FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Stubby Pencil Poems of Great Basin Musin's
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G. B. Griffith
Quartz Crystal Arrowhead
Taken ages past from the harshest land. A sliver of rock as clear as it was frail.
arrowhead, history, crystal
Stubby Pencil Poems of Great Basin Musin's
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FOLK COLL 11 G-45
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G. B. Griffith
Metate y Mano
Found, half buried, out next to a corral fence post. Wasn't sure what it was at first and let it be, right where it lay.
native american, artifact, mystery
Stubby Pencil Poems of Great Basin Musin's
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FOLK COLL 11 G-45
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G. B. Griffith
Christmas Gifts
Reflectin' on this Christmas day. Needin' little, wantin' even less.
christmas, gifts, farm
Stubby Pencil Poems of Great Basin Musin's
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FOLK COLL 11 G-45
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G. B. Griffith
A Grandson's Duty
I think of you often. Somewhere, hopefully not all alone. In your resting place, now forgotten, marked by a simple soldier's stone.
veteran, remembrance, grave
My Ranch, Too: A Wyoming Memoir
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FOLK COLL 11 F-24
Mary Budd Flitner
Ordinary Skin: Essays from Willow Springs
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FOLK COLL 11 A-21
Amy Hale Auker
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Several essays about "out role in deciding what is favorable or unfavorable, as well as where we someday want to dwell, and who came before us."
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
Dave Stamey
FOLK COLL 11 S-76
3
Dave Stamey
Buckaroo Man
Sleep in a bedroll of canvas. No-see-ums feed on your ears Wind blows the dust just like buckshot
buckaroo, attitude, lifestyle
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
Dave Stamey
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Dave Stamey
McGee Creek (The Packer's Song)
Into the canyon with the trail far below Down through the pinyons where the sweet water flows
mule, packing, canyon
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
Dave Stamey
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Dave Stamey
The Mountains of the Heart
Somewhere near the timberline he feeds the fire As morning slowly turns the sky to gray
regrets, canyons, lost love
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
Dave Stamey
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Dave Stamey
Montana
When I was a kid the snow would drift high on the barn Before daylight broke I'd be out with a bucket on my arm
snow, flats, wilderness
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
Dave Stamey
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Dave Stamey
Mountain Wind
Cold, high mountain wind, just like some worried friend Telling me I'd better get a-moving
wind, winter, hike
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
Dave Stamey
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Dave Stamey
Morning Star's Revenge
The boss couldn't go, because the Eastern Sierra School of Horse Shoeing was coming up that morning from Bishop to practice on our stock. He had to stay in the yard and point out which horses we could afford to have lamed up. All the summer help had already gone home. That left me.
anthropomorphism, trick, horse
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
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Dave Stamey
Tonopah
I received an email from a woman who'd been travelling through the west with her husband in their motor home, seeing the sights. They found themselves in Bishop, California, and there, at the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 395, saw a sign that proclaimed, "Tonopah, 114 miles." She said to her husband, "Well, Dave Stamey sings about it, we'd better go see it."
ghost town, mining, emptiness
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
Dave Stamey
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Dave Stamey
Desert Trails
Desert trails, in the glow of early morning Desert trails, all aglitter in the dawning
desert, mystery, microbus
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Dave Stamey
The Ballad of Rosa May
Her name was Rosa May, and she arrived one autumn day To ply her trade in the town of Bodie And her cheeks were blazing red, from the chilly winds, she said But the lines around her mouth were even colder
prostitute, mining, boom town
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
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Dave Stamey
The Bones of Benny Gray
And the wife he left on Cedar Creek with that old ranch to run She sweats and strains from break of day until the setting sun
bones, death, cowboy
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
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Dave Stamey
Opal
Opal lives in Opal Canyon, Opal lives in a trailer there A little gray trailer with a Good Sam sticker, Living out there in the desert air
desert, trailer, canyon
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
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FOLK COLL 11 S-76
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Dave Stamey
The Vaquero Song
My name is Juan Medina, a vaquero once was I Now I live in the air above the pepper trees And where all the cattle that belonged to Captain Dana They are blown away like ashes in the California breeze
cattle, pepper trees, range
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
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Dave Stamey
To Steelhead Lake
I worked the summer for Lee and Jennifer Roeser at McGee Creek Pack Station, on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, a modest sized outfit, maybe eighty head of stock, horses and mules combined.
pack station, camp, guide
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
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Dave Stamey
The Capo
The horse I ride is old but he has served me well Coat like old tobacco rich and warm He is old but he is sound, my rein chains ring like bells We fit well together as we glide... above the storm
tobacco, horse, reliable
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
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Dave Stamey
May the Trail Rise Up to Greet You
May the trail rise up to greet you as you ride May the stars reach down and touch you with their light May the tumbleweeds at play keep you company by day And the coyotes serenade you through the night
prayer, safety, kindness
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
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Dave Stamey
Hank
Hank. He took over my life in a major way when I was twelve years old. My father owned an MGM album titled Hank Williams - The Drifting Cowboy.
music, singing, influence, example
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Dave Stamey
Wheels
We left Missouri in these wagons We left our homes and farmland there behind
emigration, pioneers, wagon
The First Twenty Five Years: Songs and Stories
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Dave Stamey
It's the West
It's old men at the feed store, trading gossip and spitting on the floor It's a domino game on Friday afternoon Trout jumping in a mountain stream, cotton fields along the San Joaquin An old coyote fussing at the moon
laundry, career, attire
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Dave Stamey
Riding the Sage
Riding the sage, loping along my heart's turned round and it's singing the old songs
sage, riding, cowboy