FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
70
Robert Service
Athabaska Dick
When the boys come out from Lac Labiche in the lure of the early Spring, To take the pay of the "Hudson's Bay," as their fathers did before,
whiskey, risk, save, drowning
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
74
Robert Service
The Rover
Oh, how good it is to be Foot-loose and heart-free! Just my dog and pipe and I, underneath the vast sky; Trail to try and goal to win, white road and cool inn;
gipsy, travel, home, wander
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
76
Robert Service
Just Think!
Just think! some night the stars will gleam Upon a cold, grey stone, And trace a name with silver beam, And lo! 'twill be your own.
time, goals, hope, work
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
77
Robert Service
The Mountain and the Lake
I know a mountain thrilling to the stars, Peerless and pure, and pinnacled with snow;
admire, pride, love
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
78
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The Quitter
When you're lost in the Wild, and you're scared as a child, And Death looks you bang in the eye, And your sore as a boil, it's according to Hoyle To cock your revolver and . . . die.
persevere, survival, hard
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
79
Robert Service
While the Bannock Bakes
Light up your pipe again, old chum, and sit awhile whit me; I've got to watch the bannock bake - how restful is the air! You'd little think that we were somewhere north of Sixty-three, Though where I don't exactly know, and don't precisely care.
patience, story, life
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
83
Robert Service
The Lost Master
"And when I come to die," he said, "Ye shall not lay me out in state, Nor leave your laurels at my head, Nor cause your men of speech orate;
game, god, endure
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
84
Robert Service
The Wanderlust
The Wanderlust has lured me to the seven lonely seas, Has dumped me on the tailing-piles of dearth; The Wanderlust has haled me from the morris chair of ease, Has hurled me to the ends of all the earth.
wanderlust, travel, sights, experience
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
87
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The Squaw Man
The cow-moose come to water, and the beaver's overbold, The net is in the eddy of the stream; The teepee stars the vidid sward with russet, red and gold, And in the velvet gloom the fire's a-gleam.
property, alone, woman
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
90
Robert Service
A Song of Success
Ho! we were strong, we were swift, we were brave. Youth was a challenge, and Life was a fight.
victory, success, life
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
91
Robert Service
The Logger
In the moonless, misty night, with my little pipe alight, I am sitting by the camp-fires's fading, cheer
logging, pay, memory
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
93
Robert Service
Heart o' the North
And when I come to the dim trail-end, I who have been Life's rover, This is all I would like to ask, my friend, Over and over and over:
rove, north, star, travel
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
94
Robert Service
Funk
When your marrer bone seems 'oller, And you're glad you ain't no taller, And you're all a-shakin' like you 'ad the chills;
grit, funk, guts
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
96
Robert Service
Going Home
I'm goin' 'ome to Blighty - ain't I glad to 'ave the chance! I'm loaded up wiv fightin', and I've 'ad my fill o' France;
home, travel, return
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
97
Robert Service
Bill the Bomber
The poppies gleamed like bloody pools through cotton-woolly mist; The Captain kept a-lookin' at the watch upon his wrist; And there we smoked and squatted, as we watched the shrapnel flame;
war, bullet, wound, bomb
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
101
Robert Service
My Job
I've got a little job on 'and, the time is drawin' nigh; At seven by the Captain's watch I'm due to go and do it; I wants to 'ave it nice and neat, and pleasin' to the eye, And I 'opes the God of soldier men will see me safely through it.
war, death, fear, duty
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
102
Robert Service
The Twins
There were two brothers, John and James, And when the town went up in flames, To save the house of James dashed John, Then turned, and lo! his own was gone.
war, sacrifice, contrast
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
103
Robert Service
L'Escargot D'Or
O Tavern of the Golden Snail! Ten sous have I, so I'll regale; Ten sous your amber brew to sip (Eight for the bock and two the tip),
tavern, french, food
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
105
Robert Service
It is Later Than You Think
Lone amid the cafe's cheer, Sad of heart am I to-night; Dolefully I drink my beer, But no single line I write.
alone, drinking, lifestyle
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
108
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The Absinthe Drinkers
He's yonder, on the Cafe de la Paix, The little wizened Spanish man, I see him every day. He's sittng with his Pernod on his customary chair; He's staring at the passers with his customary stare.
love, competition, revenge, grudge
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
112
Robert Service
The Bohemian
Up in my garret bleak and bare I tilted back on my broken chair, And my three old pals were with me there, Hunger and Thirst and Cold;
gold, fie, fortune, hunger, thirst, cold
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
114
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The Joy of Being Poor
Let others sing of gold and gear, the joy of being rich; But oh, the days when I was poor, a vagrant with a ditch; But oh, the days when I was poor, a vagrant in a Ditch.
poverty, joy, fortune
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
117
Robert Service
My Masterpiece
It's slim and trim and bound in blue; Its leaves are crisp and edged with gold; Its words are simple, stalwart too;
author, book
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
118
Robert Service
The Outlaw
A wild and woeful race he ran Of lust and sin by land or by sea; until abbhoredo f god and man
outlaw, heaven, mercy
The Best of Robert Service
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120
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Finistere
Hurrah! I'm off to Finistere, to Finistere to Finstere;
tarvel, relax, hunting, fishing