FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
105
Kenneth D. Gardner
Grandma and the Death Valley Outhouse
The wind was blowin' gentle when Grandma got the call. There warn't no indoor plumbin', jest an outhouse, that was all.
Sleepin' in the Bunkhouse
FC 11 G-32
108
Kenneth D. Gardner
Trail
We stand at the edge of the evening, At the rim of our mesa day, And gaze into canyons of darkness That stretch forever away.
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
15
Berton Braley
Over the Top
In the little pause when the drum fire stops before the whistles blow, When a fellow's heart to his boot heels drops and the seconds tick off show,
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
16
Berton Braley
Names
Call him Sammy or call him Jack, Call him Johnny or Ted or Mac,
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
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19
Berton Braley
"B" Division
When we heard our country calling us we volunteered for service;
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
21
Berton Braley
Chow
You may mutter and swear at the Reveille call With its "Can't get 'em up in the morning,"
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
23
Berton Braley
Hiking (Heavy Marching Order)
"One-Two-Three-Four." Some-hike! Some-hike!
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
25
Berton Braley
Drill
Gosh, but I'm tired of drill! Clumping all over the lot, ("Right shoulder--humph! Left shoulder--humph!") Dusty and sweaty and hot.
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
29
Berton Braley
The Colt
"Colt" is the name that surely fits This weapon's every action,
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
31
Berton Braley
The Grind
Oh! You grumble and yawn as you wake up at dawn Or maybe an hour or two prior,
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
33
Berton Braley
Turnabout
To-day I am only a private That every one orders about;
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
35
Berton Braley
Education
Believe me, hereafter, whenever I meet A chap who is digging a ditch in the street I'll bring up my hand and salute!
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
37
Berton Braley
The Breaking Point
There's a feud between Kelly and Klaw, They sputter like steaks on a grid,
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
41
Berton Braley
The Recruit
I used to wake up with a sticky tongue And an eye that was dull and red,
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
43
Berton Braley
The Old Top Sergeant
Twenty years of the army, of drawing a sergeant's pay And helping the West Point shavetails, fresh from the training school,
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
46
Berton Braley
"K.P."
Ah! Kitchen Police is the duty that creases A lot of new lines in your brow; It keeps a guy hustling when detailed for rustling The daily allowance of chow.
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
48
Berton Braley
Jacks of All Trades
Uncle Sam reached out and took us, so of course we went and came To his school of preparation for the military game;
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
51
Berton Braley
The Comb Band
Oh! We love the gay Victrola in the watches of the night And we sit about and listen to its records with delight,
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
53
Berton Braley
The Slicker
Oh! The Slicker makes a dicker for a u-ne-form That's the very latest style and cut;
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
55
Berton Braley
Ambition (Aviation Corps)
I have studied hard in the engine class And with math I have racked my brain,
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
59
Berton Braley
The Doughboy
He kicks about his sergeant And kicks about his chow,
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
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61
Berton Braley
War Songs
Oh! The songs that thrill the trenches are songs that start the feet Into keeping time and measure with their syncopated beat,
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
62
Berton Braley
Artillery
Guns! Guns! Guns! In the battle to-day they're the ones;
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
64
Berton Braley
The Rooter
Jim Fisher was a shiftless duck Who had but little to his credit,
In Camp And Trench: Songs of the Fighting Forces
FC 11 B-55
67
Berton Braley
Thanksgiving Somewhere in France
I'm sittin' here in a muddy trench Somewhere on the Flanders line,