Showing posts with label limerick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label limerick. Show all posts

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Seaborn Kalijah: whiskey runner to merciless killer

Seaborn Kalijah sold whiskey to the Creek
Til he was arrested with a future now bleak
But in his bid to be free
He mutilated three
Til they caught him again and hung the merciless freak

Kid Wade: horse thief

Kid Wade was a horse thief of some renown
He took over the Middleton gang after Doc went down
But he made such a ruckus
And then escaped justice
Til and angry mob lynched him in town

Sunday, August 19, 2012

A Steer Branded "Murder"

Gilliland feuded with Henry Harrison Powe
And one day they decided to go toe-to-toe
Powe went to Boot Hill
Cowboys say, "A clean kill"
And the steer with the brand tells the law what they know

A steer with the "Murder" brand
For years did wander the land
An odd Texas mystery
But true to its history
When a posse of Rangers killed Fine Gilliland

Laura Bullion AKA Della Rose: outlaw

Laura Bullion had an alias -- Della Rose
With famous outlaws she did more than just pose
With outlaws she laid
Til they taught her their trade
Until her wardrobe became prison clothes

Eugene Bunch: unlikely outlaw

Eugene Bunch was a well-educated teacher
He spoke soft and polite like a preacher
But he side-stepped his brains
And took up robbing trains
Til the law killed him in the swamp like a creature

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Jim Clark: unreformed outlaw

Jim Clark was an ex-Quantril rider
Who once tried to be a lawful gunfighter
But the Council he stoked
At his anger filled joke
"I'll kill two for two bits. Pass the cider."

Black Face Charlie: outlaw

Charlie Bryant was a recognized outlaw
Because of a physical flaw
Cuz' a fight while still young
Sent black powder from the gun
Into his face and made it quite raw

Bill Brown: outlaw

Gunmen like Bill Brown are a pity
Especially with eyesight so shitty
He sought to shoot Moore
But Ralph Tate hit the floor
So they hung him and it wasn't pretty

Charles E. Boles: Black Bart

Charles Boles was the famous Black Bart
Who uplifted stage-robbing to an art
With a hood and a duster
He proved he could muster
Enough money to bed down a tart

Friday, August 17, 2012

Death of Sam Brown

A gunman named Long-Haired Sam Brown
Put fifteen men down with a frown
Til he met his Grim Reaper
A simple innkeeper
Who left him face-up on the ground

Billy the Kid Escapes

Once when Billy the Kid was in jail
Bob Ollinger crowed without fail
Until Billy broke free
And with both barrels did he
Plug Bob like a quivering quail

Billy Breckenridge vs Curly Bill Brocius

Billy Breckenridge carried a star
They say he was fearless by far
So when Curly Bill Brocius
Began acting atrocious
Billy's bullet carved out a face scar

Leonard Brock: trainrobber

Train robber Leonard Calvert Brock
Was part of the Burrow Brothers flock
He was caught and convicted
For the things he did wicked
Then jumped to his death in the cell block