FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
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Bruce Kiskaddon
Over Loaded
You have noticed one man that you happen across.
fat, over weight, horses, riding
Rhymes of the Ranges
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82
Bruce Kiskaddon
Microbes
You hear of microbes and of germs.
water, potable, illness, worms, disease, drinking, hardiness
Rhymes of the Ranges
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83
Bruce Kiskaddon
Moccasin Mick
Old Moccasin Mick of Scorpion creek.
character, Indians, wife, fat, snakebite
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
84
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Livery Stable
Can you mind the livery stable.
sleigh, horses, sulky, children, socializing, meeting place, characters, smell, reminisce, childhood
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
87
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Panther Track
It was way out at a water hole a hoss came in to drink.
saddle, spur mark, horse, bucking, death
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
89
Bruce Kiskaddon
On Foot
That night hoss he got the gate open.
horse, runaway, riding, walking
Rhymes of the Ranges
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90
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Fight in the Dark
You loosen the cinches to let your hoss blow.
saddle, horse, spread, early, dark, six-shooter, gun, six gun, shotgun, Winchester, stranger, feud, range
Rhymes of the Ranges
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91
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Old Cow Pony
Hello there old feller.
horse
Rhymes of the Ranges
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91
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Brahma Steer
What would the old time cowboy from the trails of yester year.
cattle, cows, change, past, progress
Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
92
Bruce Kiskaddon
Old Greenie
When I worked for Charlie Duncan, in among some other things.
corn liquor, alcohol, moonshine, bottle, whiskey
Rhymes of the Ranges
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94
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Broncho Twister's Prayer
It was a little grave yard on the rolling foot hill plains.
graveyard, cemetery, coffin, funeral, grave, pray
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
27
Wallace McRae
The Mail
We got this problem - sorting mail. Which to throw, and what to keep.
read,laters, tattered, heap, lists, recipes, scrap, need
Up North is Down the Crick
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28
Wallace McRae
Old Partner
See him standing there just soakin' up sun.
horse, age, life, span, old
Up North is Down the Crick
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29
Wallace McRae
Ranch Wife
It's hard to be a ranch wife. And be a fashion plate.
beauty, rough, goddesses,
Up North is Down the Crick
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31
Wallace McRae
The Homestead House
The old homestead house with the door askew.
immigrant, remains,
Up North is Down the Crick
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33
Wallace McRae
Roundup's Over!
I been mashin' them critters and brandin' them calves
work, town, done, end
Up North is Down the Crick
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34
Wallace McRae
Exodus
There was this preacher told this story," And old cowpoke told his friends
Faro,, Moses, hired, hand, Egypt, Lord, pyramids, slaves free, plagues, river, red, hired, hands
Up North is Down the Crick
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37
Wallace McRae
Urban Cowboy
Look at him there with his hat all rared back, A purple plume peekin' over its crown.
pimple, fake, ass
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42
Wallace McRae
The Lingo of our Callin'
Now, let's say that you had rowed up where the cow trails all is paved So the lingo of our callin' warn't too clear.
Up North is Down the Crick
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41
Wallace McRae
"I Knowed Old Charlie Well"
Time was when every old timer When storying-up a spell
Russell, picture, lied,
Up North is Down the Crick
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40
Wallace McRae
Fourth of July
The Fourth of July, in memory's eye, Conjures ice cream all ready to freeze
rodeo, fire works,
Up North is Down the Crick
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38
Wallace McRae
Coffee
The feller who invented coffee rates pretty high in my book.
sipping, drinking
Up North is Down the Crick
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41
Wallace McRae
I Knowed Old Charlie Well
Time was when every old timer
Charlie Russell, Charles, artist, lying, lie
Up North is Down the Crick
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42
Wallace McRae
The Lingo of Our Callin'
Now, let's say that you had growed up where the cow trails all is paved
language, words, culture
Up North is Down the Crick
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45
Wallace McRae
The Still
By a seepy spring in a dugout
whiskey, bootleg, moonshine, booze