FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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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
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
12
S. Omar Barker
Rising Trout
Oh, I've heard the Red Gods call in the summer and the fall.
fishing, hunting, spring, leave worry
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
13
S. Omar Barker
Red Magic of the Hills
Oh, I've loved the great white way, and I've watched the moon beams play.
night, light, campfire
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
14
S. Omar Barker
Little Trails
Oh, I seek no El Dorado, No distant Holy Grail.
sunset, mesa, hills
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
15
S. Omar Barker
What the Camper Hears
Sometimes I think the Demon from his inky pit.
night, moon, coyote, howl, wail
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
16
S. Omar Barker
Saddle Lure
Oh, I've sat on hard park benches and in springy Morris chairs.
chair, seat, saddle, creaking leather, saddle horse
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
17
S. Omar Barker
A Young Cowboy at College
Oh, the bloom on the sage up Horse Thief Creek.
desk, town, office, city, saddle leather, longing, desire, comrades, friendship, male companionship
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
18
S. Omar Barker
The Ballad of Cowboy Joe
'Way out on a ranch in New Mexico.
racism, prejudice, murder, justice, Chinese, chink, court, trial, judge, ethnic, bias, heathen, Chinese, shoot, gun, sheriff, law
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
20
S. Omar Barker
The Spring Song of the Cowboy
Oh, songs of spring that poets sing, Are sweet as childish prattle.
bawling, rawboned cattle, spring, roundup, melting snow, starvation, hungry cattle
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
21
S. Omar Barker
Into the West
Traced in the flicker of greasewood fire.
remuda, cowboy, boyhood, Cowboy Kid, aging, memory, memories, death, dying
Vientos de las Sierras (Winds of the Mountains): Poems of New Mexico
FC 11 B-07
22
S. Omar Barker
Heart's Desire
The dim gray line of camel caravans, That speed unerring over trackless sands.
nomad, travel, adventure, Ford, automobile, vehicle, transportation