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

Almost Never

I never saw a tree so tall that something couldn't make it fall nor a man so wise he couldn't make it fall nor a man so wise he couldn't be wrong, a beautiful sunset that lasted too long.

impossible, overcome, never

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Equal Justice

Said Judge Parker, the hanging judge, at Fort Smith, Arkansas, when he was questioned by reporters about his brand of law, "I treat 'em good, the ones I hang," he said at that interview, "I make damn sure that when they swing the rope is always new."

judge, rope, hanging

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

My Old Tom Cat

My old tom cat loves his beer (that's the one with the missing ear).

beer, cat, lucky, relaxing

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Friends

I take great pleasure, in most everything that I see each day; A stately tree, a field of grass dogs and kids at play; a springtime sky, with fleecy clouds a warm and gentle shower;

friends, remember, enjoy

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Goldilocks

"I'm so tired," said Goldilocks. "It seems I've walked for blocks and blocks. The porridge was good, and now that I'm fed, I think I'd like to go to bed."

bear, eaten, fair

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Bugle Calls

Bugle calls for this bugle calls for that, all day long, bugle calls no matter where you're at.

bugle, military, calls, orders

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Purple Heart

While in Korea got shot in the ass; through both cheeks did the bullet pass.

korea, injury, medal, butt

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Same Hit

There use to be a hole in me where a hole there shouldn't be just because I had exposed a bit of anatomy.

injury, butt, hiding

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Replacements

When picking replacements in Korea for the squad I ran. I was prone to ask the question of each and every man:

beer, cigarettes, squad

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Last Will

In my will I left instructions on what's to be done. No burying me in a casket, of that I'm having none. For me cremation is the way and I've told 'em so.

cremation, fat, joke, will

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

God's Wisdom

God in His wisdom made it all, the flowers, the trees the mountains tall.

nature, man, mistake

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Boyhood Friend

I had a friend when I was a boy and we had lots of fun but we always got into trouble doin' the things we done.

friend, trouble, warning

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Flower People

You'd be amazed if you could tally the violence done at a pacifist rally.

hippies, violence, rally

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

"Let there be love," the flower child said as she laid a brick 'longside my head.

hippy, violence, brick

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Ruptured History

In the encampment at Valley Forge during the war 'gainst British George, Washington's army was having it bad and all the men were feelin' sad.

alternate history, washington, valley forge

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Watermelon

A watermelon in the summertime. Oh, what a pleasure it be, stolen from somebody's patch by my buddy and me.

watermelon, summer, stolen

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Money

If you have a lot of money, life can be a pot of honey.

money, dead, life

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Scarface

Old scar-faced Al said one day, "Boys, I think that I may send my competitor a Valentine.

gangster, kill, class

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

Paul Thomas Lillard

Jonah

In the Dead Sea there swims no whale nor in the Red Sea neither, and no great big kind of fish was ever seen in either.

fish, jonah, whale

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

100

Paul Thomas Lillard

Toes

Now why in the world do you suppose we wound up having so many toes?

toes, smell, number

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

100

Paul Thomas Lillard

???

If you get into combat, your first words will be, "Now why in the hell are they shooting AT ME?"

combat, question, why

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

101

Paul Thomas Lillard

Liz

When Liz played Clo on the silver screen, I'll never foget o When Liz played Cleo on the silver screen, I'll never forget her dying scene when she took that Egypt

snake, cleopatra, bite, bosom

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

101

Paul Thomas Lillard

Renfield

There was an actor, his name was Frye. They say from anemia he did die, lost too much blood it was seen, playing Dracula's victim on the screen.

actor, blood, dracula

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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102

Paul Thomas Lillard

Chinese Fare

Now I'm a great movie fan. I especially like Charlie Chan. It is always a pleasure to me.

movie, actor, chinese

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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102

Paul Thomas Lillard

Humpty-Dumpty

Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall. He was an egg, you know, but he got careless and he fell, striking the ground below.

egg, omelet, rhyme