FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Muleshoe Ballads of Oklahoma Bob
FC 11 M-16
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Marjorie Sawyer Munson & Colonel Bob Kirkbride
Political Cows
Some fellows yell like hell
fellows, hell, political tit, governor, cow, milk, University pedagogue, Gable man, Capitol, Oklahoma peanuts, Mott.
Muleshoe Ballads of Oklahoma Bob
FC 11 M-16
59
Marjorie Sawyer Munson & Colonel Bob Kirkbride
I'll take now
You can talk all you please about romance,
talk, romance, coffins, prairie, rattlesnake, salt, bacon.
Muleshoe Ballads of Oklahoma Bob
FC 11 M-16
61
Marjorie Sawyer Munson & Colonel Bob Kirkbride
Oklahoma Breeze Hits Riverside
Three Hundred pounds of fog I call myself:
fog, New York, Western wind, policeman, Riverside Drive, ranch, motor bike, Broadway, Oklahoma, Times Square, Cowboy, hundred horses, coyote, prairie dogs, hawks, rattle-snakes, motor-cops, Indians, tooters, police.
Muleshoe Ballads of Oklahoma Bob
FC 11 M-16
66
Marjorie Sawyer Munson & Colonel Bob Kirkbride
The Monarch of Bermuda
"I'll let you ride Strawberry Road, "said I,
Stawberry Road, ship, night club, china town, monarch of Bermuda, Irishman, Oklahoma, Captain's office, Jones, boat, overboard, deck, old cow-hand, Colonel, New York.
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
2
Wallace McRae
Up North Is Down The Crick
The rivers and cricks run north 'round here,
rivers, cricks, north, old country hick, up, down, city folks, divide.
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
4
Wallace McRae
Too Smart of Too Stupid
Millions, of billions of dollars, or tons
millions, billions, dollars, tons, rich, poor, black gold, disgust, smart, stupid.
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
5
Wallace McRae
The Joyride
A smoking limousine lurches and careens,
smoking limousine, lurches, careens, speeding, car, riders, drunk, frenzied load, faster, change, progress, growth.
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
6
Wallace McRae
The Coyote
If you get back off the interstates
interstates, urban trends, coyote, old west, time, fading, cut, his world.
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
8
Wallace McRae
A Quiet Night On The Prairie
I'm wide awake as anew-born owl,
new-born owl, awake, noise, Lazarus, snore, cough, bark, solo, basso profundo, sleeping men, tent.
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
10
Wallace McRae
The Promise
Old Winter's got his claws sunk deep
winter, claws, deathly white, sun, dead, spring, seed book.
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
11
Wallace McRae
Touchy Questions
You can ask how old I am
old, ask, kids, horses, old romances, old friendships, debts, town.
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
12
Wallace McRae
The Old Timers in the Bison
His hands was all claw-like and calloused,
hands, claw-like, calloused, nose, knobbly old leg, bar stool, leather, face, outfit, exposed to the elements.
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
14
Wallace McRae
The Grass Fat Steers
Faintly, the east has a hint of aglow
east, glow, morning star, horses, grass fat steers, golden rule, retrospect, growth, progress, neighbor's word, city folks, past, future.
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
16
Wallace McRae
The Eternal Triangle
The Boss
boss, green walnut, cow, foreman, old man, money, cowboy, hay, clean, rock, hard place.
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
17
Wallace McRae
Winter Harvest
The flashing saws each cut a groove,
flashing saws, groove, deacon, teamster, snow, ice house, water hole, January, cold summer.
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
18
Wallace McRae
Eminent Domain
From the Highland Sod, with faith in God
free enterprise, curse, government, land, sweat,
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
20
Wallace McRae
The Branding "Lunch"
It's not just the hustle, the fun, or the bustle,
meal, caviar, escargot, roast, beef, cole, slaw, apple, pie, Ritz
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
22
Wallace McRae
The Tourist and the Native
Our State Bird is the Meadowlark, And he's alright, I guess
magpie
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
23
Wallace McRae
Plea of the Equestrian Thespian
Not guilty yore Honor, Not guilty I plead.
assault, battery, stage, play, break, leg
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
24
Wallace McRae
Boyd Charter 1907-1978
Boyd Charter was a handsome man. "Beauty's truth," the poet said.
comely, cowboy, dead, guileless, friendship, rest, peace
Up North is Down the Crick
FC 11 M-17
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Wallace McRae
The Disputed Epicure
What's your favorite cut of Beef?", the high-born lady queried.
cowpoke, lore, tongue, egg, crude, eat, food
The Pony Express: An Epic of the Old West
FC 11 M-22
41
Charles Rendell Mabey
The Convoy
Here comes Lochinvar on a government horse
The Pony Express: An Epic of the Old West
FC 11 M-22
44
Charles Rendell Mabey
The Modern Argonauts
Happy Argonauts are we
The Pony Express: An Epic of the Old West
FC 11 M-22
46
Charles Rendell Mabey
Death Lurks at Shell
The soldiers and immigrants drop out of sight
west
The Pony Express: An Epic of the Old West
FC 11 M-22
51
Charles Rendell Mabey
Tung-a-Shump
Tung-a-Shump has marshaled two score braves from all the Gosh-Ute tribe
Goshute, Native Americans, Indians