FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

The North Star Stampede

The state was Minnesota.

contest, rodeo, Effie, haze, fairgrounds, Baudette, rain, weather, mud

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Team Roper

I've never tried team ropin'.

experience, roping, rodeo

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

The Clown

Wal, I'd given up the rough stock.

rodeo, bulls, work

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Bull Dogger

You break from the box an' so does yer hazer.

bull dogging, rodeo, luck

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Rodeo Rider

I looked mighty cute as I crawled up the chute.

throwed, bronco busting, bronc riding

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Arena at Night

The crowd's gone home.

tranquility, peace, peacefulness, night, evening, rodeo, relaxation, tension

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Jughaid

Yo're face is dished, yo`re eyes are small.

ride, rodeo, horse, draw

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Cow Pony in Winter

Frosty breath froze on yo're nostrils.

horse, winter, snow, cold, feed, work

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Cowhorse

I rode t' town t'other night.

cow pony, work, movies, motion pictures, horse

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Panther Lady

Proud and brave you stood there.

horse, freedom, shy

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Rebel

All yo're years out on the range.

freedom, horse, wild, mustang, tame

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Cracker

Long legs wobblin', red coat glistening'.

horse, colt

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Cherry

Nine years old when first I saw you.

horse, gentle, tame

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

The Campfire

Did you ever sit by the campfire.

camp fire, night, stars, moon, herding, owl, coyote

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Iowa's Appomattox

Fort Sumpter (they all taught us in our Yankee history class).

school, bell, Civil War, clapper, South Carolina, Indiana, Iowa

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Snow in the Pines

Have you ever been in a forest of pines.

winter, nature

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Pinto Beans an' Bread

Fillin' out an application to get a job in town.

work, employment, food, poverty, money, ranch, Old Oleo, spread

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Hank's Cowboy Cadillac

I went to town t'other day.

truck, Dodge, Ford, pickup, credit, money, can, rest room, restroom salesman

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Twine Strings

I love the smell of new mown hay.

hay bales, broken string

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Hoofprints in the Mud

Did ya' ever walk across the lot when it was frozen mud.

hoofprint, track, corral

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Ol' Sorghum

A cowboy I knew down in Texas.

sweet, addiction, barrel, tongue, opportunity

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

The Full Cowboy

A cowboy stood in a crowded bar.

Baxter Black, beer, bladder, men's room, kidneys, relief, bar, pocket

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

A Western Trail

Ridin' down a Western trail.

west, trail riding

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

FC 11 H-19

Charlie Hunt

Guardians of Tradition

We gathered out in Elko.

gathering, cowboy poetry, poets

For Cowboys, Campers an' Common Folk

Charlie Hunt

FC 11 H-19

Roy Miller

Rodeo Routine

When I was but a young man, and growing into my prime.

rodeo, ride, bucking bronco, throwed, saddle bronc, routine, competition