FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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FC 11 B-05

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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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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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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FC 11 B-05

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

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FC 11 B-05

S. Omar Barker

Courtin' Cowboy

He can view a horse remuda - may be fourty in a bunch.

love, women, roping ponies, town gals, qualities, behavior, chica, marrying, romance, food, gravy, Jo Ann, nectar, boarding school, girlfriends, heart, stomach, excitement, Kitty Davis ,Rosabelle, blue eyes, blond, cooking, love, wife, remuda, town gals, goop, rejection, fear, nester, nester's daughter, nesters

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S. Omar Barker

Well Grounded

I asked an old-time cowhand for his secret of success.

man, human hairpin, mount a horse, riders, riding, wise, wisdom, legs,

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S. Omar Barker

Ol' Sancho

In Atascosa County where the thickets run to thorn.

longhorn, wide land, brasadas, brush country, pinto calf, gray wolves, Rancher Kerr's wife, dogie, bottle-feeding, naming, Sancho, steer, Esperanza Creek, mild and meek steer, pet steer, woman's tears, 7 Z, dragmen, lonesome, leaving the herd, runaway, Wyoming, Washita, Cimarron, Arkansas, Kansas, Sandhills, Olalla, Platte, trail, brand, 7Z, CR, C R, brand, Teton Mountains, autumn, snow, spring, returning home, Mexkin woman, Mexican woman, starvedsteer, tears, bony hips, homesick

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S. Omar Barker

Some Call Him Brave

Old Fort Kearny, long ago.

siege, blizzard, winter, snow, cold, Sioux, Indians, arrows, fight, trail, Laramie, Carrington, Portuguese, Phillips, trapper, hunter, scout, night, darkness, frost, horse, bareback, saddle, dawn, daybreak ,hiding, escape, avoiding daylight, pemmican, dried meat, Christmas, celebration, ball, dance, Horseshoe Station, telegraph, Fort Laramie, ice, phantom, music, bugles, troopers, grave, gravestone, Big Horn Mountains, litanies, bravery

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S. Omar Barker

Rawhide Sons

The old-time cowboy ridin' underneath the western sky.

hard work, low wages, sweat, swallow dust, broncos, busting broncos, long working days, cattle, responsibility, outfit, pride, boss, bossing, self-confidence, brand, Big Auger, freedom, independence, lasso, liberty, horseback man, energy, power, hog-skinning, work, play, fight, stubbornness, free-mindedness, outspokenness, western sky, frank, straightforward, direct, bronc busting

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S. Omar Barker

Agreement In Principle

When a bronco gives way to his man-throwin' itch.

Texas, pitching, bucking, Wyoming, bronc peelers, definition of beingthrown ,wordplay, endless argument, exploding broncos, cowhand, horses, strength of horses, unpredictable horses, argue

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S. Omar Barker

Cattle King

The nesters came, and barbed wire grew.

trails, fenceless trails, plow, cattlemen, Old Frosty Sims, sweat, hard work, cattle range, gun, trump card, God, drouth, drought, nesters, homesteaders, dry land, contemptuous, scornful, womenfolk, misery, hunger ,children, starving children, starvation, defeat, making room, supplying food, goodness, cattle trail, fences

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S. Omar Barker

Uneducated Leather

They asked me: "What is rawhide?"

bovine, frontier, oldtimers, usefulness of leather, practicality, serviceable, handy, functional, cows, critter, cradles, coffins, lumber, frontier family, slumber, cabin door, trunk, women's stuff, trade rats, bullets, money, California deals, thongs, feed bags, morrals, nosebag, cowboy's life, tough, rough, long-lasting, enduring, Texas saddle, thief, hanging, roper, pride, braided leather rope, church bells, rawhide strands, Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Cuero, Mexkin iron, Mexican iron, western pioneer, tough as rawhide

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S. Omar Barker

Cow Country Clue

Old cowboys claim they could tell for shore.

nester, homesteader, homestead, settler, marriage, cabin, cabin door, homestead, problems, difficulties, marital discord, leave in a hurry, escape problems, married man, unmarried man, wedded worry, frontier, nesters

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S. Omar Barker

The Ol' Bandanna

It might be silk it might be cotton.

handkerchief, bandana, fashion, pride, cowboy implement, device, appearance, blue, red, half-dressed, sweat, swipe off sweat, branding work, cold, weather, frostbite, ear muff, mask, bank robbery, snoot, hand courtin some, gal, woman

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S. Omar Barker

Grave Error

Boot Hill was the pay-off, them oldtimers claim.

gun, shooting, trigger, cemetery, graveyard, pulling the trigger, not aiming, mistake, dying, death, burial

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S. Omar Barker

Well Grounded

I asked an old-time cowhand for his secret of success.

human hairpin, mount a horse, legs, forked end, wisdom, knowledge, realistic, pragmatic, down-to-earth, practical, rational

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S. Omar Barker

The Deputy's Star

When you've rode to town for sparkin', but the sheriff calls you in.

observe, seriousness, anger, dander, speak out, opinion about the law, ruckus, row, uproar, disturbance, jail, squawking, thoughtfulness, girlfriend, marriage, responsibility, stick together, cussing, shiny star, strength, danger, authority, woman, law, controversy, response, pride, acceptance, honor, duty

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S. Omar Barker

Rangeland Smellin'

Now scent is more important on the range than you might think.

smells, animals, horses, cows, cowboys, stink, instinct, smell water, longhorn ,beeline, smell a storm, ability, coyotes, howl, smell of blood, bawl, death, smell the wind, danger, smell danger, smell sheep, fragrance of freedom, western breeze, city smells, sense of smell, freight-train, western hay, sagebrush, smell of sage, homesick, longing for the west, nature

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S. Omar Barker

Cow Country Saying

The fewer the words a man uses.

rebut, fend off, bigmouth, big talk, fool, shut mouth, stupidity, talk nonsense, talking too much, babble, chatter, gibberish, silent, calm, thoughtfulness