FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
103
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
The Fool Soldier Band
A shaft, near Mobridge, marks the spot.
Indians, captives, prisoners, women, Sioux, Chippewa, rescue, sacrifice
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
101
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
A Soldier Plus
Sired was I by Mars the Mighty.
war, fighting, battle, heroes, hero, soldiers, history
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
99
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
The Old Guard
When War its brazen arms have flung.
South Dakota, patriotism, volunteer, volunteers, infantry, soldier, soldiers, war, army
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
98
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
The State Soldiers' Home
Grey haired veterans here will greet you.
gray, veteran, war, military, memories, aging, death, Taps
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
92
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Soldiers All
Heroes, yes. Well have they named you.
veterans, veteran, hero, war, hospital, Veteran's Administration, government, country, Memorial Day
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
91
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
How Kola
Today a Redman called on me.
Indian, rights, law, injustice, sovereignty
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
90
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Whose Law?
When romance bloomed `neath starlit dome.
rich, poverty, inequality, platitudes
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
89
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Cowgirl
Maud Muller on that olden day.
makeup, compact, female, woman, powder
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
87
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
A Locoed Ride
`Twas by her old adobe home.
bronc busting, bronco, riding, sing, song, busted up
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
84
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Nightmares
There have been times in my young life.
horse, adventure, winter, stranded
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
82
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Adventure
The Dane and I to Runkels went.
job, work, employment, cave
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
79
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Loggin'
Bill Doyle, he ran a saw-mill camp.
saw mill, sawmill, logging, food, prank, pancakes
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
109
Harold Brainerd Hersey
Ropin' Genealogies Along Thuh Old Frontier
It wuz blazin' hot and I don't mean maybe when Joe asked Steve for fun.
genealogy, old maid, masquerade, liar, brother, brothers, change, knife fight, governor, progress, reputation
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
127
Harold Brainerd Hersey
Billy Thuh Kid
In Lincoln County -- a paradise.
Billy the Kid, outlaw, Texas, John Chisum, Pat Garrett, escape, Fort Sumner, murderer
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
137
Harold Brainerd Hersey
The Lone Prospector of the Snows
They tell this yarn in thuh honkytonks when thuh winter nights are . Long
storytelling, legend, supernatural, Flying Dutchman, Alaska, snowshoes, cold, rescue, save, help, aid
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
149
Harold Brainerd Hersey
You're a Funny Leetle Fellow
Yo're a funny leetle fellow.
baby, mother, child, lullaby
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
153
Harold Brainerd Hersey
Molly of the X-Bar-X
When Yuletide comes, thuh X-Bar-X is whar we likes tuh be.
Christmas, fire, blaze, burning, tree, decorations, boyfriend, girlfriend, lover's spat, lovers, rescue, burn
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
165
Harold Brainerd Hersey
Regrets
He wuz only a youngster I know.
love, romance, love lost, comparisons
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
169
Harold Brainerd Hersey
A Rose of the Range
Oh, I wuz young and Rose was young, but that wuz so long ago!
past, memories, youth, girlfriend, boyfriend, love, greenhorn, tall tales, storytelling, rescue, snake, rattlesnake, east, west, romance
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
181
Harold Brainerd Hersey
A Song of the West
In thuh good old days a "two-gun" draw wuz part of our education.
west, past, memories, frontier
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
185
Harold Brainerd Hersey
The Lay of the Last Frontier
Hickok rests by Calamity Jane.
John Hardin, Billy the Kid, Wild Bill, Pat Garrett, Buffalo Bill, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, past, famous people, history, frontier
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
17
Pecos Higgins
Looking for Work
Dear Lord, up in heaven, will you listen a bit.
belief, god, devil, help
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
19
Pecos Higgins
Salute to Old Cowboys' Reunion Roundup at Lovington, New Mexico
Friend, I am not a-dreaming.
reunite, friendship
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
22
Pecos Higgins
The Cowboys Camp Meeting
Dear Lord up in Heaven You have made a change.
God, belief, maverick, religion, church
Pecos' Poems
Pecos Higgins & Joe Evans
FC 11 H-12
23
Pecos Higgins
The Pecos River
I've wandered back to the Texas plains.
change, river, water, progress, pollution