FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Western Travels and Other Rhymes
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Lysius Gough
A Lonely Trip
'Twas once in February.
Paloduro, canyon, pistol, guns
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Lysius Gough
Home Again
The sun was getting low.
changes, news, pleasures, tombs, family
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Lysius Gough
The Past and Future
Once I owned a noble horse.
prairies, sold, money, school, arithmetic, grammar, composition, college, science
Western Travels and Other Rhymes
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Lysius Gough
The Red Man
The West was once the land of the free.
prairie, home, white man, deer, wild game, buffalo, arrow, hostile
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Lysius Gough
Plowing With a Sulky
One day as I went walking.
soil, ride, field, cow-driving
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Lysius Gough
Only His Share
The cow-boy's life is very rough.
reckless, mischief
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Lysius Gough
Brown Dick
Brown Dick is a pretty horse.
gentle
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Lysius Gough
Different Occupations
Some people fool around and spend their time at leisure.
plow, weaver, granaries, neighbors, friends, hunt, discoveries
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Lysius Gough
Dress and Money
There are many people at the present day.
dressing, riches, wealth, judge, aristocracy, heart, Christian, righteousness
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Lysius Gough
The Lonely Ranch
One night as I went riding.
Grayson county, Wild Cat branch, barn, branding iron, cot, silence
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Lysius Gough
My Picture
One day I went into a hall.
picture
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Lysius Gough
A Love Story
Well as this is to me.
poem, grief, sorrow, friendship
Western Travels and Other Rhymes
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65
Lysius Gough
An Unpleasant Home
It is an unpleasant home.
disagree, children, unkind, despair, whip
Western Travels and Other Rhymes
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Lysius Gough
A Pleasant Home
It is a pleasant home.
agree, children, kind, glad, love, happy, praise
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Lysius Gough
Wild Goose and Buzzard
I'll tell you of my pacing brown.
gentle, kind, tame, herd, swift
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Lysius Gough
Cow Punching For Health
There was a young man of some little cash.
city, boarding house, grub wagon
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Lysius Gough
The Child's Inquiry
Ma, why do men live in the West?
lonesome, wild, work, rest, western land, redskins, perished
Western Travels and Other Rhymes
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Lysius Gough
The Terra Blanco Spring
I'll write a song that you can sing.
clear, cold, drink, pure, water
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Lysius Gough
Sardeen
My old night horse will jump from taw.
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Lysius Gough
Leather Lip
I rose one morning both early and bright.
tough, rough, gentle, slow, limber, trade
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Lysius Gough
My Love is a Cow-Boy
My love is a cow-boy.
friend, faithful, hardship, trouble, gentleman
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Lysius Gough
The Boy's Inquiry
Pa, how are the cow-boys.
roam
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Lysius Gough
Drake, Parson and Tayler
'Twas a noble form that rode Stakepen.
lonely hills, traveling
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Lysius Gough
Plums
The finest plums I ever saw.
Washita, sweet, tree
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Lysius Gough
At A Marriage
Come all you pretty maids.
wedding, bridegroom, bride, handsome, ceremony, oath, band