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Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

by John LOMAX (1867 - 1948)

The "Metis" Song of the Buffalo Hunters

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 , Bill Peters, The Stage Driver , 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 Joe , California Trail , Charlie Rutlage , Chopo , Cole Younger , Dogie Song , Down South on the Rio Grande , Drinking Song , Foreman Monroe , Freckles. A Fragment , Freighting from Wilcox to Globe , Fuller and Warren , Greer County , Hard Times , Harry Bale , Hell in Texas , Her White Bosom Bare , Here's to the Ranger! , I'm A Good Old Rebel , Jack O' Diamonds , Jerry, Go Ile That Car , Jim Farrow , John Garner's Trail Herd , Juan Murray , Lackey Bill , Life in a Half-Breed Shack , Little Joe, The Wrangler , Love In Disguise , Macaffie's Confession , Mississippi Girls , Mustang Gray , Muster Out the Ranger , New National Anthem , Night-Herding Song , Old Paint , Old Time Cowboy , Only a Cowboy , Pinto , Rambling Boy , Rattlesnake A Ranch Haying Song , Root Hog or Die , Rosin the Bow , Rounded up in Glory , Sam Bass , Silver Jack , Sweet Betsy from Pike , Tail Piece , The Arizona Boys and Girls , The Boozer , The Boston Burglar , The Buffalo Hunters , The Buffalo Skinners , The California Stage Company , The Camp Fire Has Gone Out , The Convict , The Cowboy , The Cowboy at Church , The Cowboy at Work , The Cowboy's Christmas Ball , The Cowboy's Lament , The Cowboy's Meditation , The Cowgirl , The Crooked Trail to Holbrook , The Deserted Adobe , The Disheartened Ranger , The Dreary Black Hills , 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 Horse Wrangler , The Jolly Cowboy , The Last Longhorn , The Little Old Sod Shanty , The Lone Buffalo Hunter , The Lone Star Trail , The Melancholy Cowboy , The Old Gray Mule , The Old Man Under the Hill , The Old Scout's Lament , 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 Trail to Mexico , The U. S. A. Recruit , The U-S-U Range , The Wars of Germany , The Zebra Dun , Top Hand , Way Down In Mexico , Whoopee Ti Yi Yo, Git Along Little Dogies , Whose Old Cow? , Wild Rovers , Windy Bill , Young Charlottie , Young Companions