FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Passing Through
FC 11 N-03
70
Howard L. Norskog
I Just Don't Want Mother to Know
Out in the wasteland all arid and hot, A cowboy lies dying alone
Passing Through
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72
Howard L. Norskog
Life
Life is but a budding dream of so it seems, little things that happen here
Passing Through
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73
Howard L. Norskog
Blessed Are
Blessed are the ones I'm sure, who love a little girl
Passing Through
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74
Howard L. Norskog
The Wanderer
Now you say all my life has been wasted, But I've got no cause to complain
Passing Through
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76
Howard L. Norskog
Diamond Studded Peter built
My old white haired friend lay dying, His race with life was run
Passing Through
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78
Howard L. Norskog
The Lights in the Sky
If you want the finest time of your life, Whoever or wherever you are
Passing Through
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79
Howard L. Norskog
Grey's River Roundup
There's wonderful things in this world to do
Passing Through
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81
Howard L. Norskog
Goodby
The morning glory budding on the trellis, As I stand here close beside your garden wall
Passing Through
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82
Howard L. Norskog
Will You Recall
I wonder as I set here, With nothing on my mind
love, aging, memories
Passing Through
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83
Howard L. Norskog
Space Drive
The cosmos flickering light descends, To vapor clouds in which it bends
Passing Through
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84
Howard L. Norskog
Wyoming's Answer
You came to my land and raped me, You took my timber and coal
Passing Through
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86
Howard L. Norskog
Alice Redding
I would like to make note of her passing, Or immortalize her name in a song
Passing Through
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88
Howard L. Norskog
Trapping South Pass
It's winter again up on South Pass, With its ice, its snow and the cold
Passing Through
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90
Howard L. Norskog
The City
Oh God, get me out of this city, and back to the mountains of home
Passing Through
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92
Howard L. Norskog
Repentance
I've gazed out through your iron bars, And seen the sun go down
Passing Through
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93
Howard L. Norskog
The Nights
Give me the night's reminiscing, the rest from the day's weary toil
Passing Through
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94
Howard L. Norskog
A Way to Die
Outside my tent the snow comes down, In big white flakes descends
Passing Through
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95
Howard L. Norskog
Twilight Blues
Sadness and blues walk in union, Hand in hand down life's highway
Passing Through
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96
Howard L. Norskog
Towards the Night
Just beyond the sunset within the gloom I see, The gentle one is waiting
Passing Through
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98
Howard L. Norskog
To Live It All Again
As you go stumbling down life's path, There tasting of its sin
Passing Through
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99
Howard L. Norskog
The Fable of the Devil Cat
In the breast of the mountains a town lays asleep, But from the past, there's a story of a gunman I've seen
Passing Through
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103
Howard L. Norskog
The Paintbrush and the Sagebrush Are in Bloom
I just received a letter, from my homeland, In this city where I've been, for near four years
Passing Through
FC 11 N-03
105
Howard L. Norskog
Susan
She walks with pride, down life's highway, For she will walk this way no more
Passing Through
FC 11 N-03
106
Howard L. Norskog
How Much You Mean
I ask the Lord to give me words, Of mountains, skies and seas
love
Rough Rhymes of Reverence
FC 11 N-05
1
Jimmie Nelson
Men Who Walk With God
While searching for men, other than the clergy who may walk with God