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
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
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
61
E. Richard Shipp
Eighteen-Ninety
The old Cowman, cross-legged, sat before the fire.
cowman, sheep, cattlemen
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
62
Wallace D. Coburn
The Stampede
Did you ever hear the story of how one stormy night.
stampede, tough, escaping death, trampled, BW
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
64
Earl Alonzo Brininstool
The Stampede
A lowering night, with muggy sultry air.
stampede, storm, lightning
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
65
Sarah Elizabeth Howard
The Round-Up
The lovely days of spring have clothed the plains.
roundup, cattle drive
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
67
Wallace D. Coburn
The Cowboy's Fate
One night on the fall beef round-up.
roundup, 1893, barbed wire, night-herding, death, Great Divide
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
71
Robert V. Carr
The Roundup Cook
There's good cooks and there's bad ones.
cook, chuck
Poems of the Old West: A Rocky Mountain Anthology
Levette J. Davidson
FC 11 D-02
72
Sarah Elizabeth Howard
Wild Horse Jerry's Story
All over this unsettled country, bands.
wild horses, remuda, stallion