FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
176
Waddie Mitchell
Horses, Dogs and Good Cowboys
Horses and dogs and good cowboys Will all prove a trust-worthy friend Any one of the three i have mentioned Will stick like a tick to the end
horses, dog, cowboy
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
177
Waddie Mitchell
Invisible Wounds
He had free fallen past any hope of redemption Engulfed in war's hell and its wake The bars and the years paved his path to perdition Then stole all that he had to take
injury, war, veteran
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
178
Waddie Mitchell
Know You're Loved
He was as fine a fella as you'd ever want to know An' as good a hand an' pard as you could find If there was work that needed doin', he was up an' on the go An' you'd never have to guess what's on his mind
love, wife, death
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
180
Waddie Mitchell
Night Before Christmas on the West Texas Plains
'Twas the night before Christmas On the West Texas plain The ranch had been suf'frin' For much needed rain
christmas, cowboy, santa
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
183
Waddie Mitchell
Our Nature
It's our nature to not want to change our nature Even if it just repeats failed strategy We're the only critter livin' on this planet that's been given
nature, people, history
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
184
Waddie Mitchell
Rainy Day
We can talk to the same people with the same tongue everyday And still what's said and heard can vary in some very different ways
rain, desert, cowboy
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
186
Waddie Mitchell
Sentiment Toast
Here's to the trail we decided to ride To the code that we chose to adhere to To our sunburnt ol' hide and our damn foolish pride And the mischief we seem to git into
wages, alcohol, bar
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
187
Waddie Mitchell
The Real Dirt on Elmer
Elmer really isn't liked much by us neighbors or his peers For he has pulled his shady dealings and shenanigans for years Still, we all felt sorry for him when the news had got around That chemotherapy's the reason he was sheddin' hair and pounds
neighbor, mud, natives
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
189
Waddie Mitchell
Trade Off
See him standin', shiftin' haunches, at the Elko County Fair With an arm of braided rawhide gear he made
cowboy, legacy, history
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
190
Waddie Mitchell
We Love Love
We know we hate war and its reasons And the depths it shows mankind will go
love, country, nature
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
191
Waddie Mitchell
Which Side?
The argument we'll now address Has been going on for years
argument, fight, question
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
192
Waddie Mitchell
Crowning Glory
I'll touch upon a subject In case anybody cares That has to do, quite simply With the hat a cowboy wears
hat, fashion, history
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
194
Waddie Mitchell
Through the Pain
Some think it odd I still talk with a partner Who's no longer with us out here on the range But you're part of my hist'ry like scars on my knuckles All there to remind we can live through the pain
death, pain, partner
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
195
Waddie Mitchell
For Promises Due
Are the debts of our fathers still debts of our own Until victims receive restitution? Must we admit wrongs and attempt to atone If there's ever to be resolution?
debt, destiny, race
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
197
Waddie Mitchell
Goat on a Rope
Two misplaced northern bukaroos Were paid to wear out new horse shoes One summer, east of Santa Cruz Just north of Santa Fe
luck, disaster, heat
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
201
Waddie Mitchell
Hap
'Hap' fits him cuz, he's so haphazard show'd up an' was slinkin' around Don't know straight up about ranch work or, any kind else what we found
clumsy, manners, awkward
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
204
Waddie Mitchell
Dame Nevada
There's a basin, wrought of reason tortoise dry and clean of air Where rivers hike to meet their fate get lost and disappear
desert, mystery, history
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
206
Waddie Mitchell
The Bristlecone Pine
Staunch in conviction, hard twisted and ancient Surveying the world from its perch in the cold The Bristlecone Pine through millennia watches As new chapters open on stories too old
tree, seed, memory
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
208
Waddie Mitchell
Little Bull
My story is of three bulls All different bovine breeds Who were travelin' the desert together In search of a little feed
bull, pasture, story
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
209
Waddie Mitchell
The Throwback
'Twas the end of the nineteenth century When the cowboy era peaked An' a motley clan of horseback men Perfected a technique
throwback, cowboy, history
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
212
Waddie Mitchell
Evening Chat
Here you go, young feller Let's take this saddle off your back I'll get ya a scoop of rolled oats And we'll have us an evening chat
cowboy, campfire, experience
One Hundred Poems
Waddie Mitchell
FOLK COLL 11 M-73
214
Waddie Mitchell
Another Day
He. fills the stands with ardent fans who hurry to sit down Then, in a beat, rise to their feet to welcome him to town
musician, music, lifestyle
Cow Chips Aren't for Dippin'
FOLK COLL 11 N-17
Coke Newell
The Five Stages of Quitting Farming
John William Kulm
FOLK COLL 11 K-36
3
John William Kulm
The Price Will Come Back
"The price will come back," is what a cranberry grower told me. When a man says the price will come back don't you laugh at him and don't you laugh at him and don't you ask him something cynical like, "What's gonna make it come back?
prices, cranberry, agriculture
The Five Stages of Quitting Farming
John William Kulm
FOLK COLL 11 K-36
5
John William Kulm
An Irrigation Ditch
An irrigation ditch one mile long, two thousand rows of corn, three hundred siphon tubes spread out one in seven rows, and eleven empty beer cans at the headgate. A party here last night and I wasn't invited.
irrigation, water, corn