FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
98
S. Omar Barker
A Turkey Tale Fer Tenderfeet
Now, this here took place in New Mexico.
Cowboy Joe, game, roping, hunting, rope, turkeys
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
100
S. Omar Barker
After Brandin' Time
Sing a song o' swingin' ropes.
roping, calves, branding, roundup, branding iron, romance, love, woman, girlfriend, romance, boss's daughter, school teacher, school marm
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
101
S. Omar Barker
The Female of the Species
It's a well-knowed fact in the range country.
women, male
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
102
S. Omar Barker
Come An' Git It!
I've ate most ever' kind o' food most ever' kind o' place.
food, chuck, chuck wagon, biscuit, chow, hunger, appetite, coffee, beans, grub, cook
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
103
S. Omar Barker
Old Pony
The dust o' many roundups kinder cloudy-blurs his eyes.
horse, friendship, cow pony, reminisce
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
104
S. Omar Barker
The Cowboy's Religion
Oh, churches and preachin' and singin' of hymns.
church, God, worship
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
105
S. Omar Barker
The Old-Timer Talks of Retiring
Oh, I'd like to settle down in some little frontier town.
retirement, memories, aging, past
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
106
S. Omar Barker
To A Blue-Eyed Cowgirl
I used to think the sky was blue.
girlfriend, woman, female, love, settle, home
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
107
S. Omar Barker
The Ballad of Choctaw Charley
Oh, the old man's orders when he smells a north-easter.
wind, north wind, storm, cattle, blizzard, snow, death
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
109
S. Omar Barker
Word From A Sea Beggar
It ain't as I hankers fer murderin' folks.
law, fighting, lawyer, jail, jailed
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
110
S. Omar Barker
The Ballad of Sunset Sam
Oh, this here's the story of Sunset Sam.
women, bald, red hair, bachelor, old main, marriage
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
113
S. Omar Barker
The Old Timer's Prayer
Oh, it ain't any use fer a feller to claim.
West, civilization, modern times, change, reminisce
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
114
S. Omar Barker
The Last Lone Trail
It ain't as if lone trails was new to me.
lone, lonesome, lonely, alone, freedom, desert
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
115
S. Omar Barker
A Ballad of Buzzard Bill
Ol' Buzzard Bill he took a ranch out on the ol' Sala'o.
calves, rustling, steal
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
116
S. Omar Barker
Love's Lasso
Oh, Cowboy Jimmy ropes today.
love, roping, lasso, girlfriend, boyfriend, winning, prize, rodeo
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
124
S. Omar Barker
The Last Bronc
Bucksin, black, mohina, gray.
horseback riding, broncriding, bronc busting, death, great big black, horse, horses, fear, brave, bravery
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
123
S. Omar Barker
Code of the Cow Country
It don't take sech a lot o' laws.
law, cowboy code, cowboy way, respect women, a man's word, man
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
122
S. Omar Barker
Ol' Spring Again!
I reckon Adam saw it come again.
spring, melting snow, seasons
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
121
S. Omar Barker
Ranch Mother
She knows the keen of lonely winds.
cowboy son, woman, widow
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
120
S. Omar Barker
West
There's a wind from the West and I must go.
city, town, country, range, freedom, feeling
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
119
S. Omar Barker
The Sparkin' Plug
Give me a nervous high strung hoss, keen eyed, sharp eared an' swift.
horse, cattle pony, kissing, girlfriend, love, courtship
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
118
S. Omar Barker
Goin' Back
Don't paint me no pictures of schooners at sea.
land, city, solitude, town, country, city life, range
Buckaroo Ballads
FC 11 B-04
117
S. Omar Barker
Old Cowboy
Here's an old cowboy settin' in the sun.
picture books, past, aging, old men, old man, old cowboys
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
9
S. Omar Barker
New Mexico
What a God-forsaken desert!
Carrizozo, Pecos, mesquite, farm, land, dry
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
11
S. Omar Barker
The Trapped Coyote
Last night, and other nights since time began.
coyote, wild animal, howl, night, fur, pelt, stole