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

126

Edgar A. Guest

Sleeping Child

I like to tiptoe round her wen she's lying fast asleep And straighten out the covers where she's kicked them in a heap,

sleep, child, father

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

128

Edgar A. Guest

Home

It takes a heap o' livin' in a house t' make it home, A heap o' sun an' shadder, an' ye sometimes have t' roam Afore ye really 'preciate the things ye lef' behind, An' hunger fer 'em somehow, with 'em allus on yer mind.

home, family, memory

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

130

Senator George Graham Vest

A Tribute to the Dog

The best human friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful.

loyalty, dog, friend

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

131

Anonymous

Little Lost Pup

He was lost! -not a shade of a doubt of that; For he never barked at a slinking car, But stood in the square where the wind blew raw

puppy, lost, cute

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

132

Anonymous

For A Little Brown Dog

For a little brown dog, who "sees" me down The hill to the car when I go to town, And carries my bag with an air of pride

friend, dog, gratitude

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

134

A. K. (Rosey) Rowswell

Teddy

You'll forgive a bit of frankness I hope, especially since I was one of those "hard-boiled" individuals who had always been unable to understand just how people could become so attached to a dog as to become mournful at s

memory, dog, funeral, heaven

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

138

George Barnes

The Hobo Santa Claus

It was a cold December evening and the Lord didn't mean no harm But he sent a howling blizzard that almost covered up the farm And it hit the children hardest the little ones you see Tomorrow they'd wake up Christmas and there was nothing beneath the tree

hobo, sacrifice, christmas

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

141

Jeff Foxworthy

A Gift

A man named Paul received a new automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve, when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. "Is this your car, Mister?" he asked.

gift, brother, car ride, selflessness

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

142

William J. Barker

Santa Claus Goes West

'Twas the night before Christmas, when clean 'crost the spread, not a critter was stirrin'; they slept like the dead; The socks was all hanged in the bunkhouse real neat, In the hopes they'd git filled with somethin' 'sides feet;

humor, parody, santa, stagecoach

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

145

S. Omar Barker

Cowboy's Christmas Prayer

I ain't much good at prayin', and You may not know me, Lord - I ain't much seen in churches where they preach Thy holy word, But You may have observed me out here on the lonely plains, A-lookin' after cattle, feelin' thankful when it rains,

prayer, christmas, grace

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

148

Anonymous

The Woman in the Harbor

There's a woman in the harbor whose arm is stretched to god; She stands and guards the precious miles of earth my feet have trod.

woman, harbor, protection

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

149

Veda Ponikvar

Saints and Sinners

When some fellow yields to temptation and breaks a conventional law, We look for no good in his makeup but, Lord, how we look for the flaw.

sin, saint, mercy, judgement

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

150

Anonymous

It Shows In Your Face

You don't have to tell how you've lived each day, You don't have to say if you work or you play For a wonderous barometer serves in its place - However you live, it will show in your face.

face, life, struggle, experience

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

152

Edgar A. Guest

Real People

The backbone of the nation is the happy-hearted throng Of ordinary people who go swinging along.

good attributes, church goers, self-sufficiency

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

153

Anonymous

I'm Special

I'm special. In all the world there's nobody like me. Since the beginning of time, there has never been another person like me. Nobody has my smile. Nobody has my eyes, my nose, my hair, my hands, my voice. I'm special.

uniqueness, eternity, personality

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

154

Joan Stephen

The Only Star

Is that you, Mom? That one, lone star -- The one so bright; The one so far.

star, mother, protection

Ol' Mike's Philosophy and Foolishness

Mike Oatman

FOLK COLL 11 O-14

155

Anonymous

God Hears Prayers

If radio's slim fingers can pluck a melody From night, and toss it over A continent or sea;

prayer, listening, noise

Poems of Banjo Paterson

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FOLK COLL 11P-40

Banjo Paterson

Prelude

I have gathered theses stories afar In the wind and the rain, In the land where the cattle-camps are, On the edge of the plain.

introduction, stories, memories

Poems of Banjo Paterson

n/a

FOLK COLL 11P-40

Banjo Paterson

Clancy of the Overflow

I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better Knowledge, sent to where I met him down the Lachlan years ago; He was shearing when I knew him, so I sent the letter to him, Just on spec, addressed as follows, "Clancy, of the Overlow

townsfolk, cattleman, outback

Poems of Banjo Paterson

n/a

FOLK COLL 11P-40

Banjo Paterson

Geebung Polo Club

It was somewhere up in the wddfff It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub, That they formed an institution called the Geebung Polo Club.

polo, club, smooth

Poems of Banjo Paterson

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Banjo Paterson

Lost

"He ought to be home," said the old man. "without there's something amiss. He only went to the Two-mile - he ought to be back by this. He would ride the Reckless filly, he would have his wilful way; And here, he's not back at sundown - and what will his mother say?

lost, accident, death

Poems of Banjo Paterson

n/a

FOLK COLL 11P-40

Banjo Paterson

The Man From Snowy River

There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around That the cold from old Regret had got away, And had joined the wild bush horses - he was worth a thousand pound, So all the cracks had gathered to the fray.

horesman, trainer, endurance

Poems of Banjo Paterson

n/a

FOLK COLL 11P-40

Banjo Paterson

The Swagman's Rest

We buried old Bob where the bloodwoods wave At the foot of the Eaglehawk; We fashioned a cross on the old man's grave With the date of his sad decease And in place of "Died from effects of spree" We wrote "May he rest in peace."

grave, traveler, fishing

Poems of Banjo Paterson

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FOLK COLL 11P-40

Banjo Paterson

The Road to Hogan's Gap

Now look, you see, it's this way like- You cross the broken bridge And run the crick down, till you strike The second right-hand ridge.

bridge, road, travel

Poems of Banjo Paterson

n/a

FOLK COLL 11P-40

Banjo Paterson

Song of the Wheat

We have sung the song of the droving days, Of the march of the travelling sheep- how by silent stages and lonely ways Thin, white battalions creep.

wheat, song, march