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

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

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

111

Unknown

Grandma

A grandmother is a lady who has no children of her own, so she likes other people's little girls. A grandfather is a man grandmother. He goes for walks with boys and they talk about fishing and tractors and things like that.

grandmother, attitude, kindness

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

112

Frank Carleton Nelson

To Dad

Never had much style about him, never cared for dress; Sort o' spent his life a sowin' seeds of happiness; Doin' little things for others, helpin' where he could; Never makin' much pretension, always doin' good.

father, care, love

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

113

Anonymous

Before It Is Too Late

If you have a gray-haired mother in the old home far away, sit down and write the letter you put off day by day.

time, mother, death

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

114

Anonymous

Limit! One to a Customer

You can have dozens of cousins-in-laws by the gross, And uncles and aunts three or four.

size, family, mother

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

115

Edgar A. Guest

An Aunt

I hold no quarrel with the world o'er which our lives are spanned; The more I see its way unfurled I find things wisely planned.

family, aunt, help

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

116

Anonymous

That Old School Girl O' Mine

I've been looking through some letters tied with ribbon years ago, Written by a school girl sweetheart to an awkward, bashful beau.

sweetheart, wife, girlfriend

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

118

Anonymous

This Is A Family

A place of warmth when the world is cold... a place of safety when the world is hostile... a place of light when the world is dark. THIS IS A FAMILY.

family, description, togetherness

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

120

Anonymous

Flour Sack Underwear

When I was a maiden fair Mama made our underwear. With several tots and Pa's poor pay, How could she buy us lingerie?

underwear, poverty, sack, creativity

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

122

Anonymous

I Have a Boy

I've a wonderful boy, and I say to him "Son" Be fair and be square in the race you must run.

son, boy, child

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

123

Dr. Frank Crane

Dear Dad

Dear Dad, I am writing this to you, though you have been dead 30 years.

father, death, letter

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

124

Laurie E. Dawson

This is Your Day

You're an everyday mother Full of surprises Who always stays calm whatever arises

mother, rest, gratitude

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

125

Anonymous

What is a Mother?

A mother is a wonderful creature constructed almost entirely of love and this she an express in a million ways from hugs and kisses and good cooking and patient listening, to stern lectures and strict rules and the repeated use of the word "no".

mother, love, kindness