FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Composer
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Pages
Author
Poem Title
First Lines
Keywords
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
13
Don Edwards
Horses
There's an old sayin' I heard long ago.
horses, cow pony, dreams, Will James
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
16
Jack Thorp
The Zebra Dun
We were camped out on the plains at the head of the Cimarron.
greenhorn, prank, trick, education, ride, bucking bronco
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
20
anonymous
Powder horn (The Cutting Horse Song)
Out in the west it has often been said.
horses, cutting horse, Texas, paint, filly
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
22
Badger Clark
The Glory Trail (High Chin Bob)
Away up high in the Mogollons among the mountain tops.
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
26
Jack Thorp
Chopo
Through Rocky Arroyos so dark and so deep.
horse, night, pride, friend, lightning, storm, roping horse, stampede
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
30
Don Edwards
The Chant of the Night Songs
When day's work is over and supper all done.
night herding, sing, song, cattle
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
31
Harry Stephens
Night Herding Song
Oh, slow up dogies, quite your roving round.
night herding, song, sing
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
33
Stan Jones
Cowpoke
I'm lonesome, but happy, rich but I'm broke.
drifter, cowpoke, rugged individualism, alone
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
34
Jack Thorp
Little Joe the Wrangler
Little Joe, the wrangler, will wrangle nevermore.
wrangler, stampede, stray, storm, hail, Texas, death, trampled
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
38
D.J. O'Malley
When the Work's All Done This Fall
A group of jolly cowboys discussing plans at ease.
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
41
Walt Cousins
Stampede
Lightning rolls in hoops and circles.
stampede, fear, prayer, lightning, cattle
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
42
Marty Robbins
The Master's Call
When I was but a young man, I was wild and full of fire.
youth, boy, sin, outlaw, robbers, Mexico, lightning, cattle, rustling, stampede, prayer, belief, God, fear, Jesus Christ, forgiveness, repentance
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
46
Badger Clark
A Cowboy's Prayer
Oh Lord, I've never lived where churches grow.
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
47
anonymous
Cowboy's Dream
Last night as I lay on the prairie.
afterlife, judgment, death, belief, God
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
50
Gail Gardner
Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail
Away up high in the Sierry Petes.
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
53
Curley Fletcher
Meditation
The soft wind sways the whispering grass.
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
56
Curley Fletcher
The Strawberry Roan
I was hanging `round town just a-spending my time.
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
60
anonymous
I'd Like to be in Texas (For the Round-Up in the Spring)
In the lobby of a big hotel, in New York town one day.
New York, Texas, storytelling, spring, roundup, cowboy
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
61
Jimmie Rodgers
When the Cactus is in Bloom
The cattle prowled, and the coyotes howled, out on the great divide.
roundup, cactus, desert, spring, cattle
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
64
Bob Nolan
This Ain't the Same Old Range
Things have changed across the range since long ago.
change, friends, aging
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
65
Badger Clark
The Old Cowman
I rode across a valley range.
Songs of the Cowboy
Don Edwards
FC 11 E-09
68
Badger Clark
Ridin'
There is some that like the city.
New Mexico in Verse
William Felter and John L. McCarty
FC 11 F-01
1
S. Omar Barker
Trail Dust
Each time has had its heroes--men.
New Mexico in Verse
William Felter and John L. McCarty
FC 11 F-01
1
S. Omar Barker
Woodland Magic
Step silently if you would hear.
nature, wildlife, deer, grouse, silence, philosophy, life
New Mexico in Verse
William Felter and John L. McCarty
FC 11 F-01
2
S. Omar Barker
Turned Tables
At home she cooks and sweeps and sews.
gender roles, husband, wife, work