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A Selection
of Cowboy Christmas Books and Recordings
Mostly
Poetry and Stories
Christmas Waltz, Buck Ramsey
A Charlie
Creek Christmas
&
Other Wint'ry
Tales of the West, D. W. Groethe
Cowboy
Christmas Mem'ries, Red Nichols and Gene O'Quinn
Wilbur's Christmas Gift, Rodney Nelson
A Cowboy's Night Before Christmas, Waddie Mitchell
Christmas Poems, Waddie
Mitchell
Christmas Tractor, Cindy Ladage and Jane
Aumann
A Cowboy Christmas, Anne
Tempelman-Kluit (editor)
Colors of Christmas, Diane Tribitt
Mostly
Music
A Cow Camp Christmas,
Red Steagall
Christmas for Cowboys,
Wylie Gustafson
Home for
the Holidays, Stephanie Davis
Our First Noel, Belinda Gail, Curly Musgrave, Kip Calahan, and
R.W. Hampton
The Christmas Trail, with Sons
of the San Joaquin, Rich O'Brien, Don Edwards, Waddie
Mitchell, Michael Martin Murphey, Cowboy Celtic, Peter Rowan, Kelly Willis,
and Norman Blake
Merry Christmas (from
Our Camp to Yours) by Jean Prescott, Chris Isaacs, Buck Ramsey, Sky
Shivers, and
Andy Wilkinson
Christmas in the West with Sons
of the San Joaquin, Herb Jeffries, Don Edwards, Suzy Bogguss, Waddie
Mitchell, Michael Martin Murphey, Riders in the Sky and Marty Robbins
An Ordinary Christmas, Andy Wilkinson
Cowboy Christmas,
Michael Martin Murphey
Cowboy Christmas III by Michael Martin Murphey
Acoustic Christmas Carols, Michael Martin Murphey
Christmas the Cowboy Way, by Riders in the Sky
Christmas in the Country by Joni Harms
Mostly
Poetry and Stories
Christmas
Waltz, Buck Ramsey
This beautiful poem by one of
the greatest Cowboy Poets is presented in a small hardcover book. The book is now out-of-print. Read the poem here.
Available at Amazon
and The Western
Folklife Center
A Charlie
Creek Christmas & Other Wint'ry Tales of the West by
D. W. Groethe
This book is a work of art
in words and illustration, with hand-lettered poems, and black and white and hand-colored illustrations by Scott Nelson and D. W.
Groethe. It includes 7 poems, including A
Charlie Creek Christmas.
Available for $10 postpaid from:
D. W. Groethe
PO Box 144
Bainville, MT 59212
Cowboy Christmas Mem'ries by Rod Nichols
and Gene O'Quinn
This CD of Christmas Cowboy
Poetry, Cowboy Christmas Mem'ries
"invites the listener to travel back to a simpler time and observe
Christmas with the Cowboy as written by Rod Nichols and read by Gene O'Quinn." See our review here.
Poems included are:
Christmas Mornin' Coffee
Christmas
Round the Campfire
A
Cowboy Christmas Carol
Christmas
at the Bunkhouse
The Storekeep's Christmas
Christmas at Miz Mary's
Christmastime in Texas
A
Christmas Mem'ry
The Christmas Story
Cutter Bill's Bar
Ol' Ebb
Christmas Without Snow
Christmas at Line Camp
Rockin' Horse Cowboy
with
Billy Curtis on guitar and John Pickul on harmonica
Available from: rodnichols@hotmail.com
A
Cowboy Christmas, edited by Anne Tempelman-Kluit
A collection of stories and
poetry, with poems by S. Omar Barker and others, including David
Kelley; stories by Will James, Charles A. Siringo, Andy Adams, Roy Rogers
and others; "Stubby Pringle's Christmas" by Jack Schaefer; recipes
and much more in a 134-page softcover book.
Available at Amazon
and other outlets
Wilbur's Christmas Gift, by Rodney
Nelson
A touching poem in a hardcover
book from two North Dakota ranchers. Written by poet Rodney Nelson with
illustrations by Scott Nelson, and dedicated to "all mothers who have
taught their children the importance of a gift—whether big or small, given or
received."
Available for $10.00 plus
$2.50 postage from Rodney Nelson, 4905 44th St., Almont, ND 58520
701/843-8081
A
Cowboy's Night Before Christmas, Waddie Mitchell
An original poem in a small
hardcover book.
Available at SilverCreek
Music and Books, Amazon,
The
Western Folklife Center, Gibbs-Smith
and other sources
Christmas
Poems by Waddie Mitchell
Poems from Waddie's annual
Christmas cards, with Illustrations by Larry Butte..
Available at Waddie
Mitchell's Western Jubilee site, The
Western Folklife Center, Amazon,
and other sources
Christmas Tractor by
Cindy Ladage and Jane Aumann
The third collaboration by Jane
Aumann and Cindy Ladage, this children's
book is about a "too-little" girl who wants to help get the family
tractor ready for the Christmas parade.
Available
at Cindy Ladage's web site
Colors of Christmas, by
Diane Tribitt
Minnesota rancher Diane Tribitt
describes this children's coloring book as a "Christmas poem I
wrote about a little girl named Johanna, as she discovers the
meaning behind the colors used at Christmas time, along with
biblical references to these colors. Every coloring book page also
has a corresponding page with lines for the child to write their
thoughts and a place to draw their own pictures."
The book is illustrated by Corbett Vanoni.
Available
for $10 postpaid from Diane Tribitt, 38034 193rd Street,
Hillman, MN 56338,
www.dianetribitt.com;
She suggests that the fastest way to order is to call
her:
320-277-3389.
Mostly
Music
Top singer, songwriter, and Texas Poet Laureate
Red Steagall launches the Christmas season
with a CD of poetry and music, A Cow Camp Christmas. Red
comments on his first commercial seasonal album, "It includes songs from
some of America's great musical and lyrical minds and it is held together by
the musical talents of some of the finest musicians..." It includes three
poems, including the late Ray Owens' "When the
Parson Went to Church" and S. Omar Barker's
"Cowboy's Christmas Prayer," and seven songs from songwriters including
RW Hampton, Andy Wilkinson,
Fletcher Jowers, and the late
Larry McWhorter's "I'll Meet You at the
Throne." Musicians include Rich and Valerie O'Brien. See the entire track
list here and visit
www.RedSteagall.com for more
information.
A Cow Camp Christmas
is available for $16.95 plus postage from
here from Red Steagall's mercantile.
Winner of the
Western Heritage Wrangler Award
from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
Christmas for Cowboys by
Wylie Gustafson (of Wylie & the Wild
West) brims with singular spirit. The thoughtfully chosen
traditional songs are delivered with inspired reverence, dazzling style,
and, of course, a bit of yodeling. Wylie's masterful interpretations of
familiar and lesser known songs shine with the true joy, grace, and
meaning of the season.
1. Go Tell it on the
Mountain
2. Christmas for Cowboys
3. In the Bleak Midwinter
4. Behold that Star
5. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
6. Christmas Time’s a Coming
7. Silent Night
8. The Gifts They Gave
9. O Little Town of Bethlehem
10. Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
At Wylie's
web site,
you can listen to track samples and find order information for
Christmas for Cowboys.
Home for the Holidays, Stephanie Davis
Recluse Records and Stephanie
Davis proudly present "Home For The Holidays," a warm and
wonderful collection of classic and original holiday favorites, as only
Stephanie can sing them. Her charming, refreshing vocals, combined
with the masterful touches of Texas' finest musicians, make for a rich and
soulful musical experience. Co-producer Bobby Flores and veteran
engineer Bobby Arnold (Neil Young, Doug Sahm, Willie Nelson) offer their
incredible talents, and the inimitable Ray Price makes a guest appearance on
Stephanie's own destined-to-be-a-classic, "All I Want For Christmas Is
You." Stephanie also offers up a beautiful rendition of her
song "The Gift", which has been recorded by Garth Brooks and
others, and is becoming a standard at church and school holiday programs
around the globe.
1. Santa Claus Is Coming To
Town
2. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
3. All I Want for Christmas Is You (w Ray Price)
4. (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays
5. The Gift
6. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
7. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
8. The Diamond O
9. I'll Be Home For Christmas
10. Wondrous Light
11. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
Order from Stephanie Davis' web
site or CD Baby.
Our First Noel, Belinda
Gail, Curly Musgrave, Kip Calahan, and
R.W. Hampton
1. Two Step Round the Christmas
Tree / Belinda Gail/Curly Musgrave
2. This Year My Christmas Wish is Mexico / Kip Calahan
3. Long Canyon Christmas / RW Hampton
4. Mary Did You Know / Belinda Gail
5. Christmas Cookies / Curly Musgrave
6. The Meaning of Christmas / Kip Calahan
7. Mary's Little Boy Child / RW Hampton
8. Till The Season Comes Round Again / Curly Musgrave
9. Cowboy Christmas Eve / Kip Calahan
10. Wrapped In Glory / Curly Musgrave/Belinda Gail
11. When My Heart Finds Christmas / RW Hampton
12. What Child is This / Belinda Gail
13. Once Upon a Christmas / Kip Calahan, Belinda Gail, RW Hampton, Curly
Musgrave
14. Traditional Christmas Medley / Kip Calahan, Belinda Gail, RW Hampton, Curly
Musgrave
Belinda
Gail offers a Christmas
Special for orders received by December 20, 2005:
1 - 4 CDs - $15.00 each postage paid;
5 or more CDs - $12.00 each postage paid;
Special Fan Club Price - $10.00 each postage paid. Contact Belinda Gail,
2120 E. Harvard Ct,
Visalia, CA 93292 / 559 733-0808 / cell 559 786-4872 / email: BGailSings@aol.com.
Visit Belinda Gail's web
site for more information.
The CD is also available
from RW Hampton's site and
Kip Calahan's site.
The Christmas Trail from Western Jubilee
1. It Came Upon A
Midnight Clear - Sons of the San Joaquin
2. Ridin' Up the Christmas Trail - Don Edwards
3. Silent Night - Rich O'Brien
4. A Cowboy's Night Before Christmas - Waddie
Mitchell
5. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Cowboy Celtic
6. Cowboy Christmas Ball - Michael Martin Murphey
7. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Don Edwards and Peter Rowan
8. Here Comes Santa Claus - Rich O'Brien
9. Away In A Manger - Wylie Gustafson &
Kelly Willis
10. Christmas Letter - Waddie Mitchell
11. O Holy Night - Sons of the San Joaquin
12. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Cowboy Celtic
13. Everyday is Christmas In The West - Don Edwards with Norman Blake
Available for $15 plus postage
from Western
Jubilee
Merry
Christmas (from Our Camp to Yours), Jean
Prescott, Chris
Isaacs, Buck Ramsey, Sky Shivers
1. A Cowboy
Christmas Prayer
2. The Gift
3. Silent
Night
4. Christmas
Waltz
5. A
Cowgirl's Christmas Wish
6. The
Christmas Song 7. Luke, Chapter 2, Verses 1-19
8. Mary's
Lullaby
9. White
Christmas
10. The Christmas Pageant
11. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Available from Jean
Prescott's web site.
An
Ordinary Christmas, by Andy Wilkinson
A unique "celebration of death and
rebirth" from a master. Read more including reviews
at Andy
Wilkinson's web site.
All songs written by Andy Wilkinson:
1. Ground-tied
2. When the Cottonwoods are Yellow
3. The Letting-go of Leaves
4. Both Sides of Living
5. Vin Santo
6. The Morning Side of Winter
7. Hot Coffee
8. The Day of the Christmas Ball
9. Coffee at Camp on a Christmas Eve
10, We Angels Sang to the Shepherd Boys
11. Christmas on the Palo Duro
12, Christmas Medley
13. The Prayer that Stilled the Radio
14. The Longest Night of the Year
15. An Ordinary Christmas
16. The Tumbleweed Christmas Tree
17. After the Tree is Down
18. I Am Lifted
19. Into the Spring
20. Snowin' again in Lubbock
With Barry Corbin and musicians Tina Carraway, Joe Carr, Steve Cooper, Alan
Crossland, Pernie Fallon, Mark
Gillespie, Rusty Hudelson, Kenny Maines, Lloyd Maines, Haillye Miller,
LaTronda Moyers, Alan Munde, Cori Lynn Ross, Lesley Sawyer, Cody Seaton,
George Stelluto, Jordan Walker, Lucky, and Andy Wilkinson
Available from
YellowHouseMusic.com
Christmas in the West with Sons of the San Joaquin, Herb
Jeffries, Don Edwards, Suzy Bogguss, Waddie Mitchell, Michael Martin
Murphey, Riders in the Sky and Marty Robbins
1. Sleigh Ride/Jingle Bells Medley
2. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
3. Deck The Halls
4. Everyday Is Christmas In The West
5. Silent Night
6. Jolly Old St. Nicholas/The Christmas Letter
7. Winter Wonderland
8. White Christmas
9. Away In A Manger
10, I'll Be Home For Christmas
Available from
Don
Edwards' site
Cowboy
Christmas III by Michael Martin Murphey
1. Are You Going Home For Christmas?
2. The Old Times Christmas
3. Draggin In The Christmas Tree
4. The Kill Pen
5. Doc's Morning Star Ranch Christmas Trilogy
6. The Cowboy Christmas Prayer
7. The Night Before Cowboy Christmas
8. Riding The River STYX
Available at
Michael
Martin Murphey's site
Cowboy
Christmas, Michael Martin Murphey
1. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day/Old Time
Christmas
2. Jolly Old St. Nicholas/The Christmas Letter
3. The Creak of the Leather
4. Christmas on the Line
5. Sleigh Ride/Jingle Bells
6. The Christmas Trail
7. Merry Texas Christmas to you All
8. Ridin' Home on Christmas Eve
9. Corn, Water, and Wood
10. The Cowboy Christmas Ball
11. Polka Medley: Good King Wenceslas/Under the
Double Eagle/Redwing/Golden Slippers
12. Christmas Cowboy Style
13. The Santa Claus Schottische/Up on the House
Top/The Sweetheart Schottische/Oh Susannah/
Up on the House Top
14. Two-Step 'Round the Christmas Tree
15. Two Step Medley: Cotton-eyed Joe/Deck the
Halls/Buffalo Gals//Soldier's Joy/The Girl I left Behind Me/
Deck the Halls
16. Log Cabin Home in the Sky
17. Waltz Medley: O Christmas Tree/Put Your Little
Foot/Westfalia Waltz/Over the Waves/O Christmas Tree L
18. Pearls in the Snow
19. Good Night Ladies/Auld Lang Syne/The Christmas
Dance
Available at
Michael
Martin Murphey's site and
Amazon
and other outlets
Acoustic
Christmas Carols, Michael Martin Murphey
1. Home, Sweet Home
2. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
3. The First Noel
4. In The Bleak Midwinter
5. 'Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime
6. Away In A Manger
7. Joy To The World
8. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
9. We Three Kings
10. Go Tell It On The Mountain
11. Silent Night
12. What Child Is This
13. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
14. Home, Sweet Home (Reprise)
Available at
Michael
Martin Murphey's site,
Amazon
and other sources
Christmas
the Cowboy Way, by Riders in the Sky
1. Corn,
Water And Wood
2. Let It Snow/The Last Christmas
Medley You'll Ever Need To Hear
3. The Christmas Yodel
4. Sidemeat's Christmas Ball
5. The Prairie Dog Christmas Ball
6. The Friendly Beasts
7. Virgen Maria
8. I'll Be Home For Christmas
9. An Old Fashioned Christmas Polka
10. The Twelve Days Of Cowboy Christmas
11. Just Put A Ribbon In Your Hair
12. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Available from the Riders
in the Sky site, Amazon,
and other sources
Christmas in the
Country by Joni Harms
1. Going Home
2. White Whiskers
3. The Little Gray Donkey
4. I'll Be Wearing Your Ring
5. Christmas in the Country
6. King of Kings
7. Cowboy Christmas
8. The Gift
9. You Can Have a Merry Christmas
10. Remember What It's All About
Available from
Joni Harms' web site and other sources
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our
daily Christmas celebration, where we add
new poetry, news, and features every day during the season.
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