FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Robert Service
My Madonna
I haled me a woman from the street, Shameless, but, oh, so fair!
paint, mary, hope
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Robert Service
The Woman and the Angel
An angel was tired of heaven, as he lounged in the golden street; His halo was tilted sideways, and his harp lay mute at his feet;
angel, temptation, kiss, devil
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Robert Service
The Harpy
Ther was a woman, and she was wise; woefully wise was she; She was old, so old, yet her years all told were but a score and three; And she knew by heart, from finish to start, the Book of Iniquity.
love, distance, bitter
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Robert Service
Premonition
'Twas a year ago and the moon was bright (Oh, I remember so well, so well);
vision, death, love
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Robert Service
The Tramps
Can you recall, dear comrade, when we tramped God's land together, And we sang the old, old Earth-song, for our youth was very sweet;
travel, road, wanderlust
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Robert Service
Men of the High North
Men of the High North, the wild sky is blazing, Islands of opal float on silver seas; Swift splendors kindle, barbaric, amazing; Pale ports of amber, golden argosies.
cold, winter, men, yukon
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Robert Service
The Ballad of the Black Fox Skin
There was Claw-fingered Kitty and Windy Ike living the life of shame, When unto them in the Long, Long Night came the man-who-had-no-name; Bearing his prize of a black fox pelt, out of the Wild he came.
fox, skin, trap, trick
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The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill
I took a contract to bury the body of blasphemous Bill MacKie, Whenever, wherever or whatsoever the manner of death he die -
gravedigger, gruesome, corpse, saw
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The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike
This is the tale that was told to me by the man with the crystal eye, As I smoked my pipe in the camp-fire light, and the Glories swept the sky; As the Northlights gleamed and curved and streamed, and the bottle of "hooch" was dry.
fear, track, one-eye
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Robert Service
My Friends
The man above was a murderer, the man below was a thief, And I lay there in the bunk between, ailing beyond belief, A weary armful of skin and bone, wasted with pain and grief.
survival, murder, thief, care
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Robert Service
The Prospector
I strolled up old Bonanza, where I staked in ninety-eight, A-purpose to revisit the old claim. I kept thinking mighty sadly of the funny ways of Fate, And the lads who once were with me in the game.
miner, gold, struggle
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Robert Service
The Song of the Mouth-Organ
I'm a homely little bit of tin and bone; I'm beloved by the Legion of the Lost; I haven't got a "vox humana" tone, And a dime or two will satisfy my cost.
mouth-organ, song, music
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Robert Service
Clancy of the Mounted Police
In the Crimson Manual it's written plain and clear That who would wear the scarlet coat shall say good-bye to fear;
bravery, duty, mount, experience
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Robert Service
The Land of Beyond
Have ever you heard of the Land of Beyond, That dreams at the gates of the day? Alluring it lies at the skirts of the skies, And ever so far away;
exploration, goal