FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
16
A. O. McGrew
A Hit at the Times
Way out upon the Platte, near Pike's Peak we were told.
Pike's Peak, gold, root hog or die
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
18
anonymous
In the Summer of Sixty
In the summer of sixty as you very well know.
Pike's Peak, gold, fortune, gambling
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
19
Syntax
Soliloquy of the Returned Gold Adventurer
Been to Pike's Peak, lost all my dimes.
Pike's Peak, fortune, gold, money, poverty
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
20
Rupe Sherwood
Me and Prunes
So poor old Prunes has cashed in -- too bad.
gambling, card game, poker, afterlife, belief, burro, jackass, cards
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
22
Reverend J.J. Gibbons
The Burro
When Adam named in days of old.
burro, jackass
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
25
Scott Judy & "Doc" Hammond
Song
We came to Tamichi in 1880.
1880, prospecting, mining camp, winter, Colorado
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
26
Daisy L. Detrick
The Ol' Jinny Mine
Yep, gold's where you find it.
1882,burro, jackass, prospecting, gold, mine, Jinny Mine
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
28
Daisy L. Detrick
The Little Johnny Mine
Old Leadville was booming in eighty-eight.
1888,Unsinkable Molly Brown, Johnny Brown, mining, gold, gold mine
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
29
F.E. Vaughn
The Ballad of Chicken Bill
Of course you have read of the wicked ways.
Leadville, Colorado, mining, gold, Chicken Bill, H.A.W. Tabor, wealth
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
33
Clyde Robertson
Mistress of the Matchless Mine
A blinding spot burned on the snow.
H.A.W. Tabor, Colorado, Matchless Mine, Fryer Hill, widow
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
35
Clyde Robertson
The Yellow Witch of Caribou
The hills are high in Caribou.
gold, prospecting
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
37
Harriet L. Wason
The Slide at the Empire Mine
All day a steady snow had drifted down.
1880,avalanche, snow slide, death, friendship, roof cave-in
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
39
Alfred Castner King
The Miner
Clink! Clink! Clink!
miner, mining, occupation
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
40
Don Cameron
Drilling Missed Holes
There's a death-dealing custom.
mining, miners
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
43
Don Cameron
Song of the Leadville Mine Boss
"Wake up! Wake up! You bloomin' lot."
Leadville, Colorado, mine, mining, mine boss
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
45
Cy Warman
Creede
Here's a land where all are equal.
Creede, Colorado
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
46
Cy Warman
The Rise and Fall of Creede
A thousand burdened burros filled.
Creede, Colorado
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
47
Marion Muir Richardson
The Gold Seekers
The dim stars wheeled above the frontier post.
gold, prospector
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
48
Thomas Hornsby Farril
Old Men on the Blue
I know a barn in Breckenridge on the Blue.
Breckenridge, Colorado, aging, men
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
53
John M. Kuykendall
A Veteran Cowboy's Ruminations
Oft times I get to thinkin' of the changes times has wrought.
memories, aging, old days
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
54
S. Omar Barker
Code of the Cow Country
It don't take sech a lot o' laws.
values, cowboy code
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
55
Frank Benton
Old Buck's Ghost
Down in New Mexico, where the plains are brown and sere.
spectral steer, ghostly steer, dude, tenderfoot, greenhorn, phantom, ghost
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
56
Ralph Rigby
The Branding Iron Herd
Waal, yass, stranger, them's fine cows.
cattle herd, maverick, branding iron
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
58
S. Omar Barker
Hot Ir'n!
The thumpin' sound o' hosses hoofs, the clack o' runnin' cows.
branding
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
59
Anonymous
Invasion Song
Sad and dismal is the tale.
Wyoming, Rustler War, 1892, Johnson County War, cattlemen, Frank Canton, Nate Champion, Jack Flagg, Red Angus, rustling