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

The Chase

Now me and Jed my old black horse, we got us quite a scare, when out of the brush came charging, this great big Grizzly bear.

fall, chase, grizzly bear

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The Widder

Now old widder Jones was on the prowl, she was aiming to collar a man, So she wailed out her long mating howl, and her quest for a new love began.

widow, hunt, cray

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The Man of the House

Now go get the eggs, and then feed the dogs, and clean out the stalls, and go slop the hogs.

rules, father, responsibility

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

You Can't Fool A Kid

I came down from the mountains, and gave this lad a ride, I pulled him up behind me, his unbelieving eyes were wide.

cowboy, outfit, style

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Hot Bet - Cold Deal

Now I've been told before, that a fisherman will lie, in fact they seldom tell the truth, as hard as they might try.

fish, lies, bet

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Pure Terror

Now the beast stood in the corner, his nostrils blowing steam, his tail switching back and forth, in his eyes a wicked gleam.

fear, mouse, point of view

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Final Forclosure

Now I don't give a hang about power, and I don't give a hang about gold, nor do I respect those who cower, and meekly obey what they're told.

banks, money, debt

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Paradise

Now listen to me boys, I've got a tale to tell, about a town called Paradise, about two miles from Hell.

sheriff, contradiction, power

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Survival

Now old Spot and me were huntin' bear, away up high peak trail, but we only found a track or tow, and those were mighty stale.

tail, dog, starving

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Days of Wood and Rawhide

Now a long long time ago, away way back in years, Montana state was settled, by determined pioneers.

pioneer, country lifestyle, wilderness

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The Tome of The Unknown Writer

Now he was a great writer, a readers delighter, byt he never went to great pains, because right from the start, he wrote from the heart, and forgot about using his brains.

writer, collection, book

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Fate

One day I met this rider, on an old worn out bay mare, he had a beard and mustache, and long grey braided hair.

father, cowboy, truth

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Springtime in the Mountains

From the treetops birds are singing, into the mountain air, the cool clear streams and wildlife, are around you everywhere.

spring, mountains, nature

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The End is The Beginning

Old friends live on in my memory, as do the days of long long ago, and as I grow older and feebler, so do those memories grow.

death, memory, religion

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Giddyup Scout - Vamooooose!

Now just being saved from outlaws, the ranchers stood amazed, who was that unmasked Indian?, asked one as he stood and gazed.

lone ranger, tanto, hero

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The Real Reason

I wanted to touch base much sooner, I'm really sorry for being so late, I'm not going to make up excuses, but will tell about my terrible fate.

scare, dog, chickens

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

The Choice

Now I courted this here mountain gal, for two years or more, when her old man got all upset, or more like downright sore.

shotgun, courting, father-in-law

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Lonely Dreams

Up here in the mountains, beneath the big Montana sky, I sit here in this cabin, as the lonely hours roll by.

dreams, friendship, memory

Poetry of Skinny Rowland, Complete Works to 1993

Skinny Rowland

FOLK COLL 11 R-49

Skinny Rowland

Numbers Don't Figure

When making up a tally sheet, counting heads will number stock, you don't sell cattle the herd, or sell sheep by the flock.

numbers, lottery, guess

The Best of Queen Lena

Charlene Power

FOLK COLL 11 P-39

Charlene Power

n/a

A collection of Norwegian Jokes from North Dakota

The Whorehouse Bells were Ringing

Guy Logsdon

FOLK COLL 11 L-46

D. J. O'Malley

Charlie Rutledge

Another jolly cowboy has gone to meet his fate; We hope he'll find a resting place inside the Golden Gate. A good man's place is vacant on the range of XIT; We'll never find another that's liked so well as he.

death, ranch, texas

The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing

Guy Logsdon

FOLK COLL 11 L-46

N. Howard "Jack" Thorp

Little Joe, The Wrangler

Oh, Little Joe, the wrangler, he'll wrangle never more; His days with the remuda they are o'er.

texas, death, trample

The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing

Guy Logsdon

FOLK COLL 11 L-46

Riley Neal

The Mormon Cowboy

A story, a story, as story I'll relate Concerning Archie Barber and his unlucky slate; He lived till two and twenty, he lived a single life, When to his sad misfortune he got himself a wife.

mormon, virility, impotence

The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing

Guy Logsdon

FOLK COLL 11 L-46

Eben E. Rexford

Billie Vanero

Billie Vanero heard them say in an Arizona town one day That a band of Apache Indians were upon the trail of death; Heard them tell of murder done, three men killed at Rocky Run.

hero, indians, ranch

The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing

Guy Logsdon

FOLK COLL 11 L-46

Ina Sires

Cowboy Jack

He was only just a cowboy, But his heart was kind and true; He'd won the heart of a maiden With eyes of heaven's own blue.

death, love, sorrow