FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
Date of Items: | 1890-present | Register Prepared by: | Randy Williams and Susan Gross, April 2004 |
Register Updated by: | Randy Williams, 23 December 2009 |
Excel database transfered to MYSQL and uploaded (replacing PHP data): | Colin Jackson, Fall 2010 |
MYSQL database updated: | Randy Williams, January 2012 |
Linear Feet: | 20 |
Historical Note & Provenance
Folk Coll 11 is Utah State University's cowboy poetry collection. The collection, originally created by a generation donation by the L. J. and Mary Skaggs Foundation, includes books gathered during a fieldwork project in the early 1980s to document cowboy poetry in the U.S. west (see Folk Coll 11f). From this important fieldwork project came the impetus for the first Cowboy Poetry Gathering held in January 1985 in Elko, Nevada. Since that time, each January, the Fife Folklore Archives staff take the collection and Access database (that details each book, poem, author, first line and key words), to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering for offsite use. Through University purchases and generation donations from poets and collectors, this collection continues to grow.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of 20 linear feet of books on cowboy poetry, including press and self published works. The collection can be accessed through USU Libraries online catalog.
As well, poem titles and keywords found in each book in the collection are included in the database below. To use, type in the search term. Tip: Try and use an uncommon
word from the poem to ensure less "hits." For instance, if you enter "boots" you will get many hits; but if you enter "bones" you will most liley get fewer "hits" or poems and find the item you seek faster.
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Poetry table.
First Previous Next LastID | Book Title | Composer | Index | Pages | Author | Poem Title | First Lines | Keywords |
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351 | I Was Born in the Night, But Not Last Night | FC 11 C-23 | 35 | Ellie Corrigan | Amos | Speakin' o' drunks, ya gotta hear about. | bath tub, lethal weapon, wound, blood, injury, bandage on the mirror | |
352 | I Was Born in the Night, But Not Last Night | FC 11 C-23 | 37 | Ellie Corrigan | Yesterday | "What are you doin' tonight?" they ask. | children, parent love, family, memories, grandchild | |
353 | I Was Born in the Night, But Not Last Night | FC 11 C-23 | 38 | Ellie Corrigan | Rowdy and the Rafter Heart | We have a sure enough buckaroo on the Rafter Heart. | experience, love for horses, whiskey, silver teeth, hard worker, reliable, cowboy | |
354 | I Was Born in the Night, But Not Last Night | FC 11 C-23 | 40 | Ellie Corrigan | It's Tough When It's Like That | When you think you've got it handled. | bronc, roping, whiskey | |
355 | I Was Born in the Night, But Not Last Night | FC 11 C-23 | 41 | Ellie Corrigan | The Whopper | A couple a fellers deserted their job. | fishing, fat lady, playing a trick, anger, furious, rage, river | |
356 | I Was Born in the Night, But Not Last Night | FC 11 C-23 | 49 | Ellie Corrigan | Sleigh Bells and Panic | It's Christmas time in Jackson. | cold, snow, Santa Claus, trick, child, curiosity | |
357 | I Was Born in the Night, But Not Last Night | FC 11 C-23 | 47 | Ellie Corrigan | Chicken Feed | An old outsider stood by a big stump. | hen, town girl, nest, wound, cluck, chickens | |
358 | I Was Born in the Night, But Not Last Night | FC 11 C-23 | 45 | Ellie Corrigan | Fresh Meat | It's a long old time from winter to spring. | hunting trick, snow, elk, sky, crash | |
359 | I Was Born in the Night, But Not Last Night | FC 11 C-23 | 43 | Ellie Corrigan | America, The Toddler | She was off across the ocean, on the other side of hell. | outlaw, slaves, homeland, puritans, pilgrims, England, ancestors, Colonies, freedom, battle | |
360 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 9 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | Echoes | In my sleeping bag I nestle. | nature, sound | |
361 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 11 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | Greetings from Wyoming | Greetings from Wyoming where skies are wide and blue. | nature, animals, plants, beauty, seasons | |
362 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 13 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | A One Room Country School | I can hear the school bell ringing. | memories, eight grades, friendship, school | |
363 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 15 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | Popo Agie | From its lofty frozen birthplace. | Sinks Canyon, river, water, tamed river | |
364 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 16 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | An Echo of the Past | Ancient Man once roaming freely. | simplicity, shelter, modern times | |
365 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 16 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | A Toast to the Man in the Little Green House | To the little green house just under the hill. | house warming | |
366 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 17 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | Time Brings Change | The old cowhand sat at a table. | memories, age, retirement, profit, business | |
367 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 19 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | The Cowhand | He sits his pony with grace and ease. | friendship | |
368 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 21 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | My Grandmother's Attic | In my grandmother's attic I like to play. | remnants, old times, new generation | |
369 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 23 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | Sego Lily | Sego Lily, Sego Lily. | memories, reflections | |
370 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 24 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | Doggerel | Two coyotes sat on a windy hill. | debate, lamb, ewe | |
371 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 24 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | A Cowboy Without a Hat | A cowboy without a hat is like a tail without a cat. | hat, clothing | |
372 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 25 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | Range Tragedy | You were riding after cattle. | wire, injury, friendship | |
373 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 39 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | Roads | Roads like ribbons have been laid. | travel | |
374 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 37 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | An Oft Told Tale in Rhyme | The year was 1915 more than sixty years ago when Calvert said. | Wamsutter, Adams Ranch, drive horses, journey, Dailey's Lake, Bison Basin, Ellis Ranch, Sweetwater, Twin Creek, Derby Dome, Christmas | |
375 | Echoes of the West | FC 11 C-24 | 36 | Idabell Corbett Cramer | Wild Flowers | The wild rose grows by the ditch bank. | nature, landscape, beauty |