FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
31
Bob Fletcher
The Riding of Alkali Ike
Of all the rides that I know of.
rodeo, bucking, bronco, storytelling, exaggeration, bronc busting, bunkhouse
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
33
Robert "Bob" Henry Fletcher
The Wagon Train
Since these days of automobiles, flivvers, limousines, and sich.
teamsters, wagon train, freight, team, speed, gasoline, automobile, progress, change, power
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
34
Bob Fletcher
The Saga of Johnny the Cow Hand
Johnny was a rider.
cowhand, spring, town, choices, epic
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
45
Bob Fletcher
The Crazy Quilt
The cow men opine that I'm not quite all there.
sheepherder, sheep, alone
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
46
Bob Fletcher
The Vision of Syr Layrde
Out from the castell de Cap Eli Layrde.
hunting, venison, deer, parody
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
50
Bob Fletcher
That Kid, Bobby
When Bobby forks his Jimmy horse.
youth, imagination, play, make-believe, boy
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
51
Bob Fletcher
Before the Days of Gasoline
Sure, that's the trail to Zortman.
automobile, progress, change, pollution, stagecoach, team, past, memories
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
53
Bob Fletcher
Sunset
The Sun Chief enters his medicine lodge.
sun, sunset, color
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
54
Bob Fletcher
The Ballad of Timmie O'Keefe
Oh, this is a tale of the Yellowstone Trail.
tipi, Yellowstone Park, Old Faithful, geyser, exaggeration, storytelling
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
57
Bob Fletcher
Croix de Guerre
I'm on a high lope for the home range.
war, discharge, World War I, doughboy, infantry, Paris, Omaha, stockyard, peace
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
59
Bob Fletcher
The Forest Ranger
You won't find him wearing a bald-faced shirt.
forest rangers, solitude, alone, occupation, timber, nature, conservation, logging, government
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
61
Bob Fletcher
Just Clinch Your Knees and Lean a Little Back
When they hand you out the rough string, pard.
luck, attitude, optimism
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
62
Bob Fletcher
The Exile
Take me out of old Nevada.
desert, Nevada, dry, longing, language, terms, words, Montana, regionalism
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
64
Bob Fletcher
Open Range
Western land was made for those.
land, west, space, ecology, conservation, pollution, plow, noise, cities, fences, range
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
65
Bob Fletcher
Stranger, Times Ain't Like They Used To Be
My spurs are getting rusty.
change, aging, hoe, plow, range, progress, automobile, farmer, fences
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
67
Bob Fletcher
Across the Divide
There's a trail through the sky.
death, Great Divide, fences
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
68
Bob Fletcher
A Capitol Janitor's Soliloquy
A pall of gloom enshrouds the courts.
politics, government, justice
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
70
Bob Fletcher
Bang! Bang! Bang! or The Ballad of Pug-nosed Lil)
In Rattlesnake Gulch of the Skihootch Range.
daughter, courting, romance
Corral Dust
FC 11 F-05
73
Bob Fletcher
My Home Town
This camp is no metropolis.
map, town, home
A Powder River Puncher's Poems
FC 11 F-06
3
Alfred J. Forsgren
That Pi-faced Roan
As I was walking down the street.
ride, bucking, bronco, roan, throwed
A Powder River Puncher's Poems
FC 11 F-06
7
Alfred J. Forsgren
Home
Rich men may build a palace.
home, architecture, dugout, money
A Powder River Puncher's Poems
FC 11 F-06
8
Alfred J. Forsgren
The Cactus
The cactus grows and blooms upon the plains.
cactus, desert, west, bravery
A Powder River Puncher's Poems
FC 11 F-06
9
Alfred J. Forsgren
Tea and Coffee
What a he-man wants is coffee.
coffee, food, gender roles
A Powder River Puncher's Poems
FC 11 F-06
10
Alfred J. Forsgren
Four Miles to School
Four miles to school, the teacher says.
teacher, school, education, storm, cold, warmth, childhood
A Powder River Puncher's Poems
FC 11 F-06
11
Alfred J. Forsgren
White Treasure
High in the rugged crest of peaks like these.
winter, snow, mountains, water, glacier, nature