Rhymes of a Roughneck
O'Cotter, Pat
English
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This is approximatly the first 1,000 words of Rhymes of a Roughneck
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RHYMES OF A
ROUGHNECK
BY PAT O'COTTER 1918
DEDICATED TO ALASKAThe home of the tin can and dog,A waste of snow, ice, and moss.The graveyard of ambitions,The by-word for hell,The home of the famed double cross.Men come here for gold,Ambitious for wealthThey stick—for they can't get away,They dig, drink, and die,And then go to hell,To pay for their last sucker play—
ALASKA
CONTENTS
THE BIRTH OF THE LAND
A WOMAN, A DOG, AND A WALNUT TREE
WHEN THE WATER STARTS TO RUN
THE THROWBACK
THE MALAMUTE
UNSATISFIED
THE PROSPECTOR
IF
US FOR SAM
HOW LONG
THAT 30 U.S. ON THE WALL
FLOTSAM
TRYING
THE NEW MASTER
PROSPECTING
THE WOMAN THAT YOU PASS BY
WHY
AND STILL I LIKE ALASKA
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