FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
146
Robert Service
Stamp Collector
My worldly wealth I hoard in albums three, My life collection of rare postage stamps; My room is cold and bare as you can see, My coat is old and shabby as a tramp's; Yet more to me that balances in banks, My albums three are worth a million francs.
stamps, album, collect
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
148
Robert Service
Sentimental Shark
Give me a cabin in the woods Where not a human soul intrudes; Where I can sit beside a stream Beneath a balsam bough and dream, And every morning see arise The sun like bird of paradise;
investor, wealth, simplicity
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
150
Robert Service
Pullman Porter
The porter in the Pullman car Was charming, as they sometimes are. He scanned my baggage tags: "Are you The man who wrote of Lady Lou?"
train, fame, scorn, porter
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
152
Robert Service
The Ordinary Man
If you and I should chance to meet, I guess you wouldn't care; I'm sure you'd pass me in the street As if I wasn't there;
ordinary, plain, everyday
The Best of Robert Service
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153
Robert Service
Your Poem
My poem may be yours indeed In melody and tone, If in its rhythm you can read A music of your own;
poetry, verse, unique
The Best of Robert Service
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154
Robert Service
Riviera Honeymoon
Beneath the trees I lounged at ease And watched them speed the pace; They swerved and swung, they clutched and clung, They leapt in roaring chase; The crowd was thrilled, a chap was killed: It was a splendid race.
france, honeymoon, tragedy
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
157
Robert Service
An Olive Fire
An olive fire's a lovely thing; Somehow it makes me think of Spring As in my grate it over-spills With dancing flames like daffodils.
fire, peace, beauty
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
158
Robert Service
Take It Easy
When I was boxing in the ring in 'Frisco back in ninety-seven, I used to make five bucks a fling To give as good as I was given.
boxing, fight, slow
The Best of Robert Service
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159
Robert Service
Compensation Pete
He used to say: "There ain't a doubt Misfortune is a bitter pill, But if you only pry it out You'll find there's good in every ill.
poverty, blessing, optimism
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
161
Robert Service
Making Good
No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; He may not own his roof-tree overhead, He may be on his uppers and have hocked his evening dress - (Financially speaking - in the red.)
mindset, success, think
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
163
Robert Service
Brother Jim
My brother Jim's a millionaire, While I have scarce a penny; His face is creased with lines of care, While my mug hasn't any.
millionaire, fun, contrast
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
165
Robert Service
Contentment
An ancient gaffer once I knew, Who puffed a pipe and tossed a tankard; He claimed a hundred years and two, And for a dozen more he hankered;
content, peace, philosophy
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
167
Robert Service
Security
Young man, gather gold and gear, They will wear you well; You can thumb your nose at fear, Wish the horde in hell.
security, safety, age
The Best of Robert Service
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168
Robert Service
Ant Hill
Black ants have made a musty mound My purple pine tree under, And I am often to be found, Regarding it with wonder.
ants, nature, death, threat
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
169
Robert Service
My Piney Wood
I have a tiny piney wood; My trees are only fifty, Yet give me shade and solitude For they are thick and thrifty.
trees, silence, retreat
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
170
Robert Service
God's Skallywags
The God of Scribes looked down and saw The bitter band of seven, Who had outraged his holy law And lost their hope of Heaven:
poet, god, respect
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
172
Robert Service
The Under-Dogs
What have we done, Oh Lord, that we Are evil starred? How have we erred and sinned to be So scourged and scarred?
god, prayer, lost
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
174
Robert Service
Tea on the Lawn
It was foretold by sybils three That in an air crash he would die. "I'll fool their prophecy," said he; "You won't get me to go on high.
fate, plane, crash, death
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
176
Robert Service
Repentance
"If you repent," the Parson said, "Your sins will be forgiven. Aye, even on your dying bed You're not too late for Heaven."
repent, parson, sin, heaven
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
177
Robert Service
Odette
Along the Seine with empty belly I wandered in the sunny morn; My legs were wobbly as a jelly, I wished that I had ne'er been born.
memory, book, money
The Best of Robert Service
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179
Robert Service
Duello
A Frenchman and an Englishman Resolved to fight a duel, And hit upon a savage plan, Because their hate was cruel.
duel, gun, humor
The Best of Robert Service
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181
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My Future
"Let's make him a sailor," said Father, "And he will adventure the sea." "A soldier," said Mother, "is rather What I would prefer him to be."
future, career, joke
The Best of Robert Service
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183
Robert Service
Dyspeptic Clerk
I think I'll buy a little field, Though scant am I of pelf, And hold the home that it may yield A living for myself;
clerk, farm, city, work
The Best of Robert Service
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185
Robert Service
Britannica
Sheer knowledge was the goal he sought; He did not wed, and being thrifty, A new Britannica he bought, And settled down, though nearing fifty, Its sturdy volumes twenty-four To ponder o'er and o'er and o'er.
encyclopedia, knowledge, learning
The Best of Robert Service
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Muguet
'Twas on the sacred First of May I made a sentimental sally To buy myself a slender spray Of pearl lily of the valley; And setting it beside my bed, Dream back the smile of one now dead.
shopping, expensive, gift