FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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Lysius Gough
The Fine Yearlings
Wright and Stickley their outfits did double.
competition, Jule Gunter, Rebel
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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77
Lysius Gough
Our Kid
We had a kid to drive the wagon.
John Mann, rhyme, haul calves
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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78
Lysius Gough
Doctor Eddleman
In the long ago, a wise old man.
L. Z., family, friendliness, help
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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79
Lysius Gough
Ye Great Staked Plains
Oh, ye great staked plains.
buffalo, Indians, hunters, cow men, profit, fertile fields, Pluvious, courage, endurance, survival, struggle, drought, rain, seasons
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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Lysius Gough
Only His Share
The cowboy's life is very rough.
mischief, unfairness, reputation, emotions, good-hearted
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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82
Lysius Gough
Wild Goose and Buzzard
I'll tell you of my pacing brown.
horse, gentle tame, Charlie
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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83
Lysius Gough
Drake, Parson and Taylor
Twas a noble form that rode Stake pin.
Beck, whip, saddle horse, Jim, Tom, Bill Dad, Jude
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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84
Lysius Gough
The T-Anchor Ranch
I would like to see the Palo Duro.
landscape, home, branding, jolly Sam, quiescence
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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Lysius Gough
The Lonely Ranch
One night as I went riding.
Wild Cat, Grayson county, Collin line, Betsy, abandoned ranch, lonesome, remembrances, memories, old times
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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Lysius Gough
Brown Dick
Brown Dick is a pretty horse.
lady's horse, gentle
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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Lysius Gough
Reminiscing
Where long ago the Indian roamed.
buffalo, modernization, highways, aero planes, electric light, changes, machines, technology, historians, Dyer, Gunter
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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Lysius Gough
My T-Anchor Bosses
Jim Wright and Vas Stickley, my bosses.
storms, stampede, friendship, reliable, Smokey, Rebel, Summerfield, Gunter, Munson
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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Lysius Gough
Chuck and Pay
The cow boy rode the range.
gambling, drunk, heroes, song, stories
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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104
Lysius Gough
Wildly and the Babe
A man worked on the T-Anchor ranch.
round up, hurt, pain, Vince Terry, death, burial, grave, Truby
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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105
Lysius Gough
The Stampede
The cloud is rolling, rising.
thunder, lightning, danger, calmness
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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107
Lysius Gough
My Picture
One day I went into a hall.
gallery, presents
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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108
Lysius Gough
A Night in Mobeetie in February, 1883
I went to Mobeetie one night.
mules, Jim Wright, Berry's saloon, plot, tragedy, Old Trusty, gambling dens, money, travel, Ruck Tanner
Spur Jingles and Saddle Songs
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Lysius Gough
Dim Trails
The range is mighty differ'nt.
increasing population, memories, cowpunchin' days, new ways, Sam, planet Mars,
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
4
Rosemary and Stephen Benet
Western Wagons
They went with axe and rifle, when the trail was still to blaze.
prairie-schooner, California, wealth, Nebraska, Wyoming, Iowa, settle land, West, cross the continent, fortune
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
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3
Rosemary and Stephen Benet
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark.
Missouri, president, May day, St. Louis, Pacific, Portland, Oregon, Maine, Indians, dangers, buffalo, prairie-dog soup, croup, Shoshone, Sioux, Rockies, Great Falls, Northwest, empire
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
5
Lena Whittaker Blakeney
The Covered Wagon
Through amidst of tears I watch the years.
memories, youth, pioneers, phantom trains, ghosts, rattle snake, Indian drum, tattoo, war dance, mustang's feet, tears, sadness
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
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attributed to John Caldwell
The Mule-Skinner
In readin' the story of early days, it's a cause of much personal pain.
Sioux, blizzard, Geronimo, shootings, fights, neglected
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
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7
Stanton A. Coblentz
The Last Trail
Across the bison-dotted plain.
westward movement, pioneer, Danny Long, Virginia, desert, Sierra, hardship, winter, Sutter's Fort, blizzards, hunger, danger, desolation, death, solitude, delirium, endless plains, rescue, love
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
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Vesta Pierce Crawford
Pioneer Woman
Beneath these alien stars.
courage, strength, peace, worries
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
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17
Edward Everett Dale
The Prairie Schooner
When I see a prairie schooner.
west, love for the land, plains, quest, fortune, freedom