Cowboy Songs And Other Frontier Ballads

Complete Text, Lyrics & Sheet Music

By John A. Lomax, M. A. The University Of Texas Sheldon Fellow For The Investigation Of American Ballads, Harvard University

About This Book
First let me apologise for the odd errors and weirdnesses you will find in my web version of this book. The vagaries of scanning and OCRing, plus trying to retain as much as possible of the original format, and have it display in a variety of browsers makes it hard to make a decent job without spending forever on it. I will, when time permits have a go a cleaning this up a bit more, in the meantime I hope you find what is here useful. Cowboy Songs And Other Frontier Ballads is Lomax's first major(400+pages) and highly acclaimed work. It is like his other works a very significant contribution to the preservation of traditional & folk music.

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Content list of Pages

Front Page Inside - 0007 Contents 1 - 0013 Contents 2 - 0014 Contents 3 - 0015 Contents 4 - 0016 Contents 5 - 0017 INTRODUCTION - 0019 Page - 0020 Page - 0021 COLLECTOR'S NOTE - 0023 Page - 0024 Page - 0025 Page - 0026 Page - 0027 Page - 0028 Page - 0029 Page - 0030 Page - 0031 cowboy-songs - 0032 Dylng Cowboy, The - 0103 Page - 0104 Page - 0105 Page - 0106 Page - 0107 Page - 0108 Days of Forty-Nine, The - 0109 Page - 0110 Page - 0111 Page - 0112 Page - 0113 Page - 0114 Joe Bowers - 0115 Page - 0116 Page - 0117 Cowboy's Dream, The - 0118 Page - 0119 Cowboy's Life, The - 0120 Page - 0121 Kansas Line, The - 0122 Miner's Song, The - 0123 Cowman's Prayer, The - 0124 Page - 0125 Page - 0126 Jesse James - 0127 Page - 0128 Page - 0129 Page - 0130 Page - 0131 Poor Lonesome Cowboy - 0132 Page - 0133 Buena Vista Battlefield - 0134 Page - 0135 Page - 0136 Westward Ho - 0137 Page - 0138 Home on the Range, A - 0139 Page - 0140 Page - 0141 Page - 0142 Page - 0143 Texas Rangers - 0144 Page - 0145 Page - 0146 Mormon Bishop's Lament, The - 0147 Page - 0148 Page - 0149 Page - 0150 Dan Taylor - 0151 Page - 0152 When the Work is Done This Fall - 0153 Page - 0154 Page - 0155 Sioux Indians - 0156 Page - 0157 Old Chisholm Trail, The - 0158 Page - 0159 Page - 0160 Page - 0161 Page - 0162 Page - 0163 Jack Donahoo - 0164 Page - 0165 Utah Carroll - 0166 Page - 0167 Page - 0168 Bull Whacker, The - 0169 Page - 0170 Page - 0171 Metis Song of the Buffalo Hunters - 0172 Page - 0173 Cowboy's Lament, The - 0174 Page - 0175 Page - 0176 Love in Disguise - 0177 Page - 0178 Mustang Gray - 0179 Page - 0180 Young Companions - 0181 Page - 0182 Lackey Bill - 0183 Page - 0184 Page - 0185 Page - 0186 Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo, Git along Little Dogies - 0187 Page - 0188 Page - 0189 Page - 0190 Page - 0191 U-S-U Range - 0192 Page - 0193 I'm a Good Old Rebel - 0194 Page - 0195 Cowboy, The - 0196 Page - 0197 Page - 0198 Page - 0199 Bill Peters, the Stage Driver - 0200 Page - 0201 Page - 0202 Hard Times - 0203 Page - 0204 Page - 0205 Cole Younger - 0206 Page - 0207 Mississippi Girls - 0208 Page - 0209 Old Man Under the Hill, The - 0210 Page - 0211 Jerry, Go Ile that Car - 0212 Page - 0213 John Garner's Trail Herd - 0214 Page - 0215 Page - 0216 Old Scout's Lament, The - 0217 Page - 0218 Lone Buffalo Hunter, The - 0219 Page - 0220 Crooked Trail to Holbrook, The - 0221 Page - 0222 Page - 0223 Only a Cowboy - 0224 Page - 0225 Fuller and Warren - 0226 Page - 0227 Page - 0228 Page - 0229 Page - 0230 Page - 0231 Trail to Mexico, The - 0232 Page - 0233 Page - 0234 Page - 0235 Horse Wrangler, The - 0236 Page - 0237 Page - 0238 California Joe - 0239 Page - 0240 Page - 0241 Page - 0242 Page - 0243 Page - 0244 Page - 0245 Page - 0246 Boston Burglar, The - 0247 Page - 0248 Sam Bass - 0249 Page - 0250 Page - 0251 Page - 0252 Page - 0253 Zebra Dun, The - 0254 Page - 0255 Page - 0256 Page - 0257 Buffalo Skinners, The - 0258 Page - 0259 Page - 0260 Page - 0261 Page - 0262 Page - 0263 McCaffie's Confession - 0264 Page - 0265 Page - 0266 Little Joe, the Wrangler - 0267 Page - 0268 Page - 0269 Page - 0270 Page - 0271 Harry Bale - 0272 Page - 0273 Foreman Monroe - 0274 Page - 0275 Page - 0276 Dreary Black Hills, The - 0277 Page - 0278 Page - 0279 Page - 0280 Page - 0281 Mormon Song - 0282 Page - 0283 Page - 0284 Buffalo Hunters - 0285 Page - 0286 Little Old Sod Shanty, The - 0287 Page - 0288 Page - 0289 Gol-Darned Wheel, The - 0290 Page - 0291 Page - 0292 Page - 0293 Bonnie Black Bess - 0294 Page - 0295 Page - 0296 Last Longhorn, The - 0297 Page - 0298

Page - 0299 Prisoner for Life, A - 0300 Page - 0301 Page - 0302 Page - 0303 Wars of Germany, The - 0304 Page - 0305 Page - 0306 Freighting from Wilcox to Globe - 0307 Page - 0308 Page - 0309 Page - 0310 Arizona Boys and Girls, The - 0311 Page - 0312 Page - 0313 Dying Ranger, The - 0314 Page - 0315 Page - 0316 Page - 0317 Page - 0318 Fair Fannie Moore - 0319 Page - 0320 Page - 0321 Hell in Texas - 0322 Page - 0323 By Markentura's Flowery Marge - 0324 Page - 0325 State of Arkansaw, The - 0326 Page - 0327 Page - 0328 Texas Cowboy, The - 0329 Page - 0330 Page - 0331 Page - 0332 Dreary, Dreary Life, The - 0333 Page - 0334 Page - 0335 Page - 0336 Jim Farrow - 0337 Page - 0338 Young Charlottie - 0339 Page - 0340 Page - 0341 Page - 0342 Skew-Ball Black, The - 0343 Rambling Cowboy, The - 0344 Page - 0345 Cowboy at Church, The - 0346 Page - 0347 Page - 0348 U. S. A. Recruit, The - 0349 Page - 0350 Cowgirl, The - 0351 Shanty Boy, The - 0352 Page - 0353 Root Hog or Die - 0354 Page - 0355 Page - 0356 Page - 0357 Sweet Betsy from Pike - 0358 Page - 0359 Page - 0360 Disheartened Ranger, The - 0361 Page - 0362 Melancholy Cowboy, The - 0363 Page - 0364 Bob Stanford - 0365 Page - 0366 Charlie Rutlage - 0367 Page - 0368 Range Riders, The - 0369 Page - 0370 Her White Bosom Bare - 0371 Page - 0372 Page - 0373 Page - 0374 Page - 0375 Juan Murray - 0376 Page - 0377 Greer County - 0378 Page - 0379 Rosin the Bow - 0380 Page - 0381 Great Round-Up, The - 0382 Page - 0383 Jolly Cowboy, The - 0384 Page - 0385 Page - 0386 Page - 0387 Page - 0388 Page - 0389 Convict, The - 0390 Page - 0391 Jack 0' Diamonds - 0392 Page - 0393 Page - 0394 Page - 0395 Page - 0396 Cowboy's Meditation, The - 0397 Page - 0398 Billy Venero - 0399 Page - 0400 Page - 0401 Page - 0402 Dogie Song - 0403 Boozer, The - 0404 Drinking Song - 0405 Fragment, A - 0406 Man Named Hods, A - 0407 Page - 0408 Fragment, A - 0409 Lone Star Trail, The - 0410 Page - 0411 Page - 0412 Page - 0413 Way Down in Mexico - 0414 Rattlesnake, A Ranch Haying Song - 0415 Page - 0416 Page - 0417 Railroad Corral, The - 0418 Page - 0419 Song of the Metis Trapper, The - 0420 Page - 0421 Camp Fire Has Gone Out, The - 0422 Page - 0423 Night-Herding Song - 0424 Page - 0425 Tail Piece - 0426 Habit, The - 0427 Page - 0428 Old Paint - 0429 Page - 0430 Down South on the Rio Grande - 0431 Silver Jack - 0432 Page - 0433 Page - 0434 Cowboy's Christmas Ball, The - 0435 Page - 0436 Page - 0437 Page - 0438 Page - 0439 Pinto . - 0440 Page - 0441 Gal I Left Behind Me, The - 0442 Page - 0443 Billy the Kid - 0444 Hell-Bound Train, The - 0445 Page - 0446 Page - 0447 Old Scout's Lament, The - 0448 Page - 0449 Deserted Adobe, The - 0450 Page - 0451 Cowboy at Work, The - 0452 Page - 0453 Here's to the Ranger - 0454 Page - 0455 Muster Out the Ranger - 0456 Page - 0457 Cow Camp on the Range, A - 0458 Page - 0459 Freckles, A Fragment - 0460 Page - 0461 Whose Old Cow - 0462 Page - 0463 Page - 0464 Old Time Cowboy - 0465 Page - 0466 Bucking Broncho - 0467 Page - 0468 Pecos Queen, The - 0469 Page - 0470 Chopo - 0471 Page - 0472 Top Hand - 0473 Page - 0474 California Trail - 0475 Page - 0476 Bronc Peeler's Song - 0477 Page - 0478 Deer Hunt, A - 0479 Page - 0480 Windy Bill - 0481 Page - 0482 Wild Rovers - 0483 Page - 0484 Page - 0485 Life in a Half-Breed Shack - 0486 Page - 0487 Road to Cook's Peak - 0488 Page - 0489 Araphoe, or Buckskin Joe - 0490 Page - 0491 Page - 0492 Rounded Up in Glory - 0493 Page - 0494 Drunkard's Hell, The - 0495 Page - 0496 Rambling Bay - 0497 Page - 0498 Brigham Young, I - 0499 Page - 0500 Brigham Young, II - 0501 Page - 0502 Old Gray Mule, The - 0503 Fools of Forty-Nine, The - 0504 Page - 0505 Page - 0506 Ripping Trip, A - 0507 Page - 0508 Happy Miner, The - 0509 Page - 0510 Caldjornia Stage Company - 0511 Page - 0512 New National Anthem - 0513 Page - 0514