FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

North Dakota Fire

Now North Dakota had a library, a thing of pride it was indeed, and they kept it open all day long, in case someone learned to read.

fire, library, forest

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Old Pete the Poacher

Now he had trout for breakfast, darn near the whole year through, and he ate a lot of antelope, and deer and elk meat too.

poacher, hunter, prey

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Alaska No More

Now Alaska is the place to go, or so once I heard it said, so I up and left Montana, to live up there instead.

alaska, memory, bar

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

One Final Cure

Now this doctor had went on for years, giving out potions and pills, for thousands of sore aches and pains, and much more elaborate ills.

cure, medicine, money

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The Perfect Breed

We hear a lot on Pitbull dogs, and al about the Terrier, than some prefer the Doberman, or Collie which is hairier.

dog, breed, mongrel

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

It All Adds Up

Now there was a gunslinger, a real humdinger, who liked to show off his skills, but he was finally shot down, in this small western town, by a lad who came down from the hills.

gunslinger, gun, puppy

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

So Far and Yet So Near

Now us old dudes have special thoughts, as we sit and rock and dream, when family cars were Model T's, and locomotives ran on steam.

rocking chair, bedtime, dream

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Bedbugs

I came across this cabin, miles back in some wooded hills, so tired I could have slept, on a bed of porcupine quills.

bedbug, attack, fear

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Watchdog

Now I thought it might be pretty nice, to have a watchdog on the place, and though I'd never lost a thing, I up and bought one just in case.

watchdog, confusion, training

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

A Bear Story

Now I have always been a clam one, and I've never been afraid, for I always pack a muzzle loader, and a knife with a ten inch blade.

hunt, bear, chase

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Old Lonesome Joe

Now he was called "Old Lonesome Joe," and he lived a long way back in a place called Lonesome Valley, in his little one room shack,

wife, lonely, crutches

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Old Truthful Dan

Now old "Truthful" Dan he told me tales, and I'd really listen well, to those fascinating tales he told, as these stories he would tell.

tall tales, business, truth

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Winning a Wife

Now this here is the story, of how I took the beauty of the west, I won't talk about my brains and looks, just about the rest.

marriage, wife, struggle

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The Hermit

Now this old world ain't fit no more, for ary a man or beast, and a life lived in the city, is the leastest of the least.

hermit, loneliness, mountains

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Old Stupid

Now the boss hired on his nephew, he said he owned his brother one, well brother sure got overpaid, when he hired that brother's son.

idiocy, fool, cowhand

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Flatlanders

Way down there from our mountains, those flatland slickers dwell, and once I took a trip down a trip down there, now I have this tale to tell.

circus, tricks, performers

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Just Don't Talk

It seems that I am always wrong, and can never do things right, my wife asks a darn fool question, and we wind up in a fight.

attack, face, insult

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Convincing Collateral

Now the rancher had a notion, that it was time now to expand, and get a loan for fencing, and more cattle for his land.

bank, loan, jeep

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The Dude and The Bear

Now I'm going to tell this story, about a city dude I knew, but first let me assure you, that every word is true.

grizzly bear, chase, bb

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The Rabbit Hunt

I had my heart all set, on rabbit meat one night, so I took my rifle off the wall, and put my hat on tight.

rabbit, stew, running

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The Ideal Woman

Now I had always lived alone, it was a drab and lonely life, so I set out awhile back, to find myself a wife.

chores, attributes, appearances

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The Little Demon

Now I'm going to leave this country, I've been drove off by a kid, and I know you'll understand, when I've told you what he did.

child, entitled, spoiled

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Life is in the Mountains

When you find you're in a rut, and just fighting to survive, and you find your efforts aren't to live, but just to stay alive.

mountain, cabin, survival

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The Ghost

I could hear the North wind howling it was 42 below, and through the icy windows, I could see the drifting snow.

skeleton, haunting, ghost

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

All Beneath That Sky

Now in this big state of Montana, out here in the west, the countryside just can't be beat, and the people are the best.

sky, montana, nature