FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
45
Harold Brainerd Hersey
John Wesley Hardin
John Hardin and John Selman earned.
sheriff, outlaw, jail, killer, killing, shoot, shot, prison, pump, pit, water, self defense, jury, shot in the back, Scarborough, empty holster, gun duel
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
37
Harold Brainerd Hersey
Chilled-Steel Custer
Custer, Chilled-Steel Custer, he wuz shot in Seventy Six.
fate, Sitting Bull, Black Hills, scout, bugle
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
25
Harold Brainerd Hersey
The "Two-Gun Roost"
There's folks what sez that women iz thuh same thuh wide world over.
woman, female, girl, marriage, wife, daughter, riding horse through door, fire, rescue
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
59
Harold Brainerd Hersey
The Ballad of a Buckaroo
Two shots that split thuh desert silence.
gun fight, shot, shoot, kill, lynching, rustler, widow, wife, settling down, husband, aging, history, past
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
69
Harold Brainerd Hersey
When Badmen Wuz Bad
In them early days shootin' a man.
gun, argument, stranger, snake, barkeep, courage, kill, killing, shot, shoot
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
77
Harold Brainerd Hersey
Honesty Bein' Thuh Best Policy
Lem Croll's a poker player.
cards, gambling, cheat, cheating, solitaire, suicide
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
81
Harold Brainerd Hersey
Under Western Stars
From thuh hurricane deck o' my pinto hoss I sees thuh evenin' bars.
night, stars, fate, west, coyote, rifle, woman, female, liberty, boss's daughter, wife, mother, child, horse thief, forgiveness, homeland, sheriff, baby
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
93
Harold Brainerd Hersey
They Whipsawed Thuh Greenhorn Between `Em
They whipsawed thuh greenhorn between `em.
poker, cards, gambling, train, luck, money, cash, bank robbery, robber
Singing Rawhide
FC 11 H-11
101
Harold Brainerd Hersey
The Death of Jesse James
Jesse wuz a bandit, yeh! And a two-gun guy.
outlaw, reputation, Civil War, Frank James, robbery, Bob Ford, Robert, shot in the back
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
56
Jack Horan
Grub-Line
Did you ever wake up in the morning, Pal.
grub line, chuck line, food, chow, help, poker, wages, money
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
57
Jack Horan
My Silk Shirt
I caught up my top hoss.
clothing, clothes, school teacher, horse, willow trees
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
59
Jack Horan
A Friend to Man
Say, friends, to see the cars today.
cars, automobile, progress, change, transportation
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
60
Jack Horan
Cold Leather
It was a frosty morning.
cold, frost, snow, saddle, bet, wager, buck, bucking horse
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
62
Jack Horan
The Fair of `94
The first time that I saw you, Pal.
fair, rodeo, Black Eagle Park, 1894, past, history, change, chute, bucking
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
63
Jack Horan
A Cowboy's Dream
Your old cayuse is turned to graze.
home, camp, girlfriend, memories, thoughts, dreams
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
65
Jack Horan
Lost
Say, Pal, were you ever caught.
blizzard, snow, weather, horse, direction, confusion, disoriented
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
66
Jack Horan
From Saddle to Automobile
Say, friend, I've drove some snakey broncs.
car, automobile, driving, progress, mechanization, gas pedal
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
68
Jack Horan
The Buzztail
Jimmie and I are drifting.
snake, rattlesnake, rattler, horse, startle, prairie dog mound
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
70
Jack Horan
The Boss' Pet
The boss said, "Chuck, you run her in."
bucking bronco, horse, trick, joke, prank
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
72
Jack Horan
Drouth
Remember Nineteen, nineteen.
drought, 1919, dry, water, steer, cattle, prices
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
73
Jack Horan
Shaw Buttes
See old Shaw Buttes over yonder.
1919, drouth, drought, water, valley, dry, river
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
74
Jack Horan
The Ridin' Kid
A lad rode up to the camp one day.
greenhorn, tenderfoot, Tennessee, joke, prank, test
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
76
Jack Horan
The Teton Pioneers
Friends, I'll not forget you.
past, history, reunion, dance, celebration, commemoration, friendship, west, old-timers
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
77
Jack Horan
Eddie's Vocabulary
Eddie was a top hand.
grammar, language, English, correction, practical joke, prank, trick, swearing
Burnt Leather
FC 11 H-16
80
Jack Horan
The Old Barn Dance
Slim and I were drifting.
dancing, pants, rip, embarrassment, embarrass, overalls