FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
87
Arthur Chapman
The Mother Lode
In vain have the hunters of gold.
search for gold, death, prospector, golden key, ambition, greed, human race
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
88
Arthur Chapman
The Meeting
When walkin' down a city street.
pavement, sagebrush, brand, smell
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
90
Arthur Chapman
Before the Gringo Came
Before the Gringo came, senor.
past, happiness, castanets, music, fandango, grief, regret, change
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
91
Arthur Chapman
Men in the Rough
Men in the rough -- on the trails all new-broken.
friends, comrades, friendship, everlasting bonds
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
66
Arthur Chapman
At the Outpost
Men of the lonely places.
isolation, nature, comrades, sheepdog, dreams
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
64
Arthur Chapman
The Sheepman's Plaint
Cowboys are allus doin'.
trouble, competition, unfamous, dislike
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
62
Arthur Chapman
The Sheepherder's Lament
The cowboy has his bunkie.
isolation, loneliness, nester, city man, bunkmate, nesters
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
61
Arthur Chapman
The Sheep-Herder
Across the stream, from hill and plain.
patience, peaceful, night
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
59
Arthur Chapman
The War-Horse Buyers
Twenty of us ridin' bronks, headed for the war.
saddle men, horses, top-hands, artillery, cavalry, powder smoke,
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
58
Arthur Chapman
The Pony Express
The eddies swirl in the treacherous ford.
darkness, night, vast prairie, Overland Trail
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
56
Arthur Chapman
The Blanket Injun
Jest a worthless blanket Injun.
Indians, attitude, turquoise, contentedness, reservation, way of life
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
54
Arthur Chapman
Ridin' the Chuck-Line
I'm ridin' the chuck-line this winter.
bread-line, Two-Bar, friendship, novels, literature
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
53
Arthur Chapman
In A Deserted Mining Camp
The rain, gust-driven, veils the distant pines.
mines, emptiness, hope, vain, vision
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
51
Arthur Chapman
The Man the Desert Got
He rests, half buried in the drift.
search for gold, prospector, desert, storm, nature
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
49
Arthur Chapman
Pete's Error
There's a new grave up on Boot Hill, where we've planted Rowdy Pete.
Cactus Center, colt, shooting, gun, left-handed stranger
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
48
Arthur Chapman
The Westerner
I'll never go where hills can't smile.
home, love for the land, landscape
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
46
Arthur Chapman
The Ostrich-Punching of Arroyo Al
I was broke in Arizony, and was gloomy as a tomb.
Star-Plume, critter, herding ostriches, U. S. A. mail train, Eiffel Tower bird
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
44
Arthur Chapman
Out Among the Big Things
Out among the big things.
timelessness, nature, city, calm, meaning of life
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
42
Arthur Chapman
The Old-Timer
He showed up in the springtime, when the geese began to honk.
cattle punching, contentedness, happiness, past, change,
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
40
Arthur Chapman
The Old Sheep Wagon
I have heard men long for a place, but I want no such abode.
Wyoming plains, roam, open range, prairie, isolation, nature, , sagebrush
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
38
Arthur Chapman
Old Home Week in Cactus Center
Down here in Cactus Center we have had an Old Home Week.
Alaska, Mexico, reminisce, home, welcome, Rare up Bill, Pack saddle , Antelope, Pecos, Rio Grandy, West Virginia Thompson, Tex, homesick, Colorado Springs, Wild Horse Kit, Jicarillas
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
37
Arthur Chapman
The Old Dutch Oven
Some sigh for cooks of boyhood days, but none of them for me.
X-Bar-T, food, grub, biscuit, epicure, appetite
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
36
Arthur Chapman
The Water-Carrier
Steep is the trail to the mesa above her.
Indians, Zuni, desert, nature, blanket, past
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
35
Arthur Chapman
Little Papoose
Your eyes are black as twin pools at night.
love, affection, past, buffalo, Indians, death, sadness
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
33
Arthur Chapman
The Market Train
The old caboose is rattlin', and is swayin' to and fro.
tales, talk, storytelling, cattle, Pecos, prime steer, prairie, heroism, Homer