FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
149
Harold Brainerd Hersey
You're a Funny Leetle Fellow
Yo're a funny leetle fellow.
baby, mother, child, lullaby
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
153
Harold Brainerd Hersey
Molly of the X-Bar-X
When Yuletide comes, thuh X-Bar-X is whar we likes tuh be.
Christmas, fire, blaze, burning, tree, decorations, boyfriend, girlfriend, lover's spat, lovers, rescue, burn
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
165
Harold Brainerd Hersey
Regrets
He wuz only a youngster I know.
love, romance, love lost, comparisons
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
169
Harold Brainerd Hersey
A Rose of the Range
Oh, I wuz young and Rose was young, but that wuz so long ago!
past, memories, youth, girlfriend, boyfriend, love, greenhorn, tall tales, storytelling, rescue, snake, rattlesnake, east, west, romance
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
181
Harold Brainerd Hersey
A Song of the West
In thuh good old days a "two-gun" draw wuz part of our education.
west, past, memories, frontier
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
185
Harold Brainerd Hersey
The Lay of the Last Frontier
Hickok rests by Calamity Jane.
John Hardin, Billy the Kid, Wild Bill, Pat Garrett, Buffalo Bill, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, past, famous people, history, frontier
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
17
Pecos Higgins
Looking for Work
Dear Lord, up in heaven, will you listen a bit.
belief, god, devil, help
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
19
Pecos Higgins
Salute to Old Cowboys' Reunion Roundup at Lovington, New Mexico
Friend, I am not a-dreaming.
reunite, friendship
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
22
Pecos Higgins
The Cowboys Camp Meeting
Dear Lord up in Heaven You have made a change.
God, belief, maverick, religion, church
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
23
Pecos Higgins
The Pecos River
I've wandered back to the Texas plains.
change, river, water, progress, pollution
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
24
Pecos Higgins
Barney
He was just a Spanish pony.
horse, cow pony, bay
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
27
Pecos Higgins
The Old Camp Fire
There is something about a camp fire.
campfire, flint, steel, Jesus, belief, camp meeting
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
29
Gail I. Gardner
Sirene Peaks (Sierry Petes or Tying the Knot in the Devils Tail)
Away up high in the Sierry Peaks.
variant of traditional poem, Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
33
Pecos Higgins
Old Coyote
He's a little Indian pony and his age is twenty-six.
cow pony, horse, Judgment Day
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
34
Pecos Higgins
Rock Creek Round-up
Heavenly Father, I will write you a letter.
belief, god, camp meeting
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
35
Pecos Higgins
Rounding Up for the Lord
We are going out on the drive, Cowboys.
belief, god, heaven
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
37
Pecos Higgins
The Prayer Tree
Our Father in Heaven, it seems to me.
belief, god, religion, born again Christian
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
43
unknown
Touching Shoulders
There's a comforting thought at the close of the day.
courage, gratitude, appreciation
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
44
unknown
Make Me a Cowboy Again for a Day
Backward, turn backward, o time on your wheels.
variant of well known poem
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
46
Powder River Jack Lee
The Tom Cat and the Hawk
Once I saw a Big old Howk come flying ore the Ranch.
variant of poem
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
47
Nat Campbell
The Monkeys
Three monkeys sat in a coconut tree.
man, anthropology, descendants, descent of man, ape, origin of species
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
49
unknown
I Knelt to Pray
I knelt to pray when day was done.
prayer, belief, god, religion, hypocrite
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
11
Jack Horan
Mother's Words to Me
When but a lad, scarce in my `teens.
leaving home, regret, mother, roam
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
13
Jack Horan
A Real Hoss
I had a little old blue roan.
cow pony, horse, pearly gate, heaven
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
15
Jack Horan
Branding
Montana is not like it used to be.
brand, roundup, calf, calves, memories, iron