FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

D.J. O'Malley: Cowboy Poet

D.J. O'Malley and John I. White

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D.J. O'Malley

The Cowboy's Kick

The day of the wide loop has gone by, The open range days are past

Poems, Facts and Fiction

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Harold Otto

The Ottos

We left Puget Sound in Nineteen and Four

Poems, Facts and Fiction

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Harold Otto

Tracy: On His 75th Birthday

In a shingle camp called Getchell

Poems, Facts and Fiction

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Harold Otto

In Memory of My Wife

I stood alone by the window, As evening softly fell

death

Poems, Facts and Fiction

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Harold Otto

Our Brother Sart

On April the fourth in eighteen ninety-nine, A boy was born in Puget Sound's clime

Poems, Facts and Fiction

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Harold Otto

The Overhaul Job

With my new spectacles I am able to see. With my store bought teeth I can chew

Poems, Facts and Fiction

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Harold Otto

Billy Goat Mountain

In the lower Methow Valley, There is a mountain fair

Poems, Facts and Fiction

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Harold Otto

In Memory of Clyde Moore

A friend has bone from out our midst, His voice no more we hear

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

On Bein' a Cowboy

I sit an' try to ponder 'bout, What a cowboy's s'posed to be

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

The Braford Cow

Out here in Northern California, we have a new breed of cow

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

What's It Comin' To?

In my town, just a few weeks ago, Somethin' happened worthy of mention

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

The Parade

Up in ol' Montana, They was gonna have a parade

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

A Matter of Taste

Hey, Dude, when are you gonna get with it? Your fashion's like two hundred years old

clothing

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

The Finest Rodeo Cowboy

I knew this ol' rodeo cowboy

fame, participation, famous

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

A Shootout on Fremont Street

A Shootout On Fremont Street, the epitaph headline read

death, gun

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

The ol' Buckboard Wagon

I saw an ol' buckboard wagon, Rotting on a lawn

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

Course There's Cowboys Here

You tell me there ain't no cowboys, Out here in this land of motion

ocean

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

Contented Cows

The Longhorn sneered at th' other cows

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

Another Case of Animal Abuse

All my life I were made ta think, That a moose were a four-legged critter

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

Learnin' Hard Work

Foreman said, "You'll learn real quick, That ranchin' you work an' you ride

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

Black Jack Ketchum

Black Jack Ketchum was a desperado, In his death, there's a moral to know

outlaw

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Chip O'Brien

The Velcro Cowboy

Ol' Burlap Foster were a cowboy, but he weren't too awful bright

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Chip O'Brien

El Charro

The tule fog in California winters is raw, My friend tells a story 'bout somethin' he saw.

cows, Hereford, Mexico

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Chip O'Brien

The Fortieth Annual Town Fair an' Rodeo

At the fortieth Annual town Fair an' Rodeo, Fat Mike tripped hisself an' broke his little toe

Downwind O' Cows: A Collection of California Cowboy Poetry

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Chip O'Brien

What's Important

A fancy jeweled goblet drinks the same as my battered ol' tin cup