FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Sky Humour
Sid Marty
FOLK COLL 11 M-68
82
Sid Marty
Mr. Ditty Wah Ditty
They put this washing machine in here to test my patience And when it started bopping and moaning crazily unbalanced once too often
washing machine, noise, ikea
Sky Humour
Sid Marty
FOLK COLL 11 M-68
84
Sid Marty
This Room
You've been gone from this room all season Clean up the yellowed papers Sweep the dead moths from the floor
age, moths, paper
Sky Humour
Sid Marty
FOLK COLL 11 M-68
87
Sid Marty
A Prayer in Lieu of Windchimes
There's a cap of cloud on the Livingstone Pushed by a waterfall of air cloud pours over that brim of rock The wind sleds down to the valley below to whoop-up gravel on the Burmis road which rattles, like hail, on a passing truck
chinook, fear, wind
Sky Humour
Sid Marty
FOLK COLL 11 M-68
89
Sid Marty
Roofing Time
It's time to fix that roof again householder. Time to try your hand, though do-it-yourself undoes the tradesmen
roof, repair, tools
Sky Humour
Sid Marty
FOLK COLL 11 M-68
91
Sid Marty
Human Heat
This human heat that radiates from bone to bone is the homely, homey part of love
heat, humanity, family
Sky Humour
Sid Marty
FOLK COLL 11 M-68
92
Sid Marty
So Much Outlives Us
So much outlives us: This photograph, this ring That rake out there, grown over with grass Your wallet with its plastic cards the dog tags of the middle class
history, gifts, memory
Sky Humour
Sid Marty
FOLK COLL 11 M-68
93
Sid Marty
The Complainer
Did I complain of your untidy ways? You're gone five days I leave the room exactly as you left it
complaint, mess, underwear
Sky Humour
Sid Marty
FOLK COLL 11 M-68
94
Sid Marty
Putting up Wood
Seeing a wisp of grey beside those eyes that blaze with love of living, makes him grieve
love, flirt, wood
Sky Humour
Sid Marty
FOLK COLL 11 M-68
96
Sid Marty
To Touch Once More
To touch once more these things I love Flower, branch and stem and be touched back Enclosed by the green heart of love
life, plants, death
Sky Humour
Sid Marty
FOLK COLL 11 M-68
98
Sid Marty
Earth Day
I should have stayed at home Little kids with face paint People playing homemade drums badly I'm glad it gives them joy
earth day, nature, natives
Sky Humour
Sid Marty
FOLK COLL 11 M-68
100
Sid Marty
Moab
If love alone could stop you growing old This desert dryness would dissolve Like Phoenix in the rain, when the red waddies flush, and a brand new bridge goes down
desert, rain, winter
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
7
Gary McMahan
The Ol' Double Diamond
The old Double Diamond lay out east of Dubois in the land of the buffalo, and the aucitoneer's gavel rapped and it rattled, as I watched the old Double Diamond go.
ranch, aution, cattle
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
10
Gary McMahan
Gettin' in Nature's Way
There are some things you see that you never forget. Not like the dust balls under the bed. No these memories endure... like a first-rate family feud, The lightning that pert' near gotcha, or catching Aunt Bess in the nude.
animals, nest, life
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
13
Gary McMahan
Pete 'n' Pat
Got me a team of Belgians, work horses, son, they're pullin' hellions. One named Pete and one named Pat, weigh a ton apiece, or I'll eat my hat.
horses, team, yodel
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
16
Gary McMahan
A Cowboyin' Day
Morning is just a thin line to the east As you steps in the corral and captures a beast. Cold saddle blankets, hey cock-a-doodle-doo Don't buck now, you booger; you'll break me in two.
morning, cowboy, breakfast
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
21
Gary McMahan
Beer Can Bob
Old Beer Can Bob from Butte, Montana, got breath like a buzzard and a beard like Santa.
drunk, beer, yodel
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
24
Gary McMahan
This Ol' Hat
This old hat ain't much to look at these days, But I remember back a few years When me and it turned a few gals' heads And commanded some respect from my peers.
hat, memories, stains
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
26
Gary McMahan
Ol' Cowpoke
I'm an old cowpoke. I don't smoke no dope. I swings a rope and eats antelope. No son of thunder's got me buffaloed.
cowboy, roper, buck
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
28
Gary McMahan
Grandpa's Early Mornin's
Grandpa was a rancher; he come from the old school. The earlier the better was his cardinal rule. He'd roust us kids up in the middle of the night- "Rise and shine, girls!" he'd yell as he blinded us with the light.
grandfather, morning, cold
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
29
Gary McMahan
Dena Rose
It was out west of Denver near the Great Divide. 'Long the side of the road, hitchin' a ride, was a pretty little girl by the name of Dena Rose.
hitchhiker, cowboy, love
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
32
Gary McMahan
The Best Cowboys Ain't Always Human
During the depths of the Depression, When America drew shallow breaths, Bob had to find a way To keep from starving to death.
horses, cowboy, ranch
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
36
Gary McMahan
My Husband and I
When my husband comes in from his work, tired and cold, tell you right now, I never do scold but find him a chair in some cozy nook and have quite handy his paper and book.
husband, wife, love
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
38
Gary McMahan
The Two Things in Life
There's two things in life that I really love.
women, saddle, horses
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
39
Gary McMahan
The First Cowboy Song
When the wind comes whistlin' through the pines, a cowboy rides his sleepin' herd all through the night.
cowboy, song, coyote
Gary McMahan in Poetry & Song
Gary McMahan
FOLK COLL 11 M-70
42
Gary McMahan
Two Lessons
I was feeding hay to my horses one evening, hurrying to get done. This night I had plans with my family and friends, kinda special ones.
injury, horse, veterinary medicine