FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 O-04

Chip O'Brien

My Daddy's Boots

Chestnut brown an' pointy-toed

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 O-04

Chip O'Brien

Sonora Joe an' the Christmas Tree

Joe were full o' Christmas spirit, Most o' which he'd drank

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 O-04

Chip O'Brien

Butterflies

Butterflies ain't good fer nothing', 'Cept mebbe food fer some birds

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 O-04

Chip O'Brien

Good News an' Bad News

Ol' Slim appeared in a dream, Two months after he had died

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 O-04

Chip O'Brien

Curly Bill Smith, The Unknown Gunfighter

On'y reason he ain't in hist'ry books, Was a joker that he was dealt by fate

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 O-04

Chip O'Brien

The Greatest Ride I Ever Seen

Off the top o' the mountain he come, On horseback straight down the side

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 O-04

Chip O'Brien

The Ability Not to Work

When I called 'bout the Poetry Gathering, twas' explained to me

Elko

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

FC 11 O-04

Chip O'Brien

My Poetry is Illegal

They told me that the cowboys who write their poetry, Could get a poetic license an' didn't hafta pay a fee