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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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103

Paul Thomas Lillard

Fire Water

I don't blame the Indian for going on the warpath because the reason that they did was the aftermath of their drinking rotten whiskey that the white man sold.

whiskey, warpath, drunk

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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103

Paul Thomas Lillard

The Mosquito

I admire the Creator for what he's done, the earth, the flowers, the warmin' sun, the trees, the rivers, this pleasant land, most of it is simply grand. But the mosquito I just can't fathom why in hell we got to have 'em.

creation, mosquito, purpose

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

105

Paul Thomas Lillard

Buffalo Robes

Buffalo Robes were all the craze long ago in the olden days.

robe, winter, buffalo

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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105

Paul Thomas Lillard

A Promise Made

To the Alamo Saloon each day I go to keep a promise made long ago that I would drink a beer each day to honor a friend who's passed away.

promise, remember, friend, beer

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

106

Paul Thomas Lillard

New Glasses

Now that I have my brand-new glasses, I can tell the horses from the asses.

humor, horses, asses

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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106

Paul Thomas Lillard

Beer

I've drunk beer in Singapore and in Japan I drank some more. In England and Germany, in Mexico too, I made it a point to sample the brew.

beer, international, free

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

107

Paul Thomas Lillard

Horses

I don't like horses very much and I never did. I've been scared to death of them since I was a kid.

fear, horses, bluff

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

FOLK COLL 11 L-45

107

Paul Thomas Lillard

O'Leary's Cow

Mrs. O'Leary had a cow, don't know the breed but anyhow,

cow, fire, accident, cold

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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110

Paul Thomas Lillard

Learning Combat

I learned a lesson in Korea that when the shootin' starts it's not wise to hide behind Korean money-carts

shooting, combat

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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110

Paul Thomas Lillard

What If?

Now when Columbus sailed from Spain in three little ships.

columbus, history, alternate

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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112

Paul Thomas Lillard

Service Days

When the bullets are flyin' over your head and you're tryin' like hell not to get dead,

fear, bullets, shells, farmer

Poems from the Alamo Saloon

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113

Paul Thomas Lillard

Truth

The chiefs they run the navy, the sergeants the army rud.

officers, nco, soldier, sailor