FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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FC 11 S-34
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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.
Diary of My Heart
FC 11 S-23
29
Edwin Lee Sankey
Dear Country:
As I write this letter, the night is still,
Old Ephraim
FC 11 S-26
1
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Old Ephraim
Frank Clark was a sheepman,
West River Waltz: Western Poetry
FC 11 G-31
xiv
D. W. Groethe
Down by the Willows
Down by the willows sweepin' soft on the waters
West River Waltz: Western Poetry
FC 11 G-31
3
D. W. Groethe
Fifty a Day (Broke, Tired and Blue)
Fifty a day is a cowboy's pay
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
133
S. Omar Barker
Unforgivable Offense
Here lie the bones of a roustabout.
butcher knife, cook, ol' Peg, good natured, grub, food, bile, work, criticize, Squint, father figure, obedience, Bar G, mountain camp, scamp, rascal, good boy, helpful, cutting wood, chopping wood, bucksaw, sawing wood, coosie, snooze, nap, sawing off the cook's leg, humor, black humor, irony, joke, saying, wisdom, wood cut too long, get enough food, be on good terms with the cook
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
137
S. Omar Barker
Cowpuncher Praise
Big words never warm up a cowpuncher's heart.
praise, appreciation, he'll do