The Border and the Buffalo: An Untold Story of the Southwest Plains / The Bloody Border of Missouri and Kansas. The Story of the Slaughter of the Buffalo. Westward among the Big Game and Wild Tribes. A Story of Mountain and Plain

by John R. Cook

MY KANSAS QUEEN.

1. My kingdom is the prairie,

The grasses, and the flowers;

And listening to the summer wind

I while away the hours.

My wealth is but the love of you,

Who are so free from guile;

The only tribute that I ask

Is the sunshine of your smile.

CHORUS.