FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

Bad Habits

Does your horse have some bad habits? Do you think it's all an act? Is his main concern attending to his dang digestive tract?

horse, training, habits

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

Chris Beck

In Petaluma, California, Chris Beck was one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet. (They named the Arena in Santa Rosa after him.) He also had a slaughter house in Petaluma where he mostly handled veal calves.

motorcycle, ambulance, guts

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

The Coyote Trap

I had a little ranch leased in Petaluma, and when we first moved there some neighbors felt sorry for us and would pay us surprise visits. They had two of the meanest, most destructive little brats I'd ever seen.

trap, coyote, revenge

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

Burt and the Cow

Well, that old brindle cow decided that she wasn't gonna go; she knew Burt couldn't rope, and his kid-broke horse was slow.

roping, cow, brindle

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

Bob Fletcher

I went to 13 different grammar schools and had quite a few different last names. My Dad was a cow dealer and when things would start going bad, he'd sell the cows, move, and change our name. he had the uncanny ability to show a profit by not paying the mortgage holder, the feed store, or any other outfit dumb enough to give him credit.

milking, temper, calves

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

Bill Fleecyhocks

Bill Fleecyhocks rode into town aboard his stifled mule; if you overlooked the sheepy stains old Bill looked pretty cool.

sheep, smell, bathe

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

The Night Before New Years

'Twas the night before New Years and out in the fog, Ben's driving drunk and he's scaring the dog. He was dodging the lights of the oncoming cars Shep was amazed that they'd made it this far.

drunk, driving, dog

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

The Alamo

When the odds are against you at twenty to one, Remember the Alamo. When you got no more bullets to put in your gun, Remember the Alamo.

run, memory, courage

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

Shep's Poetry

Ben sat his kitchen table and his mind had drawn a blank, his creative juices wouldn't seem to flow "I need some new material," he muttered to his dog, "for the annual, upcoming, Horseman's Show."

dog, poetry, publicity

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

Roundup in the Spring

Ropes uncoil in the darkness, whistle true and find their mark. Saddle up a snug your hat down, make a bronc ride in the dark.

round-up, spring, song

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

Rod's Wig

Up in Sims, North Dakota, where the Nelson family dwells, Old Rod began to having these erratic dizzy spells.

wig, animal, nap

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

Tico and the Cow

Tico and Ben were the two laziest men I ever met, or at least spent much time around, and they were proud of it. If someone was overheard talking about some feller they deemed lazy, either one of them would butt right in and brag about something they'd done (or hadn't done) that'd prove they were even more worthless than the mythical guy being discussed.

cowdog, chase, trample

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

Bigfoot

I ran a little trap line up in Idaho one year; one night I heard a tapping on the door. I looked out and there stood Bigfoot, holding up his off hind leg, acting like his foot was kind of sore.

betting, bigfoot, lose

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

Benny and the Pigs

One time Benny Meyers called me and asked if I wanted a couple of pigs. I said, "No" and he said, "they're free." After asking him what was wrong with them, and he'd assured me they were healthy, I drove over to his place with my wife, Jane.

pigs, thief, farm

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

Benny and the Pandas

Ben worked as a cowboy all his life, no wait, that isn't true, I forgot about the time that he worked at the local zoo. He had a way with livestock, and in just a little while the animals all responded with his smooth an' easy style

panda, video, cub

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

The Evaluation

"I'd rather be lost in the desert with a case of spectacular scours, I'd rather be staked to an anthill and left there for twenty-four hours."

poetry, evaluation, change

Pat Richardson, Unhobbled

FOLK COLL 11 R-50

Pat Richardson

The Change

Now the trouble all began once she hit the forty mark; and her once rosy outlook turned an ugly hue of dark.

age, change, tranquilize

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

John Hall

At Day's End

Is anybody happier because you passed his way? Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today?

happiness, value, day

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Anonymous

For Today Only

There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.

today, time, present

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Anonymous

The Oyster

There once was an oyster whose story I tell, Who found that sand had got under his shell;

oyster, annoyance, pearl

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

James William Foley

The Man Who Stubbed His Toe

Did you ever meet a youngster who had been and stubbed his toe, An' was settin' by the roadside, just a crying soft an' low,

grief, toe, pain

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Anonymous

It Is Not Easy...

It is not easy... To apologize, To begin over, To be unselfish

ease, difficulty, action

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Anonymous

The Good Old Days?

When we were living those "good old days," They didn't seen so good.

history, memory, hardship

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Anonymous

Life Is Too Short To Be Little

Small things ofttimes upset us Things that we should forget;

size, petty, forgive

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Anonymous

Life Is Too Short To Be Little

Small things upset us Things that we should forget;

petty, forgive, attitude