FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
231
Paul Thomas Lillard
Gorillas
Let me ask you and we'll see if with the fact you agree that it's not wise to be about when gorillas are making out.
gorilla, danger, kiss
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
231
Paul Thomas Lillard
Incest
If incest is a crime, then we commit it all the time, for if you care to take a look you'll find it written in the Book
incest, bible, relations
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
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Paul Thomas Lillard
Advice
My pop used to tell me when I was a kid many years ago there are some things about this life that a boy should know.
father, advice, backup
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
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Paul Thomas Lillard
Taboos
A certain religion is not for me. I like bacon far too much nor of another could I be, for booze they never touch.
restrictions, taboo, religion
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
234
Paul Thomas Lillard
Short Round
After you are dead some folks say you'll come back another day.
reincarnation, death, peace
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
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234
Paul Thomas Lillard
Good Old Days
I remember way back when, fifty years I guess it's been, a pack of cigs went for a dime and you could for a buck have a damn good time.
past, cost, money
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
235
Paul Thomas Lillard
The Sphinx
Now you take the Sphinx that great work of stone out there in the desert sitting all alone.
statue, fun, sphinx
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
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Paul Thomas Lillard
Exercise
My riding machine for exercise looks somewhat like a horse, but it's not for fun and pleasure but for exercise of course.
machine, ride, exercise
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
236
Paul Thomas Lillard
Weight Again
"Now Doctor, I know you're displaced 'cause I'm not losing weight.
overweight, doctor, drinking
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
237
Paul Thomas Lillard
Rarity
You'll never see a mermaid with legs or a rooster layin' eggs, a bull givin' milk an elephant fly or a politician who wouldn't lie.
impossible, rare, spectacle
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
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Paul Thomas Lillard
Hard Job
While a circus man, I had a job that I really hated: enema-giving to elephants that were constipated,
circus, elephant, poop
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
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240
Paul Thomas Lillard
More on Hookers
It's said that hookers have hearts of gold. That's the story that's been told.
hooker, loyalty, honor
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
241
Paul Thomas Lillard
Scorpions
Scorpions have dangerous tails, both the females and the males.
scorpions, tails, stinger
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
241
Paul Thomas Lillard
Old Blackheart
old Blackheart the pirate had only one leg. The other was missing below the knee and ended in a peg.
pirate, peg leg, termites
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
242
Paul Thomas Lillard
Payback
Marie Antoinette made a mistake when she said "Let them eat cake."
marie antoinette, joke, cake
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
243
Paul Thomas Lillard
Service Days
Being on point can always be a danger to your anatomy.
infantry, point, danger
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
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Paul Thomas Lillard
Toast
Be of good heart be of good cheer as we begin this new year. Food on the table friends to hold dear and may you never run out of beer.
new year, toast, beer
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
244
Paul Thomas Lillard
Short Rounds III
When now I write of short rounds, it means the poems aren't long, but if you think that's all it means, you'd be thinking wrong.
artillery, friendly fire
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
245
Paul Thomas Lillard
Did You Know?
Bishops built cathedrals to speak the Word of God, but when I read of that, I think it very odd.
bishop, cathedral, jesus
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
245
Paul Thomas Lillard
Farmin'
Tick tock tick tock three A.M. says the clock.
farm, morning, chores
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
247
Paul Thomas Lillard
Short Round
It's a well-known fact, heed it well: when you screw up, paybacks are hell.
mistake, karma
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
FOLK COLL 11 L-45
247
Paul Thomas Lillard
Short Round II
In the land of Panama a canal we used to own, but old Carter gave it away - another asset blown.
canal, panama, purchase
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
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Paul Thomas Lillard
Roller Skates
Little Girls on roller skates swiftly passing by, arms a-swinging laughter ringing, angels on the fly.
skates, girls, scrape
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
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Paul Thomas Lillard
Youth and Age
When I was young and in my prime, I used to dress up all the time.
youth, dress up, looks
Poems from the Alamo Saloon
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Paul Thomas Lillard
Comics
Whatever happened to Hans und Fritz and to Smilin' Jack to Flash and Ming Mutt and Jeff?
comics, reading, classics