FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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FC 11 B-05

S. Omar Barker

Tall Men Riding

This is the song that the night birds sing.

night birds, nature, plains, Texas, sky, singing, hawk, buzzard, rabbit, riding, moon, loneliness, night, cattle, past, memories, old times, shadows, phantom, ghostly trail

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S. Omar Barker

Rangeland Preacher

Some tenderfeet was askin' me about the cowboy's rope.

definitions of a cowboy's rope, explanation of a cowboy's rope, function of a rope, string of twisted strands, roping cattle, California clan, Texan, whale line, lasso, lariat, catgut, reacher, clothesline, twine, sliphole, Haven's Gate, angels, cloud

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S. Omar Barker

The Main Item

No matter if your life is like a car that's out of gas.

fate, good , bad, heartache, women, ailment, illness, liver, wealth, poverty, gold, brass, wishes, dreams, hope, weevils, food, thankfulness, cattle, grass, happiness, life, gasoline

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S. Omar Barker

Breakin' the Broncs

When it comes to breakin' broncos, there are several different views.

taming horses, colt, roping horses, training, gentle, rough, pony, subdue, punishment, master, boss, understanding horses, friendship, knowledge, patience, hackamore, lessons, reward, bucking horses, cowboys, bronc busting

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S. Omar Barker

One or the Other

The man who brags that he never got throwed.

boaster, blowhard, bragger, blower, tenderfoot, liar, disliked behavior objection, aversion

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S. Omar Barker

Drifter's Thanksgivin'

A way out West long years ago, it came Thanksgivin' time.

fall, festivity, broke, hunger, appetite, no shelter, Thanksgiving dinner, cold, tiredness, horses, dinner invitation, ranch, lonesome, loneliness, prairie dog, rabbit, toad, dugout, cowboy, invitation, hospitality, friends, sharing supper, plain meal, beans, Jacob, boar, coffee, prayer, thankfulness, bread, angels, God, Lord, kind stranger, empty stomach, feast

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FC 11 B-05

S. Omar Barker

Coosie

The asked me "What's a coosie?" So I told 'em that it means.

cook, burnt food, beans, coffee, grub, biskit, biscuit, chuck, coffeepot, cocinero, biskit-shooter, broncos, mule, wagon, chuckwagon, feeding cowhand, memories, toothless old cowhand, jolting wagon, toughness

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S. Omar Barker

Git Along!

The dogie's a calf without parents or friends.

motherless calf, stray calf, poor health

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S. Omar Barker

Ravens Over the Pass

Rider less came the horse to camp.

birds, raven, horses, cowboy, death, sorrow, pain, blood, spring, father, lost son, nature, sadness, grief, fear of mind, sunset, horse thief ,riderless horse, nameless rider, unknown rider

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FC 11 B-05

S. Omar Barker

Cowboy Likin's

As long as he's straddlin' a horse with his knees.

cowboy, preferences, druthers, nature, wide country, love for nature, tight boots, black coffee, outspokenness, women, hard work, earned money, conversation, early breakfast, cigarettes, cattle branding, saddle, girdle, friends, trust, fondness, enjoyment

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FC 11 B-05

S. Omar Barker

Rule for Ridin'

The best way to stay on a bronc ain't no riddle.

advice, lesson, riding, clear mind, rules

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S. Omar Barker

Pants Polisher

They asked me "What's a saddle?" So I told 'em it's a kack.

wood, leather, horses, ride, horse meat, love for saddles, knowledge about saddle, history, history of saddles, Genghis Khan, magic of saddles, Saracen, Cossock, Arab, Mongol, knight, chevalier, King Richard, Sheridan, Lee, Grant," Black Jack" Pershing, Sir Galahad, Holy Grail, Texas, cowboy's kinfolk, woman, dawn, work, heroes, polished pants

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S. Omar Barker

Cowboy's Opinion

Of all God's creatures I endorse.

legs, horses, people, man, horseback riding

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S. Omar Barker

Ol' Snoozy Schmidt

A sleepin' fool was Snoozy Schmidt.

sleep, snoring, bedroll, doze, tiredness, kack, rustlers, spool the roll, bedding, blankets, cockleburs, wowser's spurs, Tucson bed, sleeping in the open, homesteaders, barbed wire, trail, longhorn, settler, prairie, prairie grass, fire, gun, shooting, Old West, rest, storm, thunder, nap, plains, plow, rustling

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FC 11 B-05

S. Omar Barker

Old Lincoln Town

Lincoln Town, old Lincoln Town, by time's sun grayed and browned.

gun smoke, history, bloodstains, blood, killing, shooting, wind, town, tales, hoofbeats, story, cottonwood, gunman, death, whippoorwills, ghosts, ghostly, coyote, adobe houses, adobe walls, night, moon, past, bones of men, music, anger, horseback crew, cowboy breed, enemies, memories, phantom gunmen

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S. Omar Barker

No Boots for Boot Hill

"Don't let me die with my boots on, boys!" These were familiar words.

West, gun smoke, dust, herd, statement, opinion, horse, gun, toughmen, One-Shot Charley Duesha, age, notches on the gun, fear, fearlessness, bullets, wild life, burying, funeral, story, shepard, sheep, north wind, cold, sheep, frost, man, hanging, cuss, complaint, suicide, heaven's gate, old heaven, bridle, blind bridle, galoots, cowboy boots, death, box, in coffin, socks, dying, last ride, wish, lifelong wish, shepherd

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FC 11 B-05

S. Omar Barker

Three Wise Man

Back in the days when cattle range was prairies wide and lone.

Bar Z, Cimarron, winter camp, Booger Bill, Pinto Pete, Tug, dugout, warmth, discontentment, Christmas, celebration, bailes, dances, Taos, wishes, dreams, memories, Christmas candles, galoot, longing, homesick, lonesomeness, immigrants, Missouri, kids, children, hungry kids, nesters, beans, shearing food, Christmas dinner, poverty, tin plates, whittle, sew, wood, rawhide threads, braiding, yearling, butchering a yearling, roast, chuck, Bandannadolls, girls, pack horse, present, homemade Christmas presents, boys, whittled wooden guns, rawhide moccasins, plumb pies, prunes, taffy, sourdough biscuit, coyote, cattle, helpful, friendship, charity, love, kindliness

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S. Omar Barker

The Buckhorn Kid

Oh, come all you young cowboys, a story I will tell.

young man, lad, handsome, brittle, brash, broncos, riding, swagger, cowboy hat, cowboy dances, gals, girls, women, storytelling, laughter, drinks, roundup, loop, roping, hair, curly hair, bunkhouse, lightheartedness, joyful, merriment, bunkhouse, worries, trouble, Lazy K, playing prank, sheriff, dawn, bank robbery, Sabinoso Hill, posse, fight, shooting, killing, death, legal lead, burial, Pop Powers, friends, sermon, preaching, prayer, Lord, breaking the law, punishment, sadness

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FC 11 B-05

S. Omar Barker

Bunkhouse Thanksgiving

A beef roast in the oven and the hands all waitin' 'round.

celebration, festivity, thankfulness, seriousness, happiness, horses, cowboys, walking, riding, blessings, women, wife, mother, Ol 'Bashful, cattle, critter, sheepherding, Ramrod, gras, Curly, stars, strength, Bud, appetite, O'l Dunk, contemplate, age, rheumatism, aches, smoking, pipe, bunion, lack of hearing, owl hoot, smell, nose, teeth, I'll Gus, no teeth, teeth less mouth, old cowhand, chewing meat, unable to chew beef roast, gravy

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S. Omar Barker

A Wolf in Camp

Step easy, boys, and warble low.

sing, melody, song, lament, sadness, happiness, Happy Joe, cheerfulness, noisiness, night, stars, fire, quietness, cook, coosie, pots, pans, guard, mouth harp, silence, avoiding noise, cussing, shooting, melancholy, prod, temper, touchiness, anger, rage, steaming, truth, ache, pain, toothache, teeth, politeness, dynamite, night-herding

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S. Omar Barker

Black Magic

He may feed you fried sow boozem till you're sweatin' pure lard.

java, cold, guard, sow boozem, sow bosom, salt pork, blister cup, wagon cook, chuck, food, raisins, dough, Texas butter, coffee, black coffee, beans, ashes in the sop, whistle-berry pot, shooting cooks, gun, kack,saddle blankets, griddlecakes, hoss thief special, biskits, bisquits, maverick stew, coosie, belly cheater, hot coffee, coffee pot, variety of food, foodstuff, grub

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S. Omar Barker

Rawhide Recipe

Now here's a salty saying that you'll hear out on the plains.

bronco, riding, plains, simple, dumb, stupidity, brainless, cowboys, strength, courage, sand, gravel, craw, toughness, tough meat, behind, fiddle, legs, horseback, day, night, bronco buster, eyes, fast, quick, rapid, bucking, being thrown, strength, good health, muscles, ears, hay fever, sneeze, nose, mouth, tongue, biting the tongue, canter, trot, lope, ass, rear end, butt, buttocks, gizzard-gyroscope, joke, facts, facks, straddling, bronc busting

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FC 11 B-05

S. Omar Barker

The Pecos

The Pecos is a river that has got more sand and mud.

water, flood, overflowing river, wild river, cowpoke, nature, dryness, slow water, sandy river, cloudy water, cattle herd, dust, tough men, strength, West, marks, John Chisum, Texas plain, longhorn, outlaw, cattle land, shooting, death, Concho Creek, thirst, dehydration, hardship, suffering, pain, Pecos cowboy, Bill Wilson, Apache, fight, attacks, Judge Roy Bean, Jack Potter, Geronimo, past, memories, Garrett, Sheriff Garrett, Billy the Kid, Indians, courage, gunfight, rawhide-tough, dry

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FC 11 B-05

S. Omar Barker

Cuttin' Hoss

They asked me: "What's this cutting horse them cowhands talk about?"

cattle, pony, cut, herd, group, roundup boss, steer, cowhand, critter, search outhouses, work, fast, quick, rapid movements, Mexican waltz, Mexkin waltz, eagerness, alertness, awareness, mindful, frisky, pitching, bucking, work horse, race horse, nickel, dime, fast reaction, pride, smartness, Philadelphia lawyer, lawyer, cut hoss, Spanish, Spanish speaking horse, horse meat, knowledge

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FC 11 B-05

S. Omar Barker

Cowpen Moo-Sic

They asked me: "What's a beller?" Well, a beller is a bawl.

cows, cattle, calf, weaning time, critter, blood, noise, screams, wild sound, tongue, fear, being scared, banshee, danger, anxiety, death, mourning, man in the moon, harmless sound, earthquake, stirring sound, bulls, fighting, fight, cowboy, cowboy ears, language of sounds, rangesounds, restlessness, steer, steer bawling, cow emotion, emotion, roping, branding, prod