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Whoa!! Wait'l you hear Sam's cowboy
poetry, it'll really rope you in!! Sam wrote a ton
of poetry and soon more of it will be added to this page.
Don't forget to come back and check it out!
Sam wrote hundreds of poems as
a young boy and all throughout his long career and life on the
road. He put some of his favorites in a
written/recorded book of poetry, Ramblers Notebook, 50
years of Scriblin'. The book is currently in
production for re-release and will be available in the summer of
2004. If interested please Cowboy Miner
Productions.
The following poem, Eight
Years Old Comin' Nine, was written by Sam as a boy and was
first published by Hoofs
& Horns Magazine back in the mid 1940's.
It is one of Singin' Sam's most popular poems and my
personal favorite! A nostalgic piece about an old cowpony that
gets traded often and a real tear jerker among the saddle
sore-set.
It's anyone's guess how
old a horse really is between the ages of eight and twelve.
You can be sure that the seller would claim that he just turned,
"Eight." - Singin' Sam
Eight Years
Old, Comin’ Nine
Mister I’m just an old cow horse, my brands been vented many a
time
And every time I was traded, I was Eight Years Old,
Comin’ Nine
Every time I was to be tried out, I’d be curried until
I would shine
Oh so many times this happened, still I was Eight
Years Old, Comin’ Nine
And my owner would get all excited, and give the buyer
a line
He would swear by all that was Holy, I was Eight Years
Old, Comin’ Nine
My health was always the finest, I was always in my
prime
Years and more years drifted by, still I was Eight
Years Old, Comin’ Nine
So what has a poor horse left to do, they won’t even
let him resign
It gets kind of tiresome year after year, to be Eight
Years Old, Comin’ Nine
National Cowboy
Poetry Gathering
At the end
of every January cattle people, rural folks, poets, musicians, gear
makers, western enthusiasts, and urbanites tired of the teeming
city, gather in Elko, Nevada. From Saturday to Saturday the town
welcomes visitors from everywhere to the National Cowboy Poetry
Gathering - a jubilee of conversation, singing, dancing, great hats
and boots, stories, laughing and crying, big steaks, incessant
rhymes, and a galloping cadence that keeps time for a solid week.
The 20th Anniversary of the National Cowboy Poetry
Gathering was recently held January 24 -31, 200
Singin' Sam Agins Scholarship
Poetry was a big part of Sam's
life and he often attended these gatherings back in the early
days to tell his storys, meet up with old friends and watch the
other's perform.
The family of the late Singin'
Sam Agins has established the Singin' Sam Agins Scholarship at the
Western Folklife Center in his memory. Singin' Sam wrote his
first cowboy poem around age 11 and spent the rest of his life
preserving and promoting the ways of the West. This new
scholarship will help bring a young poet or musician to the National
Cowboy Poetry Gathering each year.
To find out more
about the scholarship please contact the Western Folklife
Center.
Mark
your calendars! The 21st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering will be
held from January 22-29, 2005.
For more
great cowboy poetry and information just click on the banner
below!
Looking for a
great cowboy poetry book or need someone to help you publish
one?
Click on the
link below and you won't be disappointed!
Cowboy Miner
Productions was presented with the Academy of Western Artists' Will
Rogers Medallion Award for Outstanding Merit/Excellence in Printing
and Publication for 2004.
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