FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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On the Edge of Common Sense
FC 11 B-12
41
Baxter Black
Why Do the Trees All Lean in Wyoming?
He said: "The wind never blows in Wyoming."
dispute, argue, power of the wind, blow, windy place, cold, weather, freezing whiskers, train, boxcar, Rawlins, Denver, Rio Grande, Cheyenne, Lander, Casper, Worland, sheep shearing, windy tale, Sinclair, town being blown away by the wind, carry a stone, weight, Devil's Tower, eighty-five miles per hour, tall tales, freeze
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
112
Arthur Chapman
Arroyo Al's Antediluvian Bronco
I was out a-ridin 'fences, on the Freeze-Out Mountain Range.
dinosaur, sleep, night
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
115
Arthur Chapman
The Ballad of Prue Perkins
Miss Prue Priscilla Perkins was a prim New England maid.
woman, suitors, spinster
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
117
Arthur Chapman
Prospecting Time
It's time to pack the bacon and the flour and the beans.
prospecting, gold, health
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
118
Arthur Chapman
The Old Trapper Speaks
You are clever, they're telling me, youngster.
trapper, age, knowledge, salt
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
120
Arthur Chapman
The Forester's Return
I'm back on the job by the singing river.
forestry, nature, aspen, open air
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
121
Arthur Chapman
The Prospectors' Homing
They're coming in across the hills -- the prospectors' brigade.
prospector, gold, mining camp
Cactus Center Poems
FC 11 C-06
123
Arthur Chapman
The Water-Hole
The buzzard floats above it, wings aslant.
water, watering hole, buzzard, animals, thirst, death
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
1
Arthur Chapman
Out Where the West Begins
Out where the handclasp's a little stronger.
friendliness, nature, beauty, bonds, home, friendship, prosperity, cheerfulness
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
3
Arthur Chapman
The Changed Hills
The hills on which the cattle grazed.
tools, plow, transformation, orchards, battle-grounds, tough men, roundup, campfire
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
4
Arthur Chapman
Arroyo Al on Wealth
This game of git-rich-pronto seems.
foolishness, dreams, Poker Bill McGuire, cheat, steal, card games, revenge, death, money, orphans' home, cards
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
5
Arthur Chapman
Arroyo Al on Worry
They'd make a rattlin' roundup, sure.
trouble, worry, life, problems, Worry critter
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
6
Arthur Chapman
The Dead Prospector
The hills shall miss him -- while the pines.
Man of Living Hopes, seasons, nature, spring, mountains, vain, gold, fall, hope
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
7
Arthur Chapman
Moving Pictures in Cactus Center
The culture game in Cactus has been boosted quite a spell.
movie, motion pictures, palpitatin' West, Wild West, actor, wedding, sweetheart, cowboy, dislike, film
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
9
Arthur Chapman
Christmas Shopping in Cactus Center
Women's scarce in Cactus Center, and there ain't no bargain stores.
rush, drug store, toilet set, teacher, auction, bidding, shooting, ammunition ,gift, argument, wounded, present, argue
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
11
Arthur Chapman
The Cowboys and the Prospector
The Two-Bar camp has entertained.
guest, gold, search for gold, fortune, poor pay, greed, mistrust, doubt
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
12
Arthur Chapman
The Cowboy and the Tempter
I met a well-dressed stranger at the bar in Poker Bill's.
Red Desert hills, roundup, gold, warrin' land, horse trading, Teton, pony, friends, comrade, friendship, sharing trouble, war
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
14
Arthur Chapman
A Cowboy's Musings
The other day, upon the mesa's level land.
lark, birds, bird's nest, dead birds, sadness, death, unknown
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
15
Arthur Chapman
The Cowboy's Homing
Bill's home ag'in from Europe, where he featured with a show.
travel, return, homecoming, Southwest, joy, tears, happiness, prairie dog, homesick, Cactus Center, Europe
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
17
Arthur Chapman
The Cow-Puncher's Elegy
I've ridden nigh a thousand leagues upon two bands of steel.
Westerner, past, old days, cowmen, cattle, memories, Cattle Kingdom,chaps-cladsknight, cattlemen, cowpuncher
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
19
Arthur Chapman
Cow-Puncher Philosophy
This world's so doggone big and bright.
life, past, present, joy
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
21
Arthur Chapman
The Sheriff's Report
We jest went out to git him, and we did.
sagebrush, chase, hunting, Majesty of Law, hate, shooting
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
22
Arthur Chapman
The Diamond Hitch
When camp is moved, at break of day.
Packer Bill, tenderfoot, law, mules, caravans, track
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
24
Arthur Chapman
The Dude Ranch
We used to run a cow-ranch.
cowboys, summer boarders, outfit, roundup, tenderfoot, Boston, greenhorn, Pullman car, Ibsen, change, past
Out Where the West Begins
FC 11 C-07
26
Arthur Chapman
The White Man's Road
The white man's road is hard for us to follow.
Indians, suffering, mistrust, broken treaties, sorrow, hopeless, red man