FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Author
Poem Title
First Lines
Keywords
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
89
Will Carleton
The House Where We Were Wed
I've been to the old farmhouse, good wife.
vows, marriage
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
91
Will Carleton
The Mother's Return
The white-winged Winter storm swept swiftly past.
death, mother, children, home
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
96
Will Carleton
How Jamie Came Home
Come, Mother, set the kettle on.
war, son
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
101
Will Carleton
The Clang of the Yankee Reaper
The clang of the Yankee reaper.
grain, England
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
105
Will Carleton
Why Should They Kill My Baby?
Why should they kill my baby?
assassination, President Garfield
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
107
Will Carleton
The Old Man Meditates
Nay, Maggie, let my old-style fancies be.
grandfather, grandchild, memories, progress, meditation
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
117
Will Carleton
Apple Blossoms
Underneath an apple tree sat a maiden and her lover.
proposal, courtship
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
119
Will Carleton
Apples Growing
Underneath an apple tree sat a dame of comely seeming.
wife, mother, marriage
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
121
Will Carleton
The Christmas Tree
Where grows the Christmas tree.
Christmas, holiday, Christmas tree
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
125
Will Carleton
Autumn Days
Yellow, mellow, ripened days.
autumn, fall
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
120
Will Carleton
The Fading Flower
There is a chillness in the air.
death, winter
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
128
Will Carleton
Picnic Sam
You youngsters who haven't heard of Picnic Sam.
Picnic Sam
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
137
Will Carleton
One and Two
If you to me be cold or I be false to you.
love, companionship
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
139
Will Carleton
Death Doomed
They're taking me to the gallows, mother -- they mean to hang me high.
Allen Bayne, hanging, gallows
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
141
Will Carleton
Up the Line
Through blinding storm and clouds of night.
railroad
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
143
Will Carleton
Forward
The beast that counts a heart can feel it beat.
progress
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
146
Will Carleton
The Ship Builder
Across the foaming, word lashed sea of thought.
ship, ship builder
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
149
Will Carleton
How We Kept the Day
The great procession came up the street.
Independence Day, 4th of July
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
154
Will Carleton
Our Army of the Dead
By the edge of the Atlantic, where the waves of Freedom roar.
army, war, nation, America
Farm Ballads
FC 11 C-02
156
Will Carleton
Mending the Old Flag
In the silent gloom of a garret room.
flag, stars and stripes, America
Cowboy Lyrics
FC 11 C-03
11
Robert V. Carr
The End of the Trail
'Tween the old time and the new, I have sung heart songs of you.
progress
Cowboy Lyrics
FC 11 C-03
15
Robert V. Carr
The Old Cowboy's Lament
The range's filled up with farmers an' there's fences ev'rywhere.
progress, fences, passing of an age
Cowboy Lyrics
FC 11 C-03
16
Robert V. Carr
The Irrigator
Was ridin' down a-past his place.
irrigation, mud, garden
Cowboy Lyrics
FC 11 C-03
17
Robert V. Carr
The Smell of the Sage Brush in the Mornin'
Oh, the old, red sun is risin' an' the air is clean an' fine.
sagebrush, morning, perfume, scent
Cowboy Lyrics
FC 11 C-03
19
Robert V. Carr
Father and Son
His tough old dad was wont to drive.
father, son, sissy, bully, modern dude