FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Composer
Call #
Pages
Author
Poem Title
First Lines
Keywords
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
81
Henry Herbert Knibbs
High-Chin Bob
'Way high up in the Mokiones, among the mountain-tops,
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
79
Jack Moore
The Hell-Bound Train
A Texas cowboy lay down on a bar room floor,
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
77
author unknown
Hell in Texas
The Devil we're told in hell was chained,
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
75
Sally White
The Great Round-Up
When I think of the last great round-up,
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
74
author unknown
Greaser Joe's Place
You kin brag of city caffeys and their trout from
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
71
author unknown
The Gol-Darned Wheel
I can take the wildest bronco in the tough old woolly Wes
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
70
Jim Falls
Get Along, Little Dogies
As I walked out one morning for pleasure,
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
69
author unknown
The Gal I Left Behind Me
I struck the trailin seventy-nine,
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
68
N. Howard Thorp
Frijole Beanses
I've cooked you in the strongest gypsum water
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
67
N. Howard Thorp
Forget the East
Oh, Come enride the Western range along with Blue en me
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
66
Jean Beaumondy
Fightin' Mad
I've swum the Colorado where she runs down close to hell
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
65
J. W. Foley
The Fate of the Beef Steer
Hush-a-by, Long Horn, your pards are all sleepin'
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
63
N. Howard Thorp
The End of the Yaqui Trail
Living long lives in Sonora, nested 'mongst mountains high,
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
62
H. Clemons
The Dying Cowboy
"Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie"
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
61
author unknown
The Dreary, Dreary Life
A cowboy's life is a dreary, dreary life,
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
60
Phil Le Noir
Down on the Ol' Bar-G
The boss he took a trip to France,
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
58
author unknown
A Deer Hunt
One pleasant summer day it came a storm of snow
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
57
Len Doran
Dan Taylor
Dan Taylor is a rollicking cuss,
Song of the Cowboys
N. Howard Thorp
FC 11 T-11
55
J.W. Foley
Crossing the Divide
Parson, I'm a maverick, just runnin' loose an' grazin',
Where Old Trails Meet the New on Oregon High Desert
Ramona Turmon and Lona Tankersley Burkhart
FC 11 T-12
15
Ramona Turmon
Horse Training
This animal called a horse, is he friend or foe
Where Old Trails Meet the New on Oregon High Desert
Ramona Turmon and Lona Tankersley Burkhart
FC 11 T-12
16
Lona Tankersley Burkhart
Desert Death
The newcomers come,
Where Old Trails Meet the New on Oregon High Desert
Ramona Turmon and Lona Tankersley Burkhart
FC 11 T-12
17
Ramona Turmon
High Desert
When you mention Oregon most people think of rain
Where Old Trails Meet the New on Oregon High Desert
Ramona Turmon and Lona Tankersley Burkhart
FC 11 T-12
18
Lona Tankersley Burkhart
Arizona Prayer
I pray to God, that I may not die,
Where Old Trails Meet the New on Oregon High Desert
Ramona Turmon and Lona Tankersley Burkhart
FC 11 T-12
19
Ramona Turmon
Ranch Wife
He comes in with muddy feet and says where's dinner
Where Old Trails Meet the New on Oregon High Desert
Ramona Turmon and Lona Tankersley Burkhart
FC 11 T-12
20
Lona Tankersley Burkhart
Daylight
When the curtains of night are push back by nature's hand