FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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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
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
138
S. Omar Barker
Trail Talk
When cowboys git to heaven and them angels ask them how.
afterlife, dying in bed, gun, bullet, angels, pearly gates, trampled, freeze, drown, shot, pride, occupational lore, occupation
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
139
S. Omar Barker
Cowpuncher Caution
Old cowpunchers claim that you'd better not fool.
mule, widow, chuck wagon cook, baby, babies, marriage, pregnancy, wife, tease, kick, cradle
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
140
S. Omar Barker
The White Mustang
Wherever rhythmic hoof beats drum.
Pacing Mustang, horse, white horse, wild horse, ghost horse, stallion, Great White Mustang, phantom, Washington Irving
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
142
S. Omar Barker
Saddle for Sale
A horse and a saddle, a rope and a gun.
night-herding, cattle drive, trail drive, river, fording a river, water, dry, thirsty, thirst, stampede, cook, Wyoming, dust, trail riding, occupational lore, cowboying, cowboy, occupation
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
143
S. Omar Barker
Cowpuncher's Creed
The cowpuncher's creed is as simple as pie.
sweat, life, death, cow, cows, Lord, God, gratitude, occupation
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
144
S. Omar Barker
The Rough Requirements
They say that a cowboy ain't worth thirty cents.
feelings, tough, rough, cowboy, occupation, grunt, education, smart, intelligence
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
145
S. Omar Barker
Rustler Poker
A-ridin' ol' Bally and a-leadin' ol' Dan.
IC brand, I C brand, song, ICU, I C U, branding, calves, rustling, steal, Ball, ICU2, I C U 2, changing brands, rustlers
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
146
S. Omar Barker
Bunkhouse Christmas
'Twas Christmas Eve out on the ranch, and all the winter crew.
holiday, reminiscence, reminisce, remember, recollect, past, memories, food, chuck, feast, turkey, pie, cake, feed, mince pie, floodways, Christmas cheer, feelings, heart, practicality, hunger, livestock, hungry cowboy
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
147
S. Omar Barker
Cry, Coyote!
Cry, coyote! Cry lonely at dawn.
wildlife, past, buffalo, civilization, memory, memories, freedom, open range
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
148
S. Omar Barker
Wahoo of the Wagon
It's a rule out on the roundup, and it's law upon the trail.
cook, chuck wagon, chuck, food, foodways, biscuit, coffee, cattle drive, trail drive, king of camp, poobah of pan and pot, coosie, buckin' bronc, bucking bronco, broncho, broncbusting