FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
18
Pat Richardson
North Dakota Sweatshop & Saddle Co.
"Handcrafted panda bear bullwhips with spotted owl claws on the grip, poppers of walrus eyelids attached with a whale's lower lip.
animals, hunting, endangered
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
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Pat Richardson
Yuletide Greetin's
Dear Billy Bob: How's th' weather, an' yer back? Are you folks still existin' in that rat infested shack?
smoking, letter, christmas
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
22
Pat Richardson
Mom and the Billy Goat
Once we had a bunch of goats that us kids milked and tried to raise calves on the goat milk, so our Dad could become a cattle baron. Our father worked at a ranch and wasn't home much to tend to catastrophes that are bound to arise around livestock. We had a big, stinking, mean Billy goat that was kept tied on a chain (obviously not a very good chain) and he would get loose now and then causing us all to be afraid to venture outside.
goat, chase, mother
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
24
Pat Richardson
Act of Kindness
You remember my old partner Benny Meyers who sold his ranch and bought that little store? Well, you know they got him in a rest home now and he don't get around much anymore.
dog, kill, put down
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
26
Pat Richardson
Missing Person
Ned went to check some heifers ...took along three bales of hay, and what shoulda took two hours drug out for several days.
missing person, husband, description
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
28
Pat Richardson
Michael McGinty's Saloon
The men had replaced all the windows and doors in Michael McGinty's Saloon; they'd had to rebuild her from ceiling to floor, they'd been working like beavers since June.
saloon, drink, brawl
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
30
Pat Richardson
Love Thy Neighbor
I can't emphasize enough my Father's ability to swear. He couldn't ask you to "pass the potatoes please" without inserting two or three hair-curling cuss words. It'd go something like this: "HEY! you little @#$%^!#'er, how about passin' me them &%$#@!!'n spuds?"
brother, mock, poor
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
32
Pat Richardson
Loser School
Just as sure as there are victories, there's subjugation and defeat. When you prosper, don't get cocky 'cause there's times that you'll get beat.
loser, stress, confidence
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
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Pat Richardson
Leonard's Confession
Old Leonard, God bless him, was busy confessin' 'till he had the priest gasping for air; he embellished his feats as a mattress athlete and gave vivid accounts of affairs.
confession, priest, crude
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
36
Pat Richardson
Ed in Elko
Well, Ed Brown was in his glory, each time he told a poem, and there was great anticipation, as he took the microphone. They were packed in to the rafters, every show, the critics said, in direct correlation of performances by Ed.
injury, hospital, ambulance
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
38
Pat Richardson
Ed's Funeral
The applause that he got was deafening as Ed took center stage, A great cowboy poet - the fans seemed t'know it a rare treat in this day an' age.
funeral, poet, heart attack
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
40
Pat Richardson
Ed's Pickup
Twenty miles south of Elko, Ed's pickup starts to jerk; It wheezed and gasped a ways and then refused to work.
truck, attack, fun
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
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Pat Richardson
Ed's Glasses
Ed bought a pair of glasses, and he took a lotta' pride that they darkened up out in the sun, and lightened up inside.
glasses, mustache, transitions
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
43
Pat Richardson
Big Outfit
I work for the Flying M, Double D, Diamond lower case Q
brand, ranch, company
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
44
Pat Richardson
E.P.A
Gathering cattle in the foothills when Mother Nature called, there was no place to go but in the thicket; I was doing best I could when I heard somebody yell, "By golly now I'm giving you a ticket!"
environment, ticket, bathroom
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
45
Pat Richardson
Bill's Dog
He was in the wrong place most of the time, and his dog was nearly as bad;
dog, cattle, crazy
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
46
Pat Richardson
Embroiderin' the Truth
Uncle Ned had many stories that'd thrill you to the bone of his alleged wild, and wooly youth;
lie, tall tale, rope, bear
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
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Pat Richardson
1936
A person can remember a lot of things from when he was pretty young, but needs something important happening so he can date how old he as later.
memory, vacation, grandfather
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
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Pat Richardson
Frenchy and the Bay Horse
My Dad was always trading horses and cows when we were kids. Sometimes he traded his cows, and sometimes other people's cows, but as a rule he owned the horses he traded.
horse training, accident, fall
Pat Richardson
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
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Pat Richardson
The Donner Party
They sent invitations to the remnants of the Donner Party crew, gonna have a big reunion and an old time Bar-B-Que.
cannibalism, donner, survivor
Pat Richardson
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
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Pat Richardson
Hoppy the Coyote
Up in Nitwit, North Dakota, where the snow sometimes get deep, lived a coyote known as "Hoppy" who got tired of eating sheep.
coyote, bee, children
Pat Richardson
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
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Pat Richardson
Geezer
Father Time and Mother Nature are an unrelenting pair, they give you constant aches and pains, and take your teeth and hair.
age, memory, mind
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
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Pat Richardson
Five Card Draw
Ben and Zeke had spent the winter in an isolated camp, had a woodstove for the cooking and for light, a Coleman lamp.
camping, bet, poker
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
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Pat Richardson
Daywork
The corral we ran the cattle in, was dang sure past its prime, and what kept it from falling's a suspense;
corral, excuse, fake
Pat Richardson, Unhobbled
FOLK COLL 11 R-50
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Pat Richardson
Cowboy and the Waitress
The waitress asked the cowboy if he'd please remove his hat 'cause some lady had complained that she was shocked. "What is it that offends her?" asked the cowboy real polite, "Is it the hat, or just the way I got it blocked?"
waitress, manners, hospital