FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Rodeo Fever: A Collection of Poems Capturing the Spirit of Rodeo

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19

Tom Raley

Makin' a Hand

Rodeoin'...the feelin' in your gut.

Cowboy Verse in the Traditional Style

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5

C. L. Rawlins

The Buckskin Mare

Now some swear by the sorrel and others by the bay.

Western Poems

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41

Col. Charles D. Randolph "Buckskin Bill"

"Texas Jack" Omihudro

I met him in the saddle.

Cowboy Verse in the Traditional Style

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2

C. L. Rawlins

The Desert Cowboy

I've rode the wild expanses, from Rock Springs to the Rim.

Cowboy Verse in the Traditional Style

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3

C. L. Rawlins

The Ballad of Wolfley's Knob

Upon a lonesome hump of rock, Ol' Wolfley pitched his camp.

Portraits and Landscapes: Contemporary Ranch Country Poems

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5

C.L. Rawlins

Mick, Corral Bar, 1978

Leonine, bearded, the prophet disguised.

Horsefeathers

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8

Johnny Ritch

The Night Stage

"Here comes the Stage," a watcher cries.

Horsefeathers

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13

Johnny Ritch

Signs

The elks has gone to whistlin' some.

Draggin' S Ranch Cowpokes

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Ace Reid

Cartoon Collection

Horsefeathers

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20

Johnny Ritch

Out Bull Mountain Way

A place on the plain.

Horsefeathers

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7

Johnny Ritch

Salute to Montana

The plow shall turn your dimming trails.

Horsefeathers

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22

Johnny Ritch

As Was

Then Kelly, the One-Eye, sets into the game?

Horsefeathers

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24

Johnny Ritch

The Sun Worshipper

He prayed to the Sun; I worship God.

Horsefeathers

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25

Johnny Ritch

Grub Pile

Some day some man will write a book.

Horsefeathers

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26

Johnny Ritch

Lo!

Please you, tell my Great White Father.

Horsefeathers

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8

Johnny Ritch

The Forgotten Scout

SEES HIM FIRST a pullin' freight loads from Fort Benton to MacLeod.

Horsefeathers

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50

Johnny Ritch

When Sandy Rides

'Twere Sandy Jones, as rides the range.

Horsefeathers

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54

Johnny Ritch

The Saga of the Soogon

The Ballad of the Sheepherder's quilt.

Horsefeathers

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87

Johnny Ritch

Their Trails are Far Away

There aint a roundup ridin' in all this country now.

Horsefeathers

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93

Johnny Ritch

A Letter

Nothin' new, nothin' excitin'.

Horsefeathers

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53

Johnny Ritch

Low Life Jim

Low Life Jim.

Horsefeathers

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85

Johnny Ritch

When She Comes

When the Springtime comes a lammin' along.

Horsefeathers

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83

Johnny Ritch

Romance in the Gumbo

Annabel lived in the Bad Lands.

Horsefeathers

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81

Johnny Ritch

Rescue

Take for your pards a deck of cards.

Horsefeathers

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77

Johnny Ritch

String Team Joe's Plea

Bill Adams owned the Good Luck Pard.