FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
43
LeRoy Jones
Muly Cow
The thing that troubled me the most when I was just a lad Was not why nations go to war, or other things as bad, Or why some folks just being mean mistreat their fellow man And take from him his life, or steal the labor of his hand.
mystery, god, cow, horns
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
45
LeRoy Jones
Roundup
Had you noticed that the cows that were so peaceful in the pasture Make a change and get suspicious when you start to drive them in?
corral, stubborn, horse, cow, skill
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
51
LeRoy Jones
Tin Can Cave
I named it that first day I saw The cave that sat back in the hills And found out later it had been The site of a moonshiner's still.
mystery, history, cans, moonshiner
Horsesense and Nonsense
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LeRoy Jones
Range Fire
It started 'bout Thanksgiving when the grass was dead and brown and rainstorms as a rule don't come to saturate the ground.
fire, grass, winter
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
55
LeRoy Jones
Christmas
It's true most Cowboys ain't real good at puttin' fancy words together, Leastways, not the ones the likes of which I run across.
love, story, christ, god
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
63
LeRoy Jones
Neighborhood Area Watch
He said that we could make a plan and do ourselves some good If we'd just start an Area Watch in our own neighborhood.
watch, guard, nosy, neighbor
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
65
LeRoy Jones
Summer of 1990
Those TV weather forecasts seem to always sound the same As weathermen procrastinate and play their little game.
weather, heat, politics
Horsesense and Nonsense
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68
LeRoy Jones
The Day of the Cowboy
"Now this new western trend" said a man to his friend "Is just mor that a fellow can stand, For they put it in rhyme when they speak of a time That the cowboy could live off the land.
technology, change, end
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
71
LeRoy Jones
A Normal Day
Leaves are falling, cattle bawling, Where the heck you been? Engine sputters, driver mutters Out of gas again.
age, change, difficulty
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
73
LeRoy Jones
We Fly Away
Psa. 90:10 The days of our years are threescore and ten; and if by reason of strength they be four-score years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
death, funeral, farewell
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
75
LeRoy Jones
I Want to Be a Cowboy
When I was just a little lad, about the only dream I had was punchin' cows and riding broncs the way the Cowboys did.
growing up, mature, man, good
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
81
LeRoy Jones
The Dream
He's spent a long day in the saddle and he's weary to the bone with the miles he's covered rounding up his strays.
cowboy, goal, dream
Horsesense and Nonsense
FOLK COLL 11 J-26
83
LeRoy Jones
A Cowboy Has to Sing
At the end of the War Between the States in 1865, the men who had fought, especially for the South, went back home to a country vastly different from the one they had left, and for many, unlike a land in which they wanted to live. So they turned their eyes west, toward Texas, which thirty years earlier had defeated General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and gained independence from Mexico.
song, death, sing, lifestyle
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
1
Robert Service
The Spell of the Yukon
I wanted the gold, and I sought it; I scrabbled and mucked like a slave. Was it famine or scurvy - I fought it; I hurled my youth into a grave.
gold, yukon, wilderness
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
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Robert Service
The Three Voices
The waves have a story to tell me, As I lie on the lonely beach; Chanting aloft in the pine-tops, The wind has a lesson to teach; But the stars sing an anthem of glory I cannot put into speech.
ocean, wind, stars, god
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
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Robert Service
The Law of the Yukon
This is the law of the Yukon, and ever she makes it plain: "Send not your foolish and feeble; send me your strong and your sane -
survival, desire, nature, strength
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
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Robert Service
The Song of the Wage-Slave
When the long, long day is over, and the Big Boss gives me my pay, I hope that it won't be hell-fire, as some of the parsons say.
pay, work, labor
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
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Robert Service
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune; Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou.
hunger, death, shooting
The Best of Robert Service
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Robert Service
The Cremation of Sam McGee
There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your blood run cold;
death, fire, curse, cold
The Best of Robert Service
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Robert Service
My Madonna
I haled me a woman from the street, Shameless, but, oh, so fair!
paint, mary, hope
The Best of Robert Service
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Robert Service
Unforgotten
I know a garden where the lilies gleam, And one who lingers in the sunshine there;
love, beauty, dedication, garden
The Best of Robert Service
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Robert Service
The Reckoning
It's fine to have a blow-out in a fancy restaurant, With terrapin and canvas-back and all the wine you want;
pay, sin, wealth
The Best of Robert Service
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Robert Service
The Men That Don't Fit In
There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't stay still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will.
wanderlust, travel, carelessness
The Best of Robert Service
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Robert Service
The Little Old Log Cabin
When a man gits on his uppers in a hard-pan sort of town, An' he ain't got nothin' comin' an' he can't afford ter eat, An' he's in a fix for lodgin' an' he wanders up an' down,
rest, shelter, death, remember
The Best of Robert Service
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Robert Service
The March of the Dead
The cruel war was over - oh, the triumph was so sweet! We watched the troops returning, through our tears; There was triumph, triumph, triumph down the scarlet glittering street, And you scarce could hear the music for the cheers.
dead, glory, soldier