FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Oak Tree

A big oak tree stands in my yard, tall and stately like a sentry on guard.

humor, birds, poop, relax

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Beware

If you meet a hound who bares his fangs and wags his tail as well, you must take care and hesitate

hound, liar, tail, fangs

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Did You Know?

Do you remember reading about the gallant Light Brigade, galloping over an open plain as their charge they made.

mistake, light brigade

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Not So

The bigger they are the harder they fall. I didn't find it that way at all.

big, fall, hit

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Dental Care

The fear of Dracula is over at last. The threat from him is in the past.

dracula, brush, teeth

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Dreams

Young men dream of the future, old men of the past.

dream, tail, desires

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

God's Little Joke

If you think the Creator lacked a sense of humor, had to twinkle in his eye, then may I call your attention to the platy-pi.

platypus, joke, god, creation

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Old Max

Maximillian of Mexico said to the officer, "Don't you know I'm an Austrian prince. You can't shoot me. I'm of royal blood.

shooting, mexico, austria

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Remorse

I knew it was wrong doin' the things that I used to do.

stealing, theft, fruit, taste

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Ingratitude

The Baron Karl von Frankenstein, who lived in a castle on the Rhine, built a monster and gave it life; then he built the monster a wife.

frankenstein, castle, kick out

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Contentment

Folks ask me Am I not unhappy living all alone

alone, poems, beer

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Tonto

The Masked Man rode across the plains on his great white horse and riding beside faithfully his Indian friend, of course.

fool, lone ranger, anger

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

The word "pneumonia" is strange to me There's something there that shouldn't be,

silent, letter p, pneumonia

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Old Remedies

You can count on me to be in the group that believes in chicken soup,

sick, heal, soup

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Difficult Things

The most difficult thing I ever had to do, and that was in the past,

difficult, bed pan, body cast

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Lost Love

I used to reside in LA years and years ago, had a job good one too making pretty good dough.

love, snails, rejection

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

What if?

Old Alexander Graham Bell sat at his desk and pondered a spell. He had an invention in his mind if only a backer he could find.

telephone, alexander graham bell, death

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Another Resolution

I try to be better in every way. I wake up each morn with a plan for the day. I'm gonna improve get things don, so when it's time for the setting sun, I can look back on the day I've spent

distraction, beer, plans

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Word to the Wise

Someone shoulda' told Bonaparte, "Change your mind, sir, before you start. Because the thought to me occurs they may not care for visitors.

russia, napoleon, invade

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Old Dumb Phil

"The only good Indian is a dead Indian," General Sheridan said. You probably saw that infamous quote in books you may have read. But that quote, I've discovered, is not exactly true and what the general really said is known to but a few.

quote, indian, irrelevant

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Why?

In Eastern lands justice is swift and criminals get their due and I wonder why in hell we can't do that too.

justice, speed, punishment

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Compensation

If you ever go to prison, one thought should relax you: it's the only place that I know where Congress cannot tax you.

prison, tax, relax

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Bad Planning

Along the banks of the River Nile, they built a pyramid. But I don't really understand one of the things they did.

pyramid, door, nile

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Trust

Trust in the Lord to keep things right, to see you safely through the night.

trust, the lord, gun

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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Paul Thomas Lillard

Pain Relief

They say a shot of Novocain is relief from dental pain. Well, I don't know if it is or ain't. When I see the needle, I always faint.

pain, dentist, faint