FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Rimes O' Round-Up

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Chester Anders Fee

The Star Trail

There's a trail which leads out up the canyon.

tracks, sight, death, dying

Rimes O' Round-Up

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Chester Anders Fee

Reverie

When the hollow warmth of late September's sun.

autumn, love

Rimes O' Round-Up

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Chester Anders Fee

Queried

Why did God build these massive hills.

life, nature, mankind

Rimes O' Round-Up

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Chester Anders Fee

A Moonlight Rainbow

In the night a moonlight rainbow.

God, belief, dew

Rimes O' Round-Up

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Chester Anders Fee

Sunset Memories

Sunset seeking out a rafter.

sunset, cabin, memories, love

Rimes O' Round-Up

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Chester Anders Fee

Goodbye To My Cabin

Little cabin.

cabin, home, parting

Rimes O' Round-Up

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Chester Anders Fee

Muse of the Wild

This is what the poet said.

female

Rimes O' Round-Up

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Chester Anders Fee

The End

Beloved, you have made my life.

love, solitude, city

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Northern Arizona Spring

In Northern Arizona, beginning.

spring, Arizona, sand, wind

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Northern Arizona Summer

Northern Arizona summer, after.

summer, Arizona, rain, dry, water, grass

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Northern Arizona -- Fall

After a good wet summer on the Northern Arizona range.

autumn, Arizona, cattle, market

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Northern Arizona Winter

The calves are shipped.

winter, Arizona, Thanksgiving, Christmas, seasons

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Manuel

Now, Manuel, he's a "wetback."

wetback, Mexican, ranch hand

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Ol' River

Ol' River is a buckskin horse.

horse

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

The Loan Arranger

It used to be in days gone by.

loan, money, debt, outlaws

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Estate Planning

Once there lived this old "Hosteen."

Navajo, inheritance, sons, father, medicine man, numbers, mathematics, greed

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Horse Sense

A friend of mine up there under the Rim.

roping, bear, intelligence

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

A Frog Strangler and a Gully Washer

An Arizona cowboy chanced to visit.

east, west, westerner, rain, water, dry

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Have You Heard the One About

I talked about a "herd of cows."

speech, language

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Mean Mama

We's a brandin' th' calves.

branding, calf, castrate

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Cloud Watchers

You can tell an Arizona cowman.

clouds, weather, rain, water, Noah

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Tell the Banker -- "No"

When I worked for the Bank.

appraiser, horseback, saddle, spurs, bucking, banker

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Ranch Neighbors

Good neighbors are an "asset."

neighbors, friends, help

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

Ranch Labor Problem, Solved

I heard of a rancher a few years back.

ranch, work, foreman, banker, partner, sharing, ownership

Western Verse or Worse

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Rolf M. Flake

A Chip Off the Old Block

There's a certain type man.

Mormon, religion, faith, Brigham Young, heritage, church