FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Truth, Lies & Otherwise

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Good Boy?

Now I'm telling you all, there aint no ifs, and or buts,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Pure Terror

Now the beast stood in the corner, his nostrils blowing steam,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Final Foreclosure

Now I don't give a hang about power,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Paradise

Now listen to me boys, I've got a tale to tell,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Mountain Mystery

As I sit here all alone, on this cold wintery night,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

The Mine

Now this feller walked up to my cabin, all loaded down with gear,

Truth, Lies & Otherwise

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Mountain Retreat

In these mountains of Montana, where the pine and aspen grow,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Springtime in the Mountains

From the treetops birds are singing, into the mountain air,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

The Rabbit Hunt

I had my heart all set, on rabbit meat one night,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Lonely Dreams

Up here in the mountains, beneath the big Montana sky,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

The Midnight Monster

It must have been the musty smell, that seemed to fill the room,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

The Coffee Pot

Now up here in the Mountains, it is just as like as not,

Truth, Lies & Otherwise

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Winter in the Mountains

Up here in the Mountains, the silent snow drifts down,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Live Your Life for You

If your life's become a drag, and is filled with sad despair,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Mountain Funeral

Once there was a mountain man, he was nearly eight feet tall,

Truth, Lies & Otherwise

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Big City Hunter

I blinked my eyes in disbelief, when I saw this city slicker,

Truth, Lies & Otherwise

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Tome of the Unknown Writer

Now he was a great writer, a readers delighter,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

The End is the Beginning

Old friends live on in my memory, as do the days of long long ago,

Newest Poems: Western Poems

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Old Stupid

Now the boss hired on his nephew, he said he owed his brother one,

Newest Poems: Western Poems

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

One Final Cure

Now this doctor had went on for years, giving out potions and pills,

Newest Poems: Western Poems

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

Alaska--No More!

Now Alaska is the place to go,

Newest Poems: Western Poems

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

North Dakota Nights

Now if family blood makes one akin,

Newest Poems: Western Poems

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

The North Dakota Fire

Now North Dakota had a library,

Newest Poems: Western Poems

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

It All Adds Up

Now there was a gunslinger, a real humdinger,

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Carl "Skinny" Rowland

The Ideal Woman

Now I had always lived alone, it was a drab and lonely life,