in 1863, When the Espinoza brothers went out on a killing spree. For six long months they spread their reign of terror o'er the land, And nobody could stop the murderin' Mexican outlaw band.

murder, mexican, gringo, bounty

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Windmill

Whirlin' windmill Whirlin' round, Whirlin' with a whirrin' sound, Coaxin' water from the ground, Partner of the wind.

water, well, dry, irrigate

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

The Hay-Day Dinner

When I was a youngster, 'Bout fifteen, I guess, I got me a job for a while A puttin' up hay With a couple of friends On a ranch out o' town 'bout a mile.

hay, bale, work, dinner, energy

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Bill and the Barkeep

The town was alight that warm summer night. The honkeytonk bar was alive. The cowpunchin' kind were there to unwind At the end of a long trail drive.

bar, scam, bet, wood, legs, ice, water

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Wind of the West

The west wind has started to stirrin', Oh Lord, how I wish it weren't so. But winter and spring out along the Divide Always mean that the wind's gonna blow.

wind, snow, consequences, ranch

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

The Forgotten

On a day just about mid-September, With the fall gather almost complete, Bill Barton was ridin' the high desert rim Where the Sandy and Huerfano meet.

brand, range, longhorn

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Think Again

I once went traveling in the West A pretty ranch to find Where I could live an easy life And know great peace of mind

valley, fences, relaxation

Cowboy Poultry Gatherin'

FOLK COLL 11 A-23

Darrell Arnold

Dooley's Head

I was workin' for the V Cross tendin' 'bout a thousand head That was wintered in the canyons till the spring. I was livin' by my lonesome in a line shack near the rim And a-schoolin' five green horses in my string.

orphan, bones, burial