FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Rhymes of the Ranges

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Cow Milkin'

Most cow boys ain't handy at milkin' a cow.

milking, milch cow, milk

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Bill The Snake Charmer

We never knowed the reason why.

character, circus, rattlesnake, snakebite, snake bite

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Catalogues

They was called "Sheep herder's bibles."

catalogue, catalog, information, Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, reading

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Mule

A mule's disposition is rotten.

pack, plowing, plow, animal, riding, Black, negro, racism, racial, nigger

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Blizzard

You take a good look at the rim of the sky.

storm, snow, cold, weather, endurance

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Bunk House Mirror

That old bunk house mirror that most of us knew.

face, shaving, bunkhouse, shave, looking glass

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Gentle Hoss

Of all the things you come across, the best one is a gentle hoss.

horse, gentleness

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Forgotten

Yes, he used to be a cow hoss that was young and strong and fleet.

horse, aging, retirement

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Ghost Canyon Trail

There are strange tales told of spirits bold.

Santa Fe, Chisholm Trail, Laramie, night, phantom, trooper

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Graves by the Side of the Trail

When the trail herds came through.

death, hardship, change, history, Judgment Day

Rhymes of the Ranges

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Goin' to Town

That there little town I speak of wasn't much to view.

going, city, drunk, school marm

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Other Fellow's Beef

When some fellers start out lookin' fer meat.

food, poaching, rustling, stealing, cattle

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Old Shot Gun

Do you mind that old shot gun when you was a boy?

shooting, guns, rifle, powder, shot, wadding, black powder, powder horn, scatter gun, hunting

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Git Him Slicker Broke

When yore breakin' out a broncho.

breaking, bronco, break, rain, cloud, storm, corral

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Bruce Kiskaddon

He Knew His Goat

An aged man was walkin' down an Arizona trail.

walking, billy goat, glands, knowledge

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Bruce Kiskaddon

He Found a Home

He was just an old cow waddy with his saddle hoss and pack.

food, woman, chores, home

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Bruce Kiskaddon

How They Made the Royal Gorge

Did you ever hear how "Brindle" that old long horn Texas steer.

Colorado, Dutch George, longhorn steer, chase, contest

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Honest John's Five Aces

Things was goin' soter quiet on a lazy afternoon.

poker, gambling, cards, dealer, dealing, robbery, mask, stranger, bullets

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Bruce Kiskaddon

How a Cow Puncher Rode

I have often been asked by the people I knowed.

hands, stirrup, hand, riders, riding, ride, saddle, rode

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Bruce Kiskaddon

It Might Have Been Me or It Might Have Been You

You have heard lots of stories how cow boys behaved.

behavior, cowboys, reckless, brave, bravery, waddie, roan, buck, ride, bear

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Just Set and Let Your Feet Hang Down

When first I was a buckaroo.

youth, advice, hands, relax, wisdom

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Judgment Day

Once I dreamt while I was sleepin'.

judgment day, dreamed, sleeping, race, creed, heaven, afterlife, judging, laws, rules

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Bruce Kiskaddon

John Greer's Points

Now old John Greer had lived seventy year.

aging, old age, maturity, stamps, points, money, cash, beef, meat, food, law

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Bruce Kiskaddon

High an' Wicked

When they cut you out a bucker why the boys all gathers 'round.

broncho, horses, breaking, bucking, ears, performance

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Bruce Kiskaddon

Learning

You was jest a great big awkward kid a holdin' down a camp.

flannel shirt, cooking, awkward, washing, cleaning, youth, past