Cowboy Poetry Classics

In bunkhouses, bars, and hotels and around campfires and corrals, cowboy poetry flourished during its golden age between 1905 and 1935. Impelled by the development of the cowboy hero in print and on film and the idea that a unique way of life was fast disappearing, writers—cowboys and non-cowboys alike—began memorializing life on the range. The widespread popularity of these poems captured the spirit and adventure of life in the American West. Produced in conjunction with the Western Folklife Center and featuring the recitations of many popular performers from the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, this remarkable collection brings new vitality to the poetry and voices of these American icons.

Track Listing

101	Epilogue by Carlos Ashley Baxter Black	00:15
102	The Sierry Petes by Gail Gardner Gail Steiger	02:47
103	A Cowboy's Soliloquy by D. J. O'Malley Wallace McRae	01:58
104	The Smell of Rain by Sharlot Hall Virginia Bennett	01:58
105	El Corrido de Kiansas Anastacio Castillo	03:25
106	A Cowboy's Dance Song by James Barton Adams Glenn Ohrlin	02:27
107	When You're Throwed by Bruce Kiskaddon Sunny Hancock	01:59
108	Our Last RIde by Rhoda Sivell Echo Roy	01:39
109	Forgotten by Bruce Kiskaddon Ross Knox	01:54
110	Where the Ponies Come to Drink by Henry Herbert Knibbs Tom Sharpe	02:17
111	Purt Near! by S. Omar Barker Peggy Godfrey	03:39
112	The Old Night Hawk by Bruce Kiskaddon J. B. Allen	05:23
113	From Town by Charles Badger Clark John Dofflemyer	02:31
114	The Moonshine Steer by Gail Gardner Georgie Sicking	02:22
115	Rain on the Range by S. Omar Barker Bill Wood	02:22
116	Bob Sears' Chili Joint by Carlos Ashley Red Steagall	01:16
117	They Keep A-Stealing on You in the Night by Rhoda Sivell Doris Daley	01:41
118	The Strawberry Roan by Curley Fletcher Ray Lashley	03:35
119	When They've Finished Shippin' Cattle in the Fall by Bruce Kiskaddon Waddie Mitchell	05:34
120	The Smoke-Blue Plains by Charles Badger Clark Elizabeth Ebert	01:42
121	Boomer Johnson by Henry Herbert Knibbs Randy Rieman	02:37
122	In the Droving Days by A. B. "Banjo" Paterson Milton Taylor	05:01
123	The Legend of Boastful Bill by Charles Badger Clark Paul Zarzyski	03:17
124	Anthem by Buck Ramsey Joel Nelson	05:46