FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
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S. Omar Barker
Brandin' the Calves
Some say brandin's cruel, and maybe it is.
beef, business, brand, branding iron, thief, rustler, rustling, calf
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
45
S. Omar Barker
Buckaroo's Best Bet
If I had to be an animal instead of what I am.
animal, critter, horse, cow pony, tame, wild, cow punching
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
46
S. Omar Barker
Cowboy Factory--Old Style
The town kid was a runaway.
runaway, roustabout, childhood, youth, odd jobs, kack, saddle, pride, proud, chores, throwed, get back on again, buck, the right stuff
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
47
S. Omar Barker
The Tie-Fast Men
This is the way of the tie-fast men.
ride the range, rope, roping, noose, tie, tied, saddle horn
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
49
S. Omar Barker
Cowboy's Likin's
As long as he's staddlin' a horse with his knees.
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
50
S. Omar Barker
Buckaroo's Squelch
Two buckaroos were rivals in the bronco ridin' game.
Breezy, Rusty, wild and loud, mild and tame, boast, argue, winning, losing, rodeo, competition, bucking bronco, throw, throwed, saddle, brag, bragging
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
51
S. Omar Barker
Vaquero's Valentine
I rode a buckskin pony and she rode a nester's mule.
youth, romance, courtship, courting, girlfriend, boyfriend, dating, Red Canyon school, paper lace, heart, cupid, lizards, lizards, lizard, tease, red hair, lickin', licking, whipped, whipping, school days, Janie, monkeyshines, nester, mule, nesters
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
52
S. Omar Barker
The Wagon
They asked me "What's this Wagon that we hear so much about?
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
53
S. Omar Barker
John Booth's Ride
In Texas on the Trinity, many's the year agone.
neighbors, feud, argue, murder, killing, shooting, death, pistol, gun, shotgun, son, restitution, vengeance
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
54
S. Omar Barker
Canned Termaters
Them old time western cowboys mostly ate what they could git.
tomatoes, grub, chuck, Eagle milk, corn, sardines, cans, vitamins, food, vittles, juicy, cut a can, cooking, appetite, hunger,
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
55
S. Omar Barker
'Druthers
There ain't no other breed of man, around the world and back.
joke, tease, Baldy Timm, die, death, Hell, Devil, mountain, Llano Jim, Texas, Brazos Bill
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
56
S. Omar Barker
Uneducated Leather
They asked me "What is rawhide?" It's the peeling off a steer.
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
57
S. Omar Barker
Key to the Cowboy
You've heard of the cowboy, all booted and spurred.
wild, woolly, hombre, tough, rough, six gun, barroom, blood, hero, stoic, Bitter Crick, Smoky, Slim, heart, feeling
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
59
S. Omar Barker
Cowman's Wife
Now the gal that loves a cowboy might as well make up her mind.
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
60
S. Omar Barker
The Riders
He said he'd rode 'em all the way from Canada on south.
Tex La Rue
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
61
S. Omar Barker
The Unpardonable Sin
There's things that make a cowboy mad.
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
62
S. Omar Barker
A Gal to Spark
I've picked me out a gal to spark, like every feller ort.
courtship, romance, girlfriend, female, love, competition
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
63
S. Omar Barker
Purt Near
They called him "Purt Near Perkins," for unless the booger lied.
pert near, perty near, purty near, pretty near, Lazy S B, Lazy SB, Tom Maginnis, brag, boast, talk, nester, nesters, robbery, steal, stealing, horse thief, borrowing, lie, lying, lynch, hang, hanging
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
64
S. Omar Barker
Swimmin' the Herd
When the crossin's done been scouted, and the Boss says "Boys, she's high.
river crossing, punching cattle, longhorn, spooky, market, going to market, Kansas, leaders, water, fording, death, bravery, girlfriend, threat, love, herd
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
65
S. Omar Barker
The Bad 'Un from the Wild Bunch
He said he'd come from nowhere an' was headed the same place.
The bad one, notches, notched, gun, guns, he wolf, Jones, Devil, pa, temper, lightning draw, Gus, trail, cattle drive, herd, trail boss, stranger, cook, windy, brag, bragging, campfire, Wild Bill Hickok, bedroll, bed roll, bedding, shootout, gunfight, lie, tall tales, hyperbole, exaggeration, windies
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
67
S. Omar Barker
Grass
Strong men have fought and died for gold.
Jason, adventure, sea, King David, quest, song, epic, sheep, cattle, forage, time, history, bloodstained swords of grass
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
68
S. Omar Barker
Rawhide Rooster
The cowboy is a tough galoot.
kill, chop head off, humor
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
68
S. Omar Barker
Braggin' Buckaroo
Whenever you meet a cowpuncher.
bragging, brag, bronc riding, throwed, memory, bronc busting
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
69
S. Omar Barker
Don Coyote
They asked me "What's a coyote?"? It's a Mexkin word that means.
Mexican, prairie, howl, howling, wolf, lobo, yellow eyes, craft, cunning, nature, wildlife, animal
Songs of the Saddlemen
FC 11 B-06
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S. Omar Barker
Husband on Hossback
Before she weds a buckaroo, unless I am mistook.
spouse, slick, second look, pitchin' woo, romance, courtship, love, courting, wedding, clean, bath, spiffed up, slicked up, marriage, grizzled, beard, bristles, unshaven