FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
49
Derwin J. Jeffries
Lost in the Herd
While once each felt a bond to each.
society
City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
50
Derwin J. Jeffries
The West is Almost Lost
I'm sure that most of us had fun.
west, east
City Cattle: Humorous Western Political Satire
FC 11 J-06
51
Derwin J. Jeffries
The Stockyards
The city? It's a stockyard sure.
city
Western Poems
FC 11 K-03
62
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Rope Hoss
You have heard of cuttin' hosses and all the things they knew.
horse, horses, cutting horse, roping horse
Western Poems
FC 11 K-03
63
Bruce Kiskaddon
Colts
A little colt is purty, you can see it mighty plain.
horse, horses, brand, branding, tender hide, kick, kicking
Western Poems
FC 11 K-03
65
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Brandin' Corral
When the west was all on settled and there wasn't no bob wire.
branding, unsettled, barbed wire, branding chutes, change, past, progress, smoke, branding fluid
Western Poems
FC 11 K-03
67
Bruce Kiskaddon
Thinkin'
It's an easy job herdin' Parada. Yore old hoss is standin' close.
clouds, sky, thinking, laziness, city, town, people, smoking, cigarettes, contemplation
Western Poems
FC 11 K-03
69
Bruce Kiskaddon
Lockin' Horns
When bulls start to beller and paw up the dust.
locking, bull, trouble, fight, lock, butt
Western Poems
FC 11 K-03
71
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Cow and the Calf
A cow and a calf, or a calf and a cow.
beef, foundation, mothers, motherhood, cow sense, brand, protection, identity, identification
Western Poems
FC 11 K-03
73
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Cow Boy's Shirt Tail
There is one thing people inquire about.
cowboy's shirttail, work, clothes, clothing, levis
Western Poems
FC 11 K-03
75
Bruce Kiskaddon
A Calf's Troubles
A calf don't do no workin, all he does is stick around.
abuse, laziness, lazy, work, calves
Western Poems
FC 11 K-03
77
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Marking Knife
He sheds his big hat when he gits into town.
knife, pocketknife, blade, marking cattle, tool, tools, whittling, foot, stirrup, caught, fall, saddle, latigo
Western Poems
FC 11 K-03
79
Bruce Kiskaddon
Caught Nappin'
You caint exactly figger what a half broke hoss will do.
thought, thinking, napping, bucked off, bucking, throwed, bronco, boots, sore feet, horse
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
9
Bruce Kiskaddon
An Old Western Town
An old western town lay asleep in the sun.
saddle, loose cinches, drunk, commotion, confusion, team, runaway, store keeper
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
11
Bruce Kiskaddon
The General Store
Would you like to saddle your hoss once more.
gathering, stove, storytelling, liar, winter
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
12
Bruce Kiskaddon
Alkali Ike's Zippers
"Now speakin' of Zippers," sez Alkali Ike.
button, buttons, clothes, clothing, pants, stuck zipper, urination
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
13
Bruce Kiskaddon
A Cowboy Funeral
There was once a cow boy funeral that I many times recall.
death, burial, ritual, rites, words, ceremony, resurrection
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
14
Bruce Kiskaddon
A Spill
To turn gentle cattle is easy enough.
wild cattle, danger, fall, injury, hurt, pain, work
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
14
Bruce Kiskaddon
Alone
The hills git awful quiet, when you have to camp alone.
solitude, aloneness, thought, thinking, reflection, self-evaluation
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
15
Bruce Kiskaddon
Ants in His Pants
From the way this here old cowboy is takin' off his pants.
cowboy, insect, red ants, levis
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
16
Bruce Kiskaddon
A Fast Start
They are leavin' from there but they ain't goin' far.
saddle, riding, cinch, easy, slow, pace, pacing
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
16
Bruce Kiskaddon
He Didn't Belong
In camp he was awkward.
care, carelessness, careful, wrong
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
17
Bruce Kiskaddon
Hook Em' Cow
You read of fierce bulls in the stories and books.
bull, horn, horns, fight
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
18
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Marking Knife
He sheds his big hat when he gits into town.
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
19
Bruce Kiskaddon
An Experiment
I'm jest a old hard and fast "Rimmy."
dally, steer, rope, roping, lasso, tie