William "Buffalo Bill" Cody actually came to Yorkshire for his Wild West Show. |
Buffalo Bill in Doncaster (This is a poem about Jimmy Chellsford who went with his parents to see Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in October, 1904.) Tis Buffalo Bill! Tis Buffalo Bill! with greying hair and whitened beard; A voice that booms From the Hill, And Annie Oakley! with guns that kill. Buffalo Bill! Buffalo Bill! Cheyenne and Pawnee, Sioux and Arapaho: Feathers for A thrill And buffalo - More than ever seen- Trampling O'er the Hill. Wigwams on The Common A Yorkshire wind That spills Leaves that caught The 'tache and beard The tassled coat And tousled hair Of big ol' Bill. He whooped and whooped around the bend, one hand on a steer: He scooped a hanky from the ground riding at top gear. And Injuns staged an ambush, Then danced around A pole, Smoked peace pipes Lit bonfires Raised smoke as black as coal. Buffalo and his cowdudes rode a stagecoach by, The bad guys with their faces hid let those sixguns fly - Ol' Buffalo with his rifle looked each man in the eye - Downed them one by wicked one - see their horses fly! Buffalo Bill Buffalo Bill The Yorkshire rain don't dampen his will Give it up for Buffalo Bill! Tony Hamid 3rd November 2017 |