FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Poem Title
First Lines
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Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
32
Jack Horan
Wrangling Beans
My experience I'll tell you.
food, cook, cooking, grub, dishes, wash, beans, recipe
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
36
Jack Horan
A Wild Hoss
A wild hoss that wore no brand.
horse, broken heart
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
37
Jack Horan
Wouldn't Take Tellin'
He wouldn't take tellin'.
stubborn, know-it-all
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
38
Jack Horan
Barbed-Wire
You know the trails o' the rangeland.
barbed wire, fence, gate, quilt, blanket, saddle blanket, prairie, sleep
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
39
Jack Horan
Hired
A tenderfoot came in one day.
greenhorn, riding, spur, spurs, horse, hand
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
40
Jack Horan
A Lady's Hoss
Bill Steele had a buckskin hoss.
horse, rodeo, bucking bronco, riding
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
42
Jack Horan
Range Music
There is always something doing.
seasons, summer, spring, fall, autumn, nature, range
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
43
Jack Horan
A Shattered Dream
A cowboy stood at the old corral.
dream, desire, west, female, girlfriend, boyfriend, east
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
44
Jack Horan
Bill's Rattlesnake
Bill was sleeping out one night.
practical joke, trick, prank, snake, quirt, sleeping out
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
46
Jack Horan
The Range Colt
He was a wobbly little fellow.
porcupine, quills, colt, curiosity
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
48
Jack Horan
Me and My Pal
It was in the year o' four.
December, cold, winter, home, warmth, chilled
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
49
Jack Horan
Indian Summer
It is Indian Summer.
night herding, cattle drive, winter, autumn, bunk house, song, Sweet Adeline
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
50
Jack Horan
His Home Town in Montana
Emmet and I were walking.
hometown, Alaska, north, hardship, snow, ice, cold, past
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
52
Jack Horan
A Hoss Called "The Ragging Jew"
He bucked like a rag that's pinned in the wind.
horse, bucking bronco, bay, bucked off, throwed, thrown
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
54
Jack Horan
Old Jim's Trip
Old Jim and I were homeward bound.
temperature, weather, cold, heat, north, south, seasons
City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
26
Derwin J. Jeffries
Automatic Crime Control
Ol' Skinner's in the killin' game.
Vigilante, criminals, punishment, control
City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
26
Derwin J. Jeffries
The Woodshed Way
Ol' Charley sez he can't agree.
Vigilante, punishment, criminals, crime
City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
28
Derwin J. Jeffries
The Blizzard O' Bull
They call it "propaganda" now.
Mass media, media, truthfulness, truth, lies,
City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
29
Derwin J. Jeffries
Snowed
There once was just a little news.
Mass media, media, volume,
City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
29
Derwin J. Jeffries
Public Relations
No matter where we go these days.
Control, sales, manipulation, persuasion
City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
29
Derwin J. Jeffries
Being Herded!
And men are driven into herds.
Control, power,
City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
30
Derwin J. Jeffries
Social Climbers
And men still build their ladders up.
Power, control, men
City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
30
Derwin J. Jeffries
Success or Else!
It's not what you have done that counts.
Success, ethics, control, society
City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
30
Derwin J. Jeffries
Image Building
Be sure to watch important things.
Impress, success, impressions, control, society
City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
31
Derwin J. Jeffries
Opinion Polls
Our "leaders" are.
Government, popularity, politics, politicians, favoritism