FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
44
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Mr. Banker
You took the farm and pushed them out,
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
45
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Feelin' My Oats
There's a good thing going for my heart.
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
46
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
New Spurs and a Horse Named Blue
It was my first day at work for a dude ranch,
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
48
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
No Lady's Man
Phil was a heck of a hand with a horse
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
49
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Life O'Riley
I called that old steer, "Riley"
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
51
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Old Timer
There's a cinch ring and a latigo
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
52
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Outside the Fence
There are at least two kinds of cowboys,
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
53
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
The Philosopher
They gave me a gentle old pony
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
56
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
The Day We Branded Pigs
We were just two ranch kids
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
58
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Prime Time Pigs
There were seven boys in our family,
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
60
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Raisins
I ain't praisin' no raisin,
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
61
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Reality
She called her perfume Stetson,"
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
62
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Cowboy's Relief
I've been hearing those outhouse stories.
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
63
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
His Resistol Hat
A cowboy's hat is his trademark,
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
64
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Returning
It was just a lonely railroad siding
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
66
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Right!
When your hoofs are getting hard to trim
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
66
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Road Kill
The freeway came through our rangeland,
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
68
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Ruby Valley Ranch
I stood with the mountain behind me
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
69
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Rural Hospitality
Half afraid, I put my knuckles
Back at the Ranch
FC 11 S-29
70
Colen H. Sweeten Jr.
Sheep
My brother Lloyd bought a heard of sheep.
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
53
author unknown
The Crooked Trail to Holbrook
Come, all you jolly cowboys that follow the bronco steer,
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
52
author unknown
The Cowman's Prayer
Now, O Lord, please lend me thine ear,
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
49
James Barton Adams
Cowboys Victimized
We had all made the guess by the cut of his dress
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
48
author unknown
A Cowboy's Prize
Never was no gal like Mollie
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
47
Charles Badger Clark, Jr.
A Cowboy's Prayer
O Lord, I ain't never lived where churches grow.