FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
106
Tom Ellinwood
Mexican Steer
He's just come up from Mexico.
purebred, cattle, breeds
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
107
Tom Ellinwood
The Slowdown
He used to rope in rodeos.
aging, patience, roping
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
108
Tom Ellinwood
Automation
They used to cut the posts by hand.
fencing, posts, progress
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
109
Tom Ellinwood
Cookout
The outdoor cooking fad has sent.
cooking, stove, cans
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
110
Tom Ellinwood
Team Tying
A feller workin' cattle by.
snubbing post, roping
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
111
Tom Ellinwood
Abandoned Mine
A cairn of rock to hold the claim.
rock, claim, hope, prospecting, mine
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
112
Tom Ellinwood
Rural Hazard
He thought the morning coffee got.
coffee, water, skunk, well, taste
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
113
Tom Ellinwood
Safety Check
A little hunk of rock can lame.
rock, hoof, horse, lame
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
114
Tom Ellinwood
Monument
Who knows how long that stone axe lay.
stone, axe, tools, past, skill
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
115
Tom Ellinwood
Living Fence
A fence around the garden on.
ocotilla, fence, garden
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
116
Tom Ellinwood
Border Music
He knows the different cowboy songs.
whistling, music, song
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
117
Tom Ellinwood
Before Refrigeration
He didn't have a cooler, then.
adobe, heat, summer, temperature
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
118
Tom Ellinwood
Saddle Sandwiches
There's some folks pack a lunch box, and.
jerky, food, water, lunch
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
119
Tom Ellinwood
The Hidden Menu
Those barren hills look hostile to.
food, desert
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
120
Tom Ellinwood
The Pale Copy
The holiday fiestas he.
fiesta, celebration, holiday
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
121
Tom Ellinwood
The Spoil Sport
Now rodeo's a manly sport.
rodeo
More Cow Country
FC 11 E-05
124
Tom Ellinwood
The Non-Lookers
The mountain men all roamed around.
signs, map, directions
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
16
Livingston Montgomery
The Uinta Song (partial)
On the 20th of September.
Utah, freighting, wagon
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
18
Ellis Robison
I Wouldn't Be a Puncher Man
I thought I'd be a puncher man.
punchers, cow punching, starvation, cattle
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
22
Judge Fred Keller
Blue Mountain
My home it was in Texas.
occupation, Utah, mountain, law, LC brand, Mormon
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
28
Hans Peter Iverson
Hans Peter Iverson's Life History in Verse
My life events I tell in short.
migration, life, settle, Dixie, Utah, Denmark, Mormon, God, belief, mission
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
32
Melvin L. "Meb" Whipple
Open Range
I was born in Utah, many long years have come and gone.
Utah, Arizona, life, family, mother, father, child, cattle
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
34
Melvin L. "Meb" Whipple
How They Lived
The people that used to live out in the West.
Utah, lifestyle, dance, life, west
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
36
Melvin L. "Meb" Whipple
The Bob-Tailed Steer
It was back in1940, 28 long years have past.
ranch, father, partner, naming, occupation, change
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
42
Yula Sue Hunting
Dear Sirs
Out of all the headaches, hard work, taxes and expense.
taxes, government, poverty, IRS, money, survival, food, family