FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
31
Joseph Mills Hanson
Troop Horses
Oh, you hear a lot these days of the automatic ways.
horses, soldiers, army, history, cavalry
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
35
Joseph Mills Hanson
A Khaki Kick
Back there in Washington, people may stare.
general, army, soldiers, Nelson A. Miles, character, cavalry
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
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
FC 11 H-06
40
Joseph Mills Hanson
Laramie Trail
Across the crests of the naked hills.
frontier, past, history
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
45
Joseph Mills Hanson
The Call of the Wind
The wind comes rollicking out of the West.
prairie, plains
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
46
Joseph Mills Hanson
The Fur Traders
The moon, on plain and bluff and stream.
winter, Indians, history, past
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
52
Joseph Mills Hanson
Cowboy Song
We are up in the morning ere dawning of day.
herding, roundup, cowboy, occupation, work
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
54
Joseph Mills Hanson
Christmas Eve at Kimball
Met a chap the other night, down on Halsted Street.
holiday, stories
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
92
Joseph Mills Hanson
Afterglow
Twilight on the river, summer everywhere.
Missouri River, love, couple, dreams, dreaming
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
89
Joseph Mills Hanson
The "Pauline"
A Missouri tramp was the boat "Pauline."
Missouri River, North Queen, Pauline, race
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
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
FC 11 H-06
83
Joseph Mills Hanson
Jake Dale
What, stranger, you never heard tell o' Jake.
race, winning, ice gorge, narrative, story, ice jam, rescue
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
81
Joseph Mills Hanson
The Old Carry
Round by tawny, foam-lipp'd streams.
Portage des Sioux, river, water
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
77
Joseph Mills Hanson
The Missouri
When the hollow void of Chaos.
Missouri River, water
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
73
Joseph Mills Hanson
Prairie Fire
Over the lonely prairie.
brush fire, smoke, river, water
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
71
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
FC 11 H-06
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
FC 11 H-06
66
Joseph Mills Hanson
A Christmas Letter
Dear Miss: For this pink stationery.
rescue, government claim, cowboy, lady, change, outlook, point of view
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
60
Joseph Mills Hanson
Jesus Garcia
Down in Sonora's wide, white lands
Mexico, train, engineer, dynamite, fire, sacrifice, bravery, hero, saved
Frontier Ballads
FC 11 H-06
58
Joseph Mills Hanson
A Lament
Rawhide Smith's gone crazy.
marriage, husband, wife, partner, change
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
9
Samuel Harkness
Ghosts of Dreams
In this deserted mining camp.
past, history, memories
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
11
Samuel Harkness
Horse Thief
I lie so close to the surface.
death, dead, grave, ghost, criminal, law, crimes, outlaw
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
13
Samuel Harkness
Wilderness
The young pines stand in crowded ranks.
nature
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
14
Samuel Harkness
Bill and Amy Franklin
Amy Noble was born on a ranch -- nine thousand acres.
Mormon, settlers, ranch, marriage, husband, wife, life, gold, mines, mining, miner, death, ranching, character
Horse-Thief Gulch
FC 11 H-07
18
Samuel Harkness
To a Mountain Rose
I found you hiding in the shelter of a flume.
flower, rose, fragrance, fragility, nature, water