FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
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
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
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
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
181
Robert Service
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
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
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
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
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
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
187
Robert Service
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
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
189
Robert Service
The Wedding Ring
I pawned my sick wife's wedding ring, To drink and make myself a beast. I got the most that it would bring, Of golden coins the very least. With stealth into her room I crept And stole it from her as she slept.
ring, pawn, love
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
191
Robert Service
The Hat
In city shop a hat I saw That so fancy seemed to strike, I gave my wage to buy the straw, And make myself a one the like.
hat, shop, sunday, bully
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
192
Robert Service
Normandy Peasant
They've taken all my fields of corn To make them strips of strife; They've razed the house where I was born And lived all my life.
peasant, farmer, sell, ruin
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
194
Robert Service
I Believe
It's my belief that every man Should do his share of work, And in our economic plan No citizen should shirk.
belief, heritage, work
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
196
Robert Service
Resentment
A man's a mug to slog away And stint himself of ease, When bureaucrats take half his pay To glut their treasuries.
resent, money, work
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
198
Robert Service
Moderation
What pious people label vice I reckon mainly pleasure; I deem that women, wine and dice Are good in modest measure; Though sanctity and truth recieve My hearty approbation, Of all the virtues, I believe The best is Moderation.
moderation, virtue, extremes
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
200
Robert Service
The Brusier
So iron-grim and icy cool I bored in on him like a bull. As if one with the solid ground I took his blows round after round:
boxing, mercy, draw
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
202
Robert Service
Nature Man
The happiest man I ever knew Was scarcely clad at all; He had no bath like me and you, But owned a waterfall.
nature, joy, simple
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
204
Robert Service
Mongrel
A puppy dog without a collar Annexed me on my evening walk; His coat suggested fleas and squalor, His tail had never known a dock.
dog, homeless, love
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
206
Robert Service
Dirt
Dirt is just matter out of place, So scientists aver; But when I see a miner's face I wonder if they err.
dirt, work, labor, sweat
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
208
Robert Service
My Highland Home
My mother spun the household wool, And all our kiddy clothes would make; I used to go barefoot to school, While bannock took the place of cake.
home, memory, past
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
209
Robert Service
The Butcher
They say that ruthless Robespierre, That "sea-green incorruptible," To whom the nobs of nobles were By guillotines deductible, -
robespierre, guillotine, head
The Best of Robert Service
FOLK COLL 11 S-77
210
Robert Service
Dark Pine
If my life-force, by death decree, Could find green haven in a tree,
death, tree, rebirth
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