FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Poems About the West
FC 11 G-05
10
Frank Goodwyn
Rivers and Leaders
I've seen mighty rivers.
water, waterfalls, sounds, small rivers
Poems About the West
FC 11 G-05
12
Frank Goodwyn
The Legend of the Pacing White Stallion
His mane is spun from a thundercloud.
mares, muscles, hide, nostrils
Poems About the West
FC 11 G-05
13
Frank Goodwyn
Tom McAllister
I gather, mister, from the look of things.
Kenneth Martin, leather shop, Clyde Magee, Leonard's Crossing, city slickers, educated, college, boots, love, baby, betrayal, unwanted child, burden, pride, dependability, Parkersville, thrown, accident, sorrow, injustice, reflection
Poems About the West
FC 11 G-05
20
Frank Goodwyn
Burning Oil Well Near Corpus Christi, Texas
Ages before the harnessing of fire.
reptiles, ice, snow, age, buried monsters
Poems About the West
FC 11 G-05
37
Frank Goodwyn
The Interstate
Jess Neil's the only barber.
old-timer, trimming heads, horse-and-buggy days, Model T, forties, highway Fifteen, gas fumes, exhaustion, traffic, life of Riley
Poems About the West
FC 11 G-05
35
Frank Goodwyn
Rome, Texas (Roma)
This is Rome.
seven hills, five centuries, past, future, Coliseum, Tiber, mesquites, willows, huisaches, humbleness
Poems About the West
FC 11 G-05
34
Frank Goodwyn
Border Patrol Car on the Rio Grande
Again, sweet Christ, it comes!
motor hums, headlights, speed, rubber wheels, car
Poems About the West
FC 11 G-05
33
Frank Goodwyn
The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
The clouds float and the fields blow green.
palm trees, matchsticks, wind, cluster of leaves, orange and grapefruit orchards
Poems About the West
FC 11 G-05
31
Frank Goodwyn
The Morrisburg Hotel
Its bending sides have lost their paint.
age, memories, pastimes, weddings, fading paint
Poems About the West
FC 11 G-05
30
Frank Goodwyn
Bachelors
They live above the saddle store.
quiet souls, Collonsville, card games, whittle, loneliness, emptiness
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
84
S. Omar Barker
Ranchin'--As Is
I'm a knight of the creakin' saddle, a sunburnt son of the West; My legs is bowed to a straddle; My callin' is manifest.
cowboy, Cowboy Joe, Knights of the Saddle, work, bowlegged
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
85
S. Omar Barker
A Ballad of the Border
Down on the Mexican Border, Far from a house or a town, A cowpuncher lay one hell-heated day, A-waitin' for night to come down.
Lazy J, Aguilar, cattle rustlers, rustling, death, gun, shoot out
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
87
S. Omar Barker
When Billy the Kid Rides Again
High are the mountains and low is the plain, Where Billy the Kid comes a-ridin' again.
Old Juanico, ghosts, dead men
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
88
S. Omar Barker
To A Mountain Cowgirl
My cowgirl gal's a mountain maid, Perhaps that's why her eyes, Are deep as lakes in spruce-tree shade, Beneath clear mountain skies.
girlfriend, love, woman
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
88
S. Omar Barker
Grass
The cattle drifted seeking it 'cross plains and desert sand, Or bawled in driven trail herds when the drought.
barren land, range land, drought
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
90
S. Omar Barker
Night Herd Song
The prairie's wide, the mountain's high, They's herds o' stars up in the sky, A low wind stirs the sacaton, As I ride night herd all alone.
girlfriend, love, song, dream, lovesong
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
90
S. Omar Barker
The Mustang's Epitaph
They say the mustang's passin' -- well, goodbye, ol' shaggy-coat, Yuh shore raised noble cain the while yuh lasted!
death, Hell, horse, wild horse
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
91
S. Omar Barker
The Roamin' Rustler!
Oh, brandin' is the cowboy's way, Of markin' ownership: With Two Bar O or Diamond A, On shoulder, ribs or hip.
branding, rustler, love, rustling
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
92
S. Omar Barker
On the Mesa Trail
Oh, a white, white horse for a red-haired lass, (And a pinto for her cowboy lover--).
love, lover, girlfriend, boyfriend, romance
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
92
S. Omar Barker
The Cowgirl at College
Oh, the grass on the range of the old Bar G, Is turning a winter gray, Where the fat herds graze contentedly--And I so far away!
homesick, school
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
93
S. Omar Barker
He'll Do!
Don't call me no star in the bronc bustin' game -- Sech words is plumb natcherly wrong.
bronc busting, praise, cowboys
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
94
S. Omar Barker
The One Way He's Crooked
Nobody looks yuh straighter in the eyes, Than a puncher with a hoss between his thighs.
.38, cowboy code, ethics, morality
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
95
S. Omar Barker
Plenty Pretty!
"My love is like a red, red rose--" So sang some poet feller; He never seen my gal, I s'pose, Nor chamisa bloomin' yeller!
girl, girlfriend, love, woman, gal, beauty
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
96
S. Omar Barker
The Cowboy in Winter
There's a woeful wind a-keenin', Out along the mesa's rim, And a driftin' snow storm flakin', Where the moon comes risin' dim.
snow, occupation, cold, cattle
Buckaroo Ballads
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S. Omar Barker
Lopin' Horses
A thumpin' 'cross the mesas at the heels o' ranahans, (Which same is what we call wild lead-out steers).
lope, horse, cow pony, gallop