FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection

Prairie Vagabonds

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Laura Vernon Hamner

The Prairie Day Ends

The glory of the west turns dingy-gray.

evening, night

Frontier Ballads

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11

Joseph Mills Hanson

My Creed

Now, this is the simple, living faith of a humble heart and mind.

moderation, city vs. country, town

Frontier Ballads

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15

Joseph Mills Hanson

Dakota Militia

No "scare-heads" in big city papers.

Sioux, soldiers, army, frontier, history

Frontier Ballads

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18

Joseph Mills Hanson

The Girl of the Yankton Stockade

Yes, it's pretty, this town.

pioneers, Sioux, Indians, settlement, settlers, army, soldiers, stockade, fear, bravery, coward, cowardice

Frontier Ballads

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21

Joseph Mills Hanson

The Ballad of Sergeant Ross

The south wind's up at the break of dawn.

soldiers, army, frontier, Chief Black Bear, Indians, Sioux, confrontation, fight, white men

Frontier Ballads

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25

Joseph Mills Hanson

The Springfield Calibre Fifty

I was wrought of walnut blocks and rolled rod steel.

soldiers, army, frontier, rifle, gun, history, past, fighting, fight, war, Indians, West

Frontier Ballads

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28

Joseph Mills Hanson

A Garrison Christmas

Now, all you homesick rookies who are blue on Christmas Day.

holiday, past, history, soldiers, army, mail, hardship, Buford

Frontier Ballads

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31

Joseph Mills Hanson

Troop Horses

Oh, you hear a lot these days of the automatic ways.

horses, soldiers, army, history, cavalry

Frontier Ballads

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35

Joseph Mills Hanson

A Khaki Kick

Back there in Washington, people may stare.

general, army, soldiers, Nelson A. Miles, character, cavalry

Frontier Ballads

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38

Joseph Mills Hanson

Sergeant Noonan Explains

James Noonan, private, "B" Troop, made sergeant on the field.

Cheyenne, warpath, Indians, soldiers, army, cavalry

Frontier Ballads

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40

Joseph Mills Hanson

Laramie Trail

Across the crests of the naked hills.

frontier, past, history

Frontier Ballads

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45

Joseph Mills Hanson

The Call of the Wind

The wind comes rollicking out of the West.

prairie, plains

Frontier Ballads

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46

Joseph Mills Hanson

The Fur Traders

The moon, on plain and bluff and stream.

winter, Indians, history, past

Frontier Ballads

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52

Joseph Mills Hanson

Cowboy Song

We are up in the morning ere dawning of day.

herding, roundup, cowboy, occupation, work

Frontier Ballads

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54

Joseph Mills Hanson

Christmas Eve at Kimball

Met a chap the other night, down on Halsted Street.

holiday, stories

Frontier Ballads

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Joseph Mills Hanson

Afterglow

Twilight on the river, summer everywhere.

Missouri River, love, couple, dreams, dreaming

Frontier Ballads

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89

Joseph Mills Hanson

The "Pauline"

A Missouri tramp was the boat "Pauline."

Missouri River, North Queen, Pauline, race

Frontier Ballads

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87

Joseph Mills Hanson

The Engineer of the "Golden Hind"

Slim Jack Britt, of the packet "Golden Hind."

Golden Hind, Missouri River, boat, fire, rescue

Frontier Ballads

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Joseph Mills Hanson

Jake Dale

What, stranger, you never heard tell o' Jake.

race, winning, ice gorge, narrative, story, ice jam, rescue

Frontier Ballads

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Joseph Mills Hanson

The Old Carry

Round by tawny, foam-lipp'd streams.

Portage des Sioux, river, water

Frontier Ballads

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Joseph Mills Hanson

The Missouri

When the hollow void of Chaos.

Missouri River, water

Frontier Ballads

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73

Joseph Mills Hanson

Prairie Fire

Over the lonely prairie.

brush fire, smoke, river, water

Frontier Ballads

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Joseph Mills Hanson

The Song of the Winchester

Full heir to the twist-bored yager gun with its half-inch slug.

gun, rifle

Frontier Ballads

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69

Joseph Mills Hanson

The Coyoteville Peace Meeting

We held a peace convention in Coyoteville last night.

order, law, town meeting, point of view, discussion, contention, fight

Frontier Ballads

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Joseph Mills Hanson

A Christmas Letter

Dear Miss: For this pink stationery.

rescue, government claim, cowboy, lady, change, outlook, point of view