FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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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
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
43
Yula Sue Hunting
A Fall
Oh, I have heard stories and I know you have too.
past, present, horses, cowboys, occupation, change
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
46
Frank A. Brewer
Old Horse
Old horse your days are numbered.
horse, aging, lame, devotion, cow pony, protection
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
48
Frank Brewer
The Legion of the Lost
They come from every walk in life.
death, father, daughter, baby, suicide, stranger, pity, sorrow, depression, marriage, life story
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
52
F. Allan Brewer
Modern Cowboy
I have lived a wild life and I've earned what I've spent.
occupation, cowboying, cattlemen, work, pay, winter, snow, cattle, life
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
53
F. Allan Brewer
A Most Colorful Life
When I was a young man my skin was well browned.
cowboying, rope, braid, change, life, hardship, progress, aging, work, pickup, contentedness
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
55
F.A. Brewer and F.B. Steiner
The Devil's Circle
I must have been sick as a dog last night.
fence, fencing, barbed wire, Hell, Satan, work
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
58
Frances B. Steiner
The One That Got Away
For years Dad lived on Bitter Creek.
father, accident, trapped, leg, boot, horse, fall, pinned, caught, foot, survival
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
60
Frances Brewer Steiner
Roundup Time on the Mountain
Each fall they rode the summer range to gather up the steers.
meat, cattle, beef, sharing, roundup, food
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
72
Finley H. Bayles
The Day Me and Strawberry Fell
Old Strawb was a fair lookin' cowhorse.
cow pony, fall, accident, survival, hurt, positive, strength, dedication
Cowboy Poetry from Utah
Carol A. Edison
FC 11 E-06
76
Finley H. Bayles
Outlaw Country
The cabin was silent and lonely, in a deserted glade it stood.
cabin, skunk, sleep, wildlife