Old Spookses’ Pass (Isabella Valancy Crawford Poems)
I. WE'D camped that night on Yaller Bull Flat,— Thar was Possum Billy, an' Tom, an' me. Right smart at throwin' a lariat Was ...
I. WE'D camped that night on Yaller Bull Flat,— Thar was Possum Billy, an' Tom, an' me. Right smart at throwin' a lariat Was ...
I don't much s'pose, hows'ever I should plen it,I could git boosted into th' House or Sennit,--Nut while the twolegged ...
As one who lays aside a task, where one has ruled alone,I lay aside the crown of hell, and give ...
When the stars from the skies have fallen And the smoke of the world's cleared away;When Saint Peter marks "30" in ...
Now Mr. Boomer Johnson was a gettin' old in spots,But you don't expect a bad man to go wrastlin' pans ...
A man that's spent years knocking round "out in front" Has most usually had lots of pals--He's mixed up with pardners ...
On, out in the West where the riders are ready,They sing an old song and they tell an old tale,And ...
They say that life's just what we make it.Each one guides the course of his soul:From the childhood port to ...
It was noon by the sun; we had finished our game,And was passin' remarks goin' back to our claim;Jones was ...
Though you're not exactly blue,Yet you don't feel like you doIn the winter, or the long hot summer days.For your ...
You are jest an old waddy that's been everywhere.You've about held your own and done more than your share.You wind ...
(NYE'S FORD, STANISLAUS, 1870)Do I sleep? do I dream?Do I wonder and doubt?Are things what they seem?Or is visions about?Is ...
A rider from the Two-Bar come with news from off the range:He said he's seen a dust cloud that looked ...
There was a sunny, savage landBeneath the eagle's wings,And there, across the thorns and sand,Wild rovers rode as kings.Is it ...
When my trail stretches out to the edge of the skyThrough the desert so empty and bright,When I'm watchin' the ...
IT'S a high-falutin' title they have handed us;It's very complimentary and grand;But a year or so ago they called us ...
(Written for Mother)Oh Lord, I've never lived where churchesgrow.I love creation better as it stoodThat day You finished it so ...
I knowed he was a WesternerI knowed it by his talk;I knowed it by his headgear,I knowed it by his ...
Didn't know Flynn,--Flynn of Virginia,--Long as he's been 'yar?Look 'ee here, stranger,Whar HEV you been?Here in this tunnel He was ...
What's the matter with you--ain't I always been your friend?Ain't I been a pardner to you? All my pennies don't ...
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