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Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

by John LOMAX (1867 - 1948)

The Dreary Black Hills

John Avery Lomax is a towering figure in the field of early American musicology and folklore. Through intensive field work, Lomax built up the core body of work for the Library of Congress Archive. "Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads" is his collection that propelled him to the forefront of his field and ignited new interest in American folklore, inspiring many to continue research. For his contributions to the field of cowboy music, Locas was inducted into the Western Music Hall of Fame in 2010. Many of the verses here are accompanied by musical scores, and some may be more familiar in their musical form such as "A Home on the Range." A wide array of characters and life across the western United States is represented here. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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Listen next episodes of Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads:
A Fragment , The Old Scout's Lament , A Cow Camp on the Range , A Deer Hunt , A Fragment , A Man Named Hods , A Mormon Song , A Prisoner for Life , A Ripping Trip , Araphoe, Or Buckskin Joe , Billy The Kid , Billy Venero , Bob Stanford , Bonnie Black Bess , Brigham Young. I. , Brigham Young. II , Bronc Peeler's Song , Bucking Broncho , By Markentura's Flowery Marge , California Trail , Charlie Rutlage , Chopo , Dogie Song , Down South on the Rio Grande , Drinking Song , Freckles. A Fragment , Freighting from Wilcox to Globe , Greer County , Hell in Texas , Her White Bosom Bare , Here's to the Ranger! , Jack O' Diamonds , Jim Farrow , Juan Murray , Life in a Half-Breed Shack , Muster Out the Ranger , New National Anthem , Night-Herding Song , Old Paint , Old Time Cowboy , Pinto , Rambling Boy , Rattlesnake A Ranch Haying Song , Root Hog or Die , Rosin the Bow , Rounded up in Glory , Silver Jack , Sweet Betsy from Pike , Tail Piece , The Arizona Boys and Girls , The Boozer , The Buffalo Hunters , The California Stage Company , The Camp Fire Has Gone Out , The Convict , The Cowboy at Church , The Cowboy at Work , The Cowboy's Christmas Ball , The Cowboy's Meditation , The Cowgirl , The Deserted Adobe , The Disheartened Ranger , The Dreary, Dreary Life , The Drunkard's Hell , The Dying Ranger , The Fair Fannie Moore , The Fools of Forty-nine , The Gal I Left Behind Me , The Gol-darned Wheel , The Great Round-Up , The Habit , The Happy Miner , The Hell-Bound Train , The Jolly Cowboy , The Last Longhorn , The Little Old Sod Shanty , The Lone Star Trail , The Melancholy Cowboy , The Old Gray Mule , The Pecos Queen , The Railroad Corral , The Rambling Cowboy , The Range Riders , The Road to Cook's Peak , The Shanty Boy , The Skew-Ball Black , The Song of the "Metis" Trapper , The State of Arkansaw , The Texas Cowboy , The U. S. A. Recruit , The Wars of Germany , Top Hand , Way Down In Mexico , Whose Old Cow? , Wild Rovers , Windy Bill , Young Charlottie