FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Dwight Burgess

The Weathered Old Stetson

The brim was all creased and wrinkled, the crown somewhat tattered and torn. It was built by J. B. Stetson I think, about the time my grandpa was born.

hat, experience, rodeo

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Anonymous

Blue Bib Overalls

Grandpa in his many pockets, blue bib overalls hands clasped behind his back, walking slowly in his blue bib overalls

overalls, clothing, life

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Bruce Kiskaddon

Bull Ridin'

A feller might think he could stick like a leach; But his body's so big that your laigs won't half reach. No barrel to grip and no halter to pull, That's about what you'll find when yore ridin' a bull.

bull, rodeo, announcement

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Anonymous

What It Takes To Be A Cowman

1. A wide-brimmed hat, one pair of tight pants and $20 boots from a discount house. 2. At least two head of livestock, preferably cattle - one male, one female.

cowman, checklist, lifestyle

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Badger Clark

A Cowboy's Prayer

O lord, I've never lived where churches grow. I love creation better as it stood That day you finished it so long ago And looked upon your work and called it good.

prayer, church, cowboy

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Anonymous

The Purchase

The local car dealer, who was known to have taken advantage of several people in the community, informed a farmer that he was coming over to purchase a cow.

purchase, car dealer, prank

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Anonymous

A Farmer Is Your Friend

Farmers are found in fields, plowing up, seeding down, returning from, planting to, fertilizing with, spraying for and harvesting it.

farmer, friendship, work

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Bruce Kiskaddon

The Broncho Twister's Prayer

It was a little grave yard on the rolling foothill plains, That was bleached by the sun in summer, swept by winter's snows and rains; There a little bunch of settlers gathered on an autumn day 'Round a home made lumber coffin, with their last respects to pay.

graveyard, prayer, funeral

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Jeff Foxworthy

You Might Be A Redneck If...

1. Your richest relative buys a new house and you have to help take the wheels off of it. 2. Your wife's harido has ever been destroyed by a ceiling fan.

redneck, poor, lifestyle

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Mike Oatman

Middle Age Crisis

I've been spending a lot of my time lately trying to figure out what makes people goofy. I've seen grown adults who ought to know better, turn around and screw up their lives with a bunch of goofy decisions that common sense and logic would have told them would lead to the inevitable despair and tragedy.

adult, songs, crisis

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Mike Oatman

Take It Away Leon

I'm gettin' older now... and maybe a little grey Don't move like I used to... don't get out much to play.

dance, music, guitar

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Mike Oatman

On The Loss of A Child

No amount of words or thoughts can console or atone for the loss of a life like Jeff's. Dan, Carol and Lindsay will never recover from the tragic sense of emptiness.

epitaph, friend, child

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Mike Oatman

To All Parents

"I'll lend you for a little while a child of mine," He said, "For you to love the while he lives, and mourn for when he's dead.

parents, child, letter

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Mike Oatman

On The Loss of An Old Friend

He staggered in from the rain-soaked night and collapsed with a sigh (or was it a groan?) in the breezeway. I knew at that instant that the thing I had dreaded for a year now was at hand.

death, dog, friend

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Mike Oatman

The Most Important Job

"Do you ever wish you'd married one of those women with a career?" she asked out of the clear one evening. "What ever do you mean?" I asked, barely glanced up from the paper, but trying to act like I was all ears.

marriage, children, family

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Anonymous

Friendship

Dear Friend, What is friendship? It is many things... It is feeling completely natural with another, shedding all pretense and all sham, just being yourself.

friendship, time, smile

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Frank D. Felt

That Old, Old Friend of Mine

There are many priceless jewels we may covet day by day, And many worldly treasures that we gather by the way, But of all this life's possessions that human hearts defend, There is none I hold more dearly than a certain old, old friend.

friendship, time, memory

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Anonymous

Hugs

It's wondrous what a hug can do, A hug can cheer you when you're blue. A hug can say, "I love you so." Or "Gee, I hate to see you go."

hug, friend, love

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

Luther A. Merker

Let's Go Fishin'

So vast the things we plan to do To make this old world better, Tomorrow we will start anew, Today it's bread and butter.

fishing, friendship, relaxation

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

102

M. Kaylor Williams

Circus Daze

Little Tommy Jones had a piggy bank so flat he saved his dimes and nickels and made the piggy fat.

circus, animals, food

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

104

Baxter Black

A Time To Stay, A Time To Go

Ya know, I got this ranch from my daddy He come here in seventeen He carved this place outta muscle and blood; His own and his ol' 'percheon' team.

time, age, season

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

106

Garry C. Myers

Oh God Make Me A Better Parent!!

Help me to understand my children, to listen patiently to what they have to say and to answer all their questions kindly. Keep me from interrupting them, talking back to them and contradicting them. Make me courteous to them as I would have them be to me.

parentage, nag, children

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

107

Strickland W. Gillilan

Finest of All

God made the streams that gurgle down the purple mountain-side; He made the gorgeous coloring with which the sunset's dyed; He made the hills and covered them with glory; and He made The sparkle on the dewdrop and the shifting shine and shade.

nature, baby, beauty

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

108

Anonymous

A Memo From Your Child

Don't spoil me. I know quite wel I ought not to have all I ask for - I'm only testing you.

habits, children, mother

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

110

B. McArthur

Grandma's Changed

In the dim and distant past, when life's tempo wasn't fast Grandma used to rick and knit, crochet, tat and baby-sit.

grandma, health, crazy