Sun and Saddle Leather
Charles Badger Clark
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Cowboy Poetry began as a 19th Century Performance Art staged around a crackling campfire, referencing tall tales and personal stories, lost girlfriends, and love of the vast unboundaried West. It was best accompanied by a hot tin cup of boiled coffee, dunked biscuits, and beef jerky. The rhymed couplets were easy to remember, and once the day's drive was done, everybody had a few hours to listen to friends and wonder at the stars. Badger Clark gave voice and record to this unique American folk art, and built on it to express his own creative genius. He was declared the first Poet Laureate of South Dakota, or as he liked to say, “Poet Lariat.” Summary by Ed Humpal (1 hr 9 min)
Kapitel
Preface | 9:18 | Gelesen von Eileen Tipping |
Ridin' | 2:37 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Song of the Leather | 2:14 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
A Bad Half Hour | 2:08 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
From Town | 2:35 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
A Cowboy's Prayer | 2:20 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Christmas Trail | 2:43 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
A Border Affair | 2:10 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Bunk-House Orchestra | 2:12 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Outlaw | 2:03 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Legend of Boastful Bill | 3:03 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Tied Maverick | 2:18 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Roundup Lullaby | 3:04 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Trail o' Love | 2:15 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
Bachin' | 2:16 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Glory Trail | 3:01 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
Bacon | 1:44 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Lost Pardner | 2:43 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
God's Reserves | 2:59 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Married Man | 3:20 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Old Cow Man | 2:47 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Plainsmen | 3:09 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Westerner | 2:32 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
The Wind is Blowin' | 1:45 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |
On Boot Hill | 1:51 | Gelesen von Ed Humpal |