FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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A Montana Cowboy's Book
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Driftin' Old Cowboy
My Father got up; In the morning sun; He got his work finished; Before breakfast was done.
cafe, waitress, broken down cowboy, luck
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Montana Lady
She's a country lady; She has strength in her pride; She's a lady through and through; Qualities you cannot hide.
city girl, cowgirl, women, independence
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
You'll Remember
Oh the wide open skies of Montana; On a clear chilling night in December; The temperature so cold it takes your breath away; For this place called Montana you'll remember.
Big Sky
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
A Small Town on the Range
A movie Thursday through Saturday only; A walk and window shopping down the street; Knowing each others business; This is the people in a small town you'll meet.
neighbors, friends
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Pick-Up Truck Cowboy
I am just a pick-up truck cowboy; And I don't even have a ranch; Traveling' the blacktop to another rodeo; Maybe someday the bank will take a chance.
road, travel, wide open spaces, independence
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Where a Cowboy Lives
I have become too much of the mountains; To live in the cities anymore; I will not trade my freedoms; For walking out in your back yard from my back door.
law, rules, anti-society, independence
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
My Promise Land
Some have called me a drifter; Some have called me a flim-flam man; But all I really am is a pioneer; Looking for my promise land.
promised land, travel
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
The Good Old Days
Bring me back to yesteryear; The simple times of the past; Grant me the joys of yesteryear; And make sure that they last.
heart, soul, memories
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
The Montanan Dream
There was a Virginia City gold strike; In Eighteen Sixty-three; It lasted about ten years; That's what kept Montanans free.
Big Horn, Custer, Indians, Big Sky, Montana
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Country Christmas
Snowflakes on the tree limbs; Christmas lights they are dim; From the chimney is the smoke; Sure is pretty to the folks; Well it's Country Christmas time again.
holiday, Christmas tree, Christmas Eve, New Year, turkey, home, family
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
I'm Mountain Country
I like country music; Original rock n' roll; Crying time blues; And fifties-sixties gold.
music, rock 'n' roll, barroom, dance, friends
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
The Legend of Two Mountain Men
There was two of them; A father and a son; They went to find a mate; Now look what they have done.
1984, kidnapping, jogger, manhunt, breaking the law, violence
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Someone Special
My Grandfather lived on his ranch; And he liked to work mighty hard; He liked to ride his horses; In his two thousand acre back yard.
grandpa, past, family, days gone by, grandfather
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Now I Am a Grandfather
Now that I am a Grandfather; And I've watched my children grow; I've said to them many a time; There is a story that you must know.
grandfather, courage
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Friday Nights at Stacey's
It's a good old place to go; If you're feelin' kinda low; And have nothin' to do; Come on in and chew.
bar, beer, dance, cigarette smoke, loneliness, cigarettes
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
What I Like
I like older women.
houses, folks, snow
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Ranch Land
Ranch land, ranch land; Everywhere I look.
ranch, catalog, book
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Fat Calved Women
I always wanted to be a cowboy; And play with cowboy toys; Horses and thin air, mountain mornings.
independence, bar, hat, fat, fast cars
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Campin' 81
Sleeping next to the camp fire with my kids.
camping, 1981
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
My Quest
Come with me my brother.
Indians
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Free At Last
When the fields again will be filled with grass.
reclaim, reclamation, future
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
Surely He is Bound to Die
The cowboys were always the heroes; The Indian was always the enemy; The cowboy wore the white hat; The Indian never wore any.
land, Indians,
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
The Indians Way
You got to understand; To learn from the red man; We've got to understand; That we have to give back to the land.
Indians, Mother Nature, land
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
When the White Man Came
When the white man came; In his heart he came with lies; He came with greed; It was in his eyes.
Indians, treaties, Red Man, Whiteman
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Don "Cheese" Akerlow
A Good Day to Die
Fighting for what is yours; Freedoms like the eagle that flies in the sky; You're proud to be a man; You would hear, it is a good day to die.
Custer, Little Big Horn, Indians, pride