FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Rhymes of the Ranges
FC 11 K-04
20
Bruce Kiskaddon
The Bargain
When a cow boy and Indian meet on the range.
cowboy, negotiation, conversation, bargaining
Rhymes of the Ranges
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21
Bruce Kiskaddon
After the Fall Roundup
Now the summer work is over and the wagon's pullin' in.
Rhymes of the Ranges
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22
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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23
Bruce Kiskaddon
The County Fair
The old county fair was a wonderful place.
Rhymes of the Ranges
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23
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
25
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
27
Bruce Kiskaddon
Ants
You read in the books `bout the wisdom of ants.
insects, ant, bite, insect
Rhymes of the Ranges
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28
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
77
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Trail Happenings
Two Danes and I went into camp.
food, stranded
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
74
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
73
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Scars
When softening days of life's decline.
memories
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
72
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
71
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
The Natural Bridge
The Natural Bridge at Buffalo Gap.
rock, water, nature, South Dakota
Ballads of the Black Hills
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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
68
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Example
Gorgeous sights beguile the stranger.
South Dakota, Black Hills, Custer, Indians, Sioux, treaty, treaties, 1914, history, battle, tourists, progress
Ballads of the Black Hills
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67
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Oil
If you have the inclination.
oil drilling
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
66
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Warning
The Knife Blade Butte up Elk Creekway.
South Dakota, people
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
126
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Calamity Jane
In the archives of our country.
history, Custer, Black Hills
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
129
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Wild Bill
When the Hills were rent with turmoil.
Black Hills, South Dakota, Wild Bill Hickok, Jack Crawford, Calamity Jane
Ballads of the Black Hills
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131
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
General Custer
George Custer was intrepid, bold.
South Dakota, Black Hills, Army, Little Big Horn, Indians, Sioux
Ballads of the Black Hills
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132
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Deadwood Dick
A cortege moved up Sunrise Mount.
Custer, death, funeral, grave, burial
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
133
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Pahaska
Upon the Mount where Cody lies.
Buffalo Bill Cody, Yellow Hand, scout
Ballads of the Black Hills
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135
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Crazy Horse
A chieftain of the mighty Sioux.
chief, Indians, history, Little Big Horn, Custer
Ballads of the Black Hills
FC 11 G-11
137
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
American Horse
A brother chieftain of Red Cloud.
chief, Indians
Ballads of the Black Hills
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138
Charles P. "Soldier" Green
Sitting Bull
Out upon the lonesome prairie.
chief, history, injustice, Indians