FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
18
Baxter Black
He was OK Yesterday...Then Bingo
"Doc, I called you just as soon.
Buck, Doctor Bell, garlic, mane, horse, Copenhagen, chewing tobacco, catfish bait, sickness, Larramycin, saurkraut, sourkraut, turpentine, folk remedies, medicine, treatment, folk remedy
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
20
Baxter Black
That Good ol' Red Rock Salt
It's May and I'm out packin' rock salt.
humor, cows, cow lick, licking, salt block, work, occupational lore, occupation
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
21
Baxter Black
Donatin': Rodeo Style
There's a piece of little finger on a fence out in Cheyenne.
Donating Rodeo Style, humor, body parts, skin, injuries, hurt, injury
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
22
Baxter Black
Phobias - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
23
Baxter Black
Five Flat - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
24
Baxter Black
Wanted: Cowboy - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
26
Baxter Black
A Rider, A Roper and a Hell'uva Windmill Man
Have you ever been out checkin' cows and makin' windmill rounds.
snow, weather, wind, drifts, storm, sheared pin, water tank, ice, sucker rod, vane, water, pump, pumping
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
27
Baxter Black
We Choose to be Here - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
28
Baxter Black
The Packer Buyer - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
29
Baxter Black
Eat American Lamb
The sheepman's got a problem now.
market, market value, price, back to nature advocates, polyester, saccharine, food stamps, credit cards, coyotes, mutton, Australia, BLM, B.L.M., Sierra Club, diplomats, politics, meat, forest service, lamb, canned meat, prices
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
30
Baxter Black
The Check is in the Mail - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
32
Baxter Black
Life Beyond Fortran
There's a natural resentment.
technology, computer, computers, screen, monitor, mistakes, power surges, human error, earthquakes
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
33
Baxter Black
Nashville - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
34
Baxter Black
Public Signs - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
35
Baxter Black
Cattleman's Prayer - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
36
Baxter Black
One Good Dog - not a poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
38
Baxter Black
The Gambler
When the corn's all gone to tassel in the Colorado fall.
cattle, calves, happiness, good luck, Texas calves, cattle prices, cattle market, thousand mile trip, good weather, bad weather, pens, straw, rain, puddles, mud, hog, gray and cloudy sky, cowboys, overtime, bad luck, tension, losing ten percent, April's future, May's future, optimism, spring, Colorado weather, Las Vegas, gambling
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
39
Baxter Black
One More Year
What's the story on that good ol' cow?
bowlegged cowboy, sick cow, lump on the jaw, veterinarian, experience, knowledge, curing, bobbed tail, toothless cow, old cow, wounded cow, worthless cow, caring rancher, experienced rancher
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
40
Baxter Black
Mercaphobia - no poem
On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
41
Baxter Black
Why Do the Trees All Lean in Wyoming?
He said: "The wind never blows in Wyoming."
dispute, argue, power of the wind, blow, windy place, cold, weather, freezing whiskers, train, boxcar, Rawlins, Denver, Rio Grande, Cheyenne, Lander, Casper, Worland, sheep shearing, windy tale, Sinclair, town being blown away by the wind, carry a stone, weight, Devil's Tower, eighty-five miles per hour, tall tales, freeze
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
112
Arthur Chapman
Arroyo Al's Antediluvian Bronco
I was out a-ridin 'fences, on the Freeze-Out Mountain Range.
dinosaur, sleep, night
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
115
Arthur Chapman
The Ballad of Prue Perkins
Miss Prue Priscilla Perkins was a prim New England maid.
woman, suitors, spinster
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
117
Arthur Chapman
Prospecting Time
It's time to pack the bacon and the flour and the beans.
prospecting, gold, health
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
118
Arthur Chapman
The Old Trapper Speaks
You are clever, they're telling me, youngster.
trapper, age, knowledge, salt
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
120
Arthur Chapman
The Forester's Return
I'm back on the job by the singing river.
forestry, nature, aspen, open air