Category: Cowboy Poetry

Cowboy Poetry ~ Thanks

By Terri Mason   This poem was written in memory of the late Darryl Vance, whose family gave me his team of Percheron geldings, Pancho and Lefty, after his passing.

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The Railroad Corral 

BY JOSEPH MILLS HANSON (1876-1960)  Oh, we’re up in the morning ere breaking of the day,  The chuck-wagon’s busy, the flapjacks in play;  The herd is astir o’er hillside and

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What’s Christmas to a Cow?

By Baxter Black I know you’ve prob’ly asked yourself, what’s Christmas to a cow? You’ve not! Well maybe, just perchance I’ve got you thinkin’ now, When we march out on

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Cowboy Poetry: A Veteran

He was getting old and paunchy, and his hair was falling fast, And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past. Of a war that he once fought

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Lest We Forget

“Never again,” was the heartfelt motto, “Lest We Forget,” became the Veteran’s Day theme, But the big guns did not long stay silent. And Peace is still a will o’

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Cowboy Poetry

A Bad Half Hour BY CHARLES “BADGER” CLARK Wonder why I feel so restless; Moon is shinin’ still and bright, Cattle all is restin’ easy, But I just kaint sleep

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A Bad Half Hour

By Charles ” Badger” Clark   Wonder why I feel so restless; Moon is shinin’ still and bright, Cattle all is restin’ easy, But I just kaint sleep tonight. Ain’t

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Fire Side

By Fred Miller Gather round the fire, folks I’ll tell to you my tale Of guns an’ stock an’ riders And of moonlight on the trail Of rock an’ rain

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Horse Loggin’, Okanagan

By Bud McKague (1935-2002) In the winter Okanagan In the old days of horse loggin’, When the skid teams come a ‘foggin’, I can hear their tug chains still. And

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Grandma

By Corbett Faulkner   You have always been the best, right from the start. From your crab-apple juice to your sweet butter tarts. I have always wondered but never understood.

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