FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-24
25
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Olde Tells of Coronado's Visit
Ole tells a little known episode of Coronado and his visit to Kansas.
coronado, toe, stub
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-24
26
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole, the Fisherman
Ole enjoyed fishing, especially with a pole and tackle, but if you expected company for the next day's dinner it could be too slow to catch enough to have an old fashioned fish fry. In this case he resorted to strategy.
fishing, sleep, fish fry
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-24
27
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Rex, The Magnificent Morgan
In the course of human events, fate seems determined to decree that in our everyday humdrum lives some things happen that at the moment go unnoticed. But viewed as a chain of events, over a term of years, they etch on memory's wall a picture so vivid you never forget it. Such a picture was Rex, the lovable Morgan.
stallion, race, accident
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-24
29
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole's Big Hat
Ole was feeling his "oats", he was in exuberant spirits. "I sure like Western Kansas," Ole said. "It's so big I feel kind of big myself. I want to do something that no one has ever done before."
kansas, wheat, straw, hat
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
31
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
The End of The Drought
In the late 1860's the Swedish settlers came in ever increasing numbers to Saline and McPherson Counties in Kansas. My grandfather homesteaded in 1868 near by the present site of Bethany College.
rain, drought, indians
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
32
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
A New Fur Coat
In the dirty thirties We lived on hope and The Next year's crops. Ole said, "Andy, vy do you always say you are going to buy your wife a fur coat, next year - always Next year?"
bear, coat, fur, hunt, run
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
33
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole - The World's Fastest Skater
Ole is livewire - loves sports and tries to excell in every field he enters. Just now he is doing his best to improve his skating technique. Sometimes his exuberant spirit carries him beyond the realm of reality.
skate, olympic, bet, lose
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
35
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole Catches A Big Fish
Everybody likes to catch a fish, especially a big one. And I am no exception. I noticed that Ole invariably brought home the biggest fish, so I asked him how he managed to be so lucky.
fish, fishing, lie, bull
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
36
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
The Thirsty Grasshoppers
We don't get a big 5-inch rain too often, so quite a bit of worry and excitement was caused when it was reported in the Punkin Center News that some hungry, thirsty, famished grasshoppers ate, drank or somehow consumed a five inch rain all in one night on the Ole Olson farm near Punkin Center.
grasshoppers, drink, rain
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
36
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole's Big Watermelon
Ole was fascinated with the Kansas soil and climate. He wanted to raise the biggest watermelon in the world.
watermelon, half, cut
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
37
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
The Dairyman's Salute
First thing in the morning I wake up my dairy herd with a blast on my Chevy Ho Horn. Translated into cow language it sounds like this: Wake up, get up, get up and go.
dairyman, cow, milk
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
37
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole and the Big Snowball
It was mid-winter. Ole and me were out in the big pasture fixing the fence. The rich buffalo grass was soft and curly underfoot. The wind was so calm.
snowball, winter, melt
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
39
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole Goes to Washington
Usually Ole is a perfect gentleman and reliable hand, but lately I have noticed that he sometimes forgets to shut a gate or fails to give my favorite saddle pony, Rex, his gallon of oats.
lobby, politics, washington
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
40
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole Creates a Hailstorm
I once had a very weedy wheat field. Ole said it was because I was a poor farmer. I blamed it on the weather. This weedy field worried Ole.
hail, insurance, truth
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
40
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole Primes the Pump
It was in the big depression. Most everyone had a solution for the depression. I had a grand plan, so I thought. And somehow it had gotten to the sensitive ears of the economists in Washington.
positivity, plan, gevernment
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
41
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
The Wild Cats
We had neighbors who were so kindhearted that they could not bring themselves to control the cat population on their farm. Consequently, they soon had over a dozen cats of various sizes and ages. The family decided to move and the cats were left to forage for themselves.
cats, milk, noise, injury
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
42
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
A Fortune Made and Lost
There is never a dull hour when Ole is around. I like to raises watermelons - good tasting melons. I don't care if they are small just so they taste out of this world, as I tell Ole. Ole disagrees with me.
watermelon, money, fair
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
45
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
We Find the Lost Gold Mine
Ole was showing me some souveniers he had collected on his many journeys. "Here is some fool's gold? It looks like real gold," I replied.
gold, yukon, rainbow, mine
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
52
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
The Flying Wheatbin
During the dust bowl days in Western Kansas we were short of money and credit so we often had to make do, so to speak. Yes, I remember I had a big cornfield that was suffering from lack of rain, but the grass in the pasture was even worse. I decided I would fence the cornfield with an electric fence and use it for cattle pasture.
rain, wheat, cornfield, kite
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
54
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole Levels a Field
Ole and me both like the level land in Lane County, Ks. But we had one field that had a gully that was bothersome to farm or cultivate. Ole had spent years as a sailor on ships driven by the wind by sails set to take advantage of the wind, be it strong or weak.
sail, gully, dirt, wind
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
55
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole Loses Half a Cow
My jovial hired hand Ole Olson was always getting into one predicament after another. Now he says he lost half a cow. But I will let him tell it:
half, cow, cyclone
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
56
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole and Paul Bunyan Woo a Princess
Yes, Ole and Paul Bunyan were bosom friends long ago. They were building OXBOWS on the Missouri River. Those graceful curves, you know.
princess, oxbow, missouri, flirt
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
56
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole Hires the Prairie Dogs
I am sure Ole is not lazy, but on the other hand he does a lot of work to avoid work. Now for instance, he caught several prairie dogs - beg pardon, Ole said they ae not dogs but prairie squirrels and that they are a lot easier to catch than a common cold. Ole said a steel trap might injure them so he uses a stocking cap."
prairie dog, trap, hole, post
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
57
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
Ole Traps the Killer Cougar
Ole was a versatile fellow. He had trapped wild game for the park department. It so happened a few years ago that a mountain cougar invaded Western Kansas. It would kill a 500 or 600 pound calf, eat only the liver and then depart for places unknown. Or her might stay for a short time.
trap, cougar, friend, tame
The Adventures of Ole and Andy
FOLK COLL 11 A-26
61
Clarence "Andy" Anderson
The Rattler
My hired man, Ole, was a splendid fellow, but he was terribly lazy. Even lazier that I. So I bought an alarm clock. Trouble was, neither of us would wind it. So I bought Ole one that was worn on the wrist and was kept wound by the motion of the wearer's arm. But Ole did not stir enough to keep it wound.
snake, alarm, eggs