FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

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Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

Alkali Ike's Zippers

"Now speakin' of Zippers," sez Alkali Ike.

button, buttons, clothes, clothing, pants, stuck zipper, urination

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

A Cowboy Funeral

There was once a cow boy funeral that I many times recall.

death, burial, ritual, rites, words, ceremony, resurrection

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

A Spill

To turn gentle cattle is easy enough.

wild cattle, danger, fall, injury, hurt, pain, work

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

Alone

The hills git awful quiet, when you have to camp alone.

solitude, aloneness, thought, thinking, reflection, self-evaluation

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

Ants in His Pants

From the way this here old cowboy is takin' off his pants.

cowboy, insect, red ants, levis

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

A Fast Start

They are leavin' from there but they ain't goin' far.

saddle, riding, cinch, easy, slow, pace, pacing

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

He Didn't Belong

In camp he was awkward.

care, carelessness, careful, wrong

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

Hook Em' Cow

You read of fierce bulls in the stories and books.

bull, horn, horns, fight

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

The Marking Knife

He sheds his big hat when he gits into town.

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

An Experiment

I'm jest a old hard and fast "Rimmy."

dally, steer, rope, roping, lasso, tie

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

The Bargain

When a cow boy and Indian meet on the range.

cowboy, negotiation, conversation, bargaining

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

After the Fall Roundup

Now the summer work is over and the wagon's pullin' in.

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

The Army Mule

Sometimes mules got in the army' cause they'd pulled a wicked trick.

pack, packer, mule skinner, stubborn

Rhymes of the Ranges

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The County Fair

The old county fair was a wonderful place.

Rhymes of the Ranges

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Bruce Kiskaddon

The Old Time Christmas

I liked the way we used to do, when cattle was plenty and folks was few.

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

A Cowboy's Brains

We was three of us camped near El Moro.

1882, horse shoeing, camp, kick, kicked, doctor, physician, college, education, information, knowledge, intelligence

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

Ants

You read in the books `bout the wisdom of ants.

insects, ant, bite, insect

Rhymes of the Ranges

FC 11 K-04

Bruce Kiskaddon

A Boy's Friend

You can mind an old feller that shore made you mad.

youth, help, boyhood, manhood, friends, friendship, growing, maturing, maturation, childhood

Ballads of the Black Hills

FC 11 G-11

Charles P. "Soldier" Green

Trail Happenings

Two Danes and I went into camp.

food, stranded

Ballads of the Black Hills

FC 11 G-11

Charles P. "Soldier" Green

Persiflage

Around a hunting camp-fire where.

campfire, storytelling, stories, tall tale

Ballads of the Black Hills

FC 11 G-11

Charles P. "Soldier" Green

Scars

When softening days of life's decline.

memories

Ballads of the Black Hills

FC 11 G-11

Charles P. "Soldier" Green

Old Time Dance

McCarty gave an old time dance.

dance, square dance, social

Ballads of the Black Hills

FC 11 G-11

Charles P. "Soldier" Green

The Natural Bridge

The Natural Bridge at Buffalo Gap.

rock, water, nature, South Dakota

Ballads of the Black Hills

FC 11 G-11

Charles P. "Soldier" Green

Atmosphere

There is grandeur in the silence.

vacation, parks, state park, national park, visitors, tourists, travel, South Dakota

Ballads of the Black Hills

FC 11 G-11

Charles P. "Soldier" Green

Example

Gorgeous sights beguile the stranger.

South Dakota, Black Hills, Custer, Indians, Sioux, treaty, treaties, 1914, history, battle, tourists, progress