FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Rawhide Rhymes

FC 11 B-05

135

S. Omar Barker

Ranchman's Widow

She's got ones on a doctor.

mother, children, daughter, Latin, education, school, knowledge, lawyer, ranch, foreman, Dad, father, memories, saddle, pride, brainy daughter, longing for the old days, riding men, success, ambitiousness, cowboy son, tenderness, cowpuncher dad,

Rawhide Rhymes

FC 11 B-05

134

S. Omar Barker

Wolf's-Eye View

When viewing gals in Levi's.

spic and span, men, women, shape, figure, pun on span, contour, profile, frame, look,

FC 11 B-33

no book, free number

Sonnets of a Freshman

FC 11 B-35

Berton Braley

Sonnets of a Freshman

It seems so strange to find myself down here, Away from pa and ma and all the rest

FC 11 H-24

no book, free number

FC 11 L-04

no book, free number

FC 11 S-34

no book, free number

The Old Square Dance of the Western Range

FC 11 W-10

1

C.C. Walsh

The Old Square Dance of the Western Range

Imagination onc't I had! I hain't got none no more.

Shorty's Saloon

FC 11 R-07

Johnny Ritch

Shorty's Saloon

By the trails to the past, on the Plains of no Care.

Illustrated by Charles M. Russell

Catching It Whole: A First Collection of Poems

FC 11 P-02

41

R.J. Petrillo

Banjo Picker Wind

The wind is a west wind running to north humming a snow tune over grey sage.

Ruby Mountain Rhymes

FC 11 W-09

2

Jack Walther

Ruby Mountains

I am part of this range of waving grass

Round-Up: The Roper

FC 11 C-31

1

Ernest Cox

Oh to Be a Cowboy

I have never attended a college.

pollution, smog, city, cowboy, The Western Cowboy, dreaming

Round-Up: The Roper

FC 11 C-31

4

Ernest Cox

The Bush-Whacker

I had just left the town of Elko.

lone, gunman, Mustang, recognized, clothes, disguise, crush, drink, water-hole

Round-Up: The Roper

FC 11 C-31

5

Ernest Cox

God's Country Colorado

Have you ever paid a visit friend.

Colorado, beauty, God, Love, world, creation, Himself

Round-Up: The Roper

FC 11 C-31

8

Ernest Cox

The Prospector

He was a cantankerous old cuss.

old, gold, donkey, rich, miner, prospector, Wonder, hungry,

Round-Up: The Roper

FC 11 C-31

12

Ernest Cox

The Bull Rider

He was born in Cattle Country.

rodeo, El Lobo, Brahma bull, bull riding, horn, bruise, bleeding, style, best

Round-Up: The Roper

FC 11 C-31

14

Ernest Cox

Winter on the Star

I'd just drifted in off the Range.

winter, rain, snow, chill, blizzard, wind, top hand, cowboy, bunkhouse, winter's day, Star Ranch

Round-Up: The Roper

FC 11 C-31

16

Ernest Cox

Bronc Buster

Dragging my carcass out of bed.

Elko, Spud, Star Valley, job, bronc buster, Mustang, fancy

Round-Up: The Roper

FC 11 C-31

18

Ernest Cox

Bounty Hunter

He stepped down from the Stagecoach.

stagecoach, saloon, gambler, cards, quick-draw, poker, shot, bullet, outlaw, gun, frown, grin

Round-Up: The Roper

FC 11 C-31

19

Ernest Cox

The Scout

He was tall, lean and tanned.

scout, war party, Sioux, Indians, honery

Round-Up: The Roper

FC 11 C-31

23

Ernest Cox

Chuck-Wagon Chef

He was born down on the Brazos.

Mother, cook, sew, misfit, chuck wagon, Boss, woman

Round-Up: The Roper

FC 11 C-31

24

Ernest Cox

That Trophy Buck

It was the beginning of Fall.

hunting, hunt, fall, hunting season, 30-30, gun, buck, deer, preparations

Round-Up

FC 11 C-31a

8

Ernest Cox

Winter on the Star

I'd just drifted in off the Range.

winter, rain, snow, chill, blizzard, wind, top hand, cowboy, bunkhouse, winter's day, Star Ranch

Letters From Elko

FC 11 P-28

1

Scott Preston

By Way of Preface: Sisters with Snifters

I want a cowgirl in a duster

"Originals"

FC 11 S-16

57

J.D. Santee

My Dog Blue

Well, old son, looks like we've come to the end of the line.