FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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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
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
149
S. Omar Barker
Retired Bronc Rider
These tame ol' plugs you ride these days (remarks ol' Baldy Bill).
horse, mount, memory, memories, brag, bucking horse, bucking bronco, riding, dynamite, bronc busting
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
150
S. Omar Barker
Buckaroo Braggin'
Cowboys may do some braggin'.
bragging, buckaroo, pride, boast, modest, caterwauling, horse
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
151
S. Omar Barker
Howdy!
I've seen a few big cities and a heap of middlin' towns.
over-population, crowd, city, stranger, friends, smiling, eye contact, smile, grin, stranger, neighbors, neighborly, hello, greetings
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
152
S. Omar Barker
Cowman's Wife
Now the gal that loves a cowboy might as well make up her mind.
livestock, husband, cowman, spouse, marriage, worry, fear, temper, disagreement, second fiddle, wife, honeymoon
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
153
S. Omar Barker
What's a Bronco?
They asked me "What's a bronco?" Since they seemed to crave to know.
bronc, equine son of cyclones, buck, bucking, horse, widow maker, hoss
Rawhide Rhymes
FC 11 B-05
154
S. Omar Barker
Four-Footed Dynamite
They asked me "What's a rodeo?" I told 'em that I knowed.
occupation, cowboy, win, wild West, adventure
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
12
S. Omar Barker
Code of the Cow Country
It don't take such a lot of laws.
law, cowboy code, code of ethics, welcome, respect, women, sharing, shut gates, neighbors, talk straight, shoot straight, a man's word, live the best you can, code of west
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
13
S. Omar Barker
Earmarks
This feller was a stranger, but his outfit looked all right.
cow camp, cow camp, greenhorn, tenderfoot, pay, payment, pay for chuck, second hand, fiver, five dollars
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
14
S. Omar Barker
First Chevalier
Where lies his dust nobody knows.
horseback riding, horseback rider, bareback rider, history, steeds
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
15
S. Omar Barker
Jack Potter's Courtin'
Now young Jack Potter was a man who knowed the ways of steers.
courting, cows, 1884, Cordie Eddy, love, romance, sweetheart, female, gal, girl, proposal, pop the question, horse, kiss, courtship
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
16
S. Omar Barker
Cow Country Clue
Old cowboys claim they knew for shore.
homestead, nesters, cabin, marriage, wedded
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
17
S. Omar Barker
Tall Men Riding
This is the song that the night birds sing.
herds, trail herd, Texas, hoof beat, cattle trail, plow, civilization, modernization, longhorn, time, plains, phantom men
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
19
S. Omar Barker
Ol' Sancho
In Atascosa County where the thickets run to thorn.
Old Sancho, longhorn, pinto calf, brasadas, Rancher Kerr, dogie, Mrs. Kerr, Mexican, pet, Esperanza Creek, 7Z, 7 Z, brand, Washita, CR, C R, loyalty, paint, Texas, Texas longhorn
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
20
S. Omar Barker
Songs for a Land of Horseback Men
I would sing them sweet and low.
New Mexico, cottonwood, desert, mesa, mesas, Pecos, caballeros, vaqueros,horsebackriding
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
21
S. Omar Barker
San Jacinto
The campfires of the Mexican gleamed red a mile away.
Houston, Texas Army, campfire, attack at dawn, break of day, Santa Ana, Santa Anna, cavalry, Sam Houston, troops, Deaf Smith, General, The Alamo, Lone Star, fight, war