FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Hey! Elko

FC 11 P-05

M.H. Porter

Elko County's Answer

They ask me, What do I see here? Why would anyone want to be here

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Winter Storm

All day you've puffed a restless wind, With each breath you've grown stronger

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

How could Anyone Live in this Place

In a small camp ground, At the edge of town, for the night a couple closed their travel down

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

January Snow

You came late, sure is great you made it to Elko County

Hey! Elko

FC 11 P-05

M.H. Porter

Ruby Mountain Power

Rubies in your winter finery, You've been a gracious host to me

Hey! Elko

FC 11 P-05

M.H. Porter

Talking About Money

Now listen family, Tomorrow's the day

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Mom Rides the Rejects

Helping the spouse, Gets me out of the house, into the open air

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Then I Woke Up

I had a dream the other night, A golden adventure

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Getting Ready for the Longhorn Show

Just a week to go, 'til the longhorn show

heifer

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Mom's Night Out

Dear, My friend Susie, called from town today

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Alone in a Country Kitchen

On a long short day of winter, with its bare trees and brown snow

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Elko's Bandit

they call me a bandit with one arm, Do I do good or do I do harm

slot machines, gambling

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

My Kind of Dad

There's more than one kind of father, Each one's a great one I'm sure

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

The Highest Gift

In a quiet time, at the close of day, with the household secure, all chores tucked away

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

No Rodeo

When I was a kid, we used to go, To Owyhee to the big rodeo

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Capriola's Desperate Catalog Customer

There wasn't much doing at the store that day

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

He's got a Right to be Here, Too

Darn you! you little old four legged pest

rat

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Getting Home Without a Spree

It was Saturday and pay day, we went to town, me and old Ray

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Made to Order Boots

Hey! Pete, can I borrow your catalog?

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Nicknames

There's something about working together, On a cow drive or cattle gather

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

The First Job is Shoeing

Winter quarter at Cal Poly was finished, my buddy and I had enough

Nevada

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Starting Colts

Starting colts is an interesting task, what you need at the first you get last

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Capriola's Confused Customer

In the mid-morning lull, the doors swing open

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Small Needs

Darling, I wonder do you know the things that set my heart aglow

Hey! Elko

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M.H. Porter

Fickle Winter

Tiny creek lets, work their way, Down the mountain in the bright sunshine of day