FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
90
Wesley Beggs
The Old Slop Mule at Deer Lodge
I am a good old working mule.
work, harness
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
93
Wesley Beggs
Malugian at Great Falls Goes to the Circus and Tries to Ride a Trick Mule
Well, wife, I've landed here at last, and the town it looks all right.
circus, parade, elephant, clown
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
97
Wesley Beggs
On Mount Powell, Montana
We climbed Mt. Powell's rocky slope.
prison
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
98
Wesley Beggs
The Boys at Billings
Talk about your pitching horses.
Montana
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
100
Wesley Beggs
Farewell, Titanic, Proud Ship of the Sea
Gone is the great Titanic, gone to the home of the brave.
sinking ship, death, drowning, iceberg, watery grave
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
101
Wesley Beggs
The Knot That Hands Have Tied
When love goes thumping through your heart.
romance, infatuation, marriage, divorce
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
102
Wesley Beggs
The Old Stockade Corral
There's a happy time a-coming.
Bridger, Absarokee, Chinook, spring, seasons, nature, city, country
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
105
Wesley Beggs
In Those Old Round-Up Days
I left my home a wandering lad.
youth, roundup, mother, father, family, parent, aging, growing up
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
108
Wesley Beggs
Down at the Alamo
A solemn thought comes o'er me.
song, Texas, Brazos, Lone Star state, Rio Grande, Sam Houston
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
110
Wesley Beggs
The Cowboy's Wild Song to His Herd
One beautiful night when the moon was full.
mother, home, night, peace, memories
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
111
Wesley Beggs
The Rustler Gets the Blame
There's a big boy up on Bridger.
loco weed, feed, cattle, rustling
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
112
Wesley Beggs
Getting My Old Calf Pants Washed
I send you in my old calf pants.
rot, clothes, clothing, smell, odor, stink, wash, clean, cleaning
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
113
Wesley Beggs
Early Days of the Cherokee Strip
These verses I have written I hope you all will read.
gold, gold dust, boomer, boomers, spring, springtime
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
116
Wesley Beggs
Stolen Shoe Strings
There is a thief, a sneaking thief.
theft, steal, stealing, shoelaces, belief, God, afterlife
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
121
Wesley Beggs
Naming the Baby
Put on your brand new calico.
Tute, Tutie, baby boy
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
124
Wesley Beggs
The Tar Daubers of Shady Bend, Kansas
To the Shady Bend tar daubers.
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
125
Wesley Beggs
A Stampede in North Dakota
Talk about your milling cattle and stampede on the plains.
home, weather, storm, Wadsworth Brothers, punching cattle
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
129
Wesley Beggs
When Lillie Roundup Throws Her Rope
When Lillie Roundup throws her rope.
roping, female, roper, horse, girl, cowgirl
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
132
Wesley Beggs
Montana, the Gem of the West
I will sing of Montana, the gem of the West.
song, Treasure State, pride, proud, sun, water, Angel of Peace
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
135
Wesley Beggs
Drifting Around
Perhaps you have run on the ranges of sin.
belief, doubt, God, religion, soul, despair, hope
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
136
Wesley Beggs
The Wife That I Loved So Well
Across the hills of sorrow.
song, prison, jail, penitentiary, family, home, wife, mother, children, friends, sweetheart, love, roam, roaming, loss, alone, lonely, loneliness
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
141
Wesley Beggs
A Happy Home, 1892
We in our happy home, dear wife.
love, time, past, life, hardship, marriage, death, children
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
144
Wesley Beggs
The Darkies Are Leaving Oklahoma
Oh, the darkies am offended.
Blacks, ethnic, Negro, race, racial prejudice, song, country, United States, America, pickaninnies, pickaninney
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
146
Wesley Beggs
For That Bronk Will Throw His Rider Away Out in Beulah Land
Away out in the country on the far Pacific slope.
Ireland, female, cowgirl, song, bronc, cayuse, peace and rest, Hannah
Rhymes from the Rangeland
FC 11 B-09
148
Wesley Beggs
The Land That I Love, or the Roundup Coming Through
I am going away to the land that I love.
song, Oklahoma, home, the beautiful land, nature, past, change, longhorn