FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
179
Chuck Haas
He's Y'urn
Y'ars back...down on th' Gila...whilst ridin' fer Bar Cross.
horse, money, sell, sale, buy, poverty, need
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
180
Chuck Haas
Wild Hosses
In th' back-hills o' th' rangelands?
horse, horses, mustang, progress, change, loss
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
181
Chuck Haas
A Grim Manana
In a quaint ol' adobe doorway.
woman, female, aging, memories, past, snake, snakebite, life history
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
182
Chuck Haas
The Grave-Yard Watch
I bets you ol' hands kin `member.
graveyard watch, night herding
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
184
Chuck Haas
Eighty Y'ars
Eighty y'ars I've rid, unfailing'.
eighty years, aging, old age
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
185
Chuck Haas
Go t'...Dad
I wuz a poor lone cowboy.
courtship, love, proposal, rebuff
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
186
Chuck Haas
He Did
Wa'nt no denyin' him!
talk, words, argue, opinion
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
187
Chuck Haas
Good Medicine
We's huntin' slicks, me an' ol' Tom Dunn.
philosophy
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
188
Chuck Haas
Sort o' Humble
Y'u've heard cowboys brag, "I ain't never been th'owed?"
humility, brag, bragging, ego, throwed, bucked
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
189
Chuck Haas
A Big Surprise
I's strollin' `round Ol' Wickenburg, in style.
hunger, need, needy, female, woman, poverty, aid, help, generosity, giving
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
190
Chuck Haas
Fer Me
I aim t' quit this eastern range.
east, west, Boston, Arizona
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
191
Chuck Haas
A Cowboy's Coat o' Arms
O' I'm a knight o' the saddle.
coat of arms, occupation, work, cowboy
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
192
Chuck Haas
Li'l Cowboy's Gone
Li'l cowboy's gone! He's ridin'.
son, child, death, loss, love lost, rattlesnake, poison, bite
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
193
Chuck Haas
I Know
`Twas nigh th' end o' a late fall day?
grave, death, loss, child, burial, son, father
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
194
Chuck Haas
Billito
Down in sunny Arizony.
colt, horse
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
195
Chuck Haas
No Quitter
Our "cookie"...Ol' Chuckwagon Pete...r'ile dat fate.
cook, wagon, chuck, chuckwagon, repair, breakdown
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
196
Chuck Haas
My Home
Jest a ol' ranch-house, squat' in th' valley.
home, ranch, family, grandmother, grandfather, mother, father, grandma, grandpa, growing up, memories
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
198
Chuck Haas
Sleep, Baby, Sleep
Well do I `member th' eve' I wuz `lopin'.
wife, mother, baby, cabin, lullaby, family, singing, song
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
199
Chuck Haas
Sittin' Purty
`Taint so hard to keep a-smilin'.
life, strengths, weaknesses, woes, joys
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
200
Chuck Haas
Dam' Bad!
I once met a hombre.
writer, author, books, tall tale, liar, lying, writing, motion picture, movie, movies, westerns
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
202
Chuck Haas
A Queersome Cuss
A cowboy is a queersome cuss.
occupation, profession, job, work
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
203
Chuck Haas
Back Home
Back home...frum France...in my Levi pants.
levis, jeans, World War I, WW I, Doughboy, patriotism, home
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
204
Chuck Haas
Cowboy Life
`Twas a bleak day in November.
herding, lightning, work, occupation, thunder, storm, death, killed, roundup
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
206
Chuck Haas
I'd Like to Know
Whar are th' sweethearts we used t' know.
female, women, girls, romance, memories
Rhymes o' a Driftin' Cowboy
FC 11 H-01
207
Chuck Haas
I'm Tellin' Y'u
Ever rid th' home-trail, waddy.
outdoors, range, nature
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