FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
116
In the Summer of Sixty
In the summer of sixty, as you very well know.
Pike's Peak, farming, ranch, miner
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
118
Max Irwin
A Trip to Salmon
I looked to the North and I looked to the South.
Californians, Siskiyou Mountains, Rogue River, Callapoola Mountains, Long Thomas river
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
120
Frank French
Idaho
They say there is a land.
quartz, gold, plains, mountains, hard times
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
122
Dick Brown
The Dreary Black Hills
Kind folks, you will pity my horrible tale.
Cheyenne, Sitting Bull, Commanche Bill, gold, Crazy Horse
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
124
Hannibal F. Johnson
A Trip to Rapid River
It was on the twenty-fifth of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
126
Just from Dawson
A Dawson City mining man lay dying on the ice.
wind, cold, South Dakota, gold, Deadwood, miner
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
131
The Apex Boarding House
If you'll give your attention and listen to my rhyme.
coffee, tea, Zion biscuits, butter, slapjacks, beef, spuds, pudding, pies, beans, hash, St. George bend
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
132
John A. Stone
An Honest Miner
When first I went to mining, I was uncommon green.
gold, pig, rooster, hens
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
135
John A. Stone
The Happy Miner
I am a happy miner, I love to sing and dance.
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
136
John A. Stone
A Miner's Meeting
When miners get into a row about their mining ground.
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
138
I Want to Make the Riffle
It was an old miner -- pick upon his shoulder.
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
139
Scott Judy and Doc Hammond
We Came to Tamichi
We came to Tamichi in 1880.
mineral
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
140
H.F. Johnson
The Seven Devil Mines
Come all ye bold adventurers.
ore, cayuse, equine, wealthy, lager
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
142
Colorado Home
Oh, give me the hills
drills, silver ore, prospectors, Glenwood
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
145
When I was a Miner, a Hard-Rock Miner
When I was a miner, a hard-rock miner.
hashers, chambermaids, moonshine
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
146
Casey Jones, the Miner
Come all you muckers and gather here.
Burleigh machine, Liberty Bell mine, Ingersoll jackhammer
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
148
Charles E. Winter
The Broken-Hearted Leaser
In a rusty, worn out cabin sat a broken-hearted leaser.
ore, poverty, gold, 'California Socks', silver
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
149
The Belmont Stopes
To all you rustlin' miners.
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
150
I Wandered Today up the Hill, Maggie
I wandered today up the Hill, Maggie.
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
152
The Rustling Song
Well now, I've rustled the High Ore, I've rustled the Bell.
miners, Mountain Con Mine
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
154
Bisbee's Queen
Say, pal, which way are you drifting; how's the cutting down the line?
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
156
Cousin Jack
You ask me for a song, folks.
singing, mining claims, Cornishmen, Irishmen
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
157
I Once was a Carman in the Big Mountain Con
'Twas once in the saddle I used to go dashing.
cowboy, Butte City
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
158
Drill, Ye Miners, Drill!
Every morning after the Con's whistle blows.
cave-in
Songs of the American West
Richard E. Lingenfelter, Richard A. Dwyer and David Cohen
FC 11 L-10
160
Only a Miner Killed in the Breast
Down in the mine, in the dark, dismal drift.
miners, danger, death
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