Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls from Texas

Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls from Texas

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Field recordings made at various places in Texas and studio recordings in Washington, D. C. from 1941-1948 by John A. Lomax, Rae Korson, and Duncan Emrich.

Library of Congress, American Folklife Center


    • Jun 6, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Dying Cowboy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 2:46


    Sung by Sloan Matthews of Alpine, Texas, at Pecos, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

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    The Streets Of Laredo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 1:58


    Sung by Johnny Prude at Fort Davis, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

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    The Zebra Dun

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 3:01


    Sung by J. M. Waddell of Kermit, Texas, 1948. Recorded at Washington, D.C., by Duncan Emrich.

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    The Dreary Black Hills

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 3:57


    Sung by Harry Stephens of Denison, Texas, 1942. Recorded at Dallas, Texas, by John A. Lomax.

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    The Night Herding Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 3:50


    Sung by Harry Stephens of Denison, Texas, 1946. Recorded at Dallas, Texas, by John A. Lomax.

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    Folk Music of the United States: Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls from Texas AFS L28

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016


    Liner Notes

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    Colley's Run-I-O (Lumberjack Song)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 2:04


    Sung, with guitar, by L. Parker Temple at Washington, D.C., 1946. Recorded by Rae Korson.

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    The Buffalo Skinners (II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 2:32


    Sung and recorded by John A. Lomax of Dallas, Texas, at Washington, D.C., 1941.

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    Goodbye, Old Paint (I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 4:42


    Sung, with fiddle, by Jess Morris at Dalhart, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

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    Goodbye, Old Paint (II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 1:28


    Sung by Sloan Matthews of Alpine, Texas, at Pecos, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

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    The Texas Rangers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 1:45


    Sung by Sloan Matthews of Alpine, Texas, at Pecos, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

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    Cattle Calls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 4:38


    Spoken and illustrated with cattle calls by Sloan Matthews of Alpine, Texas, at Pecos, Texas, 1942. Interviewed and recorded by John A. Lomax.

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    The Cowboy's Life Is A Very Dreary Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 1:30


    Sung by Sloan Matthews of Alpine, Texas, at Pecos, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

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    The Dying Ranger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 5:03


    Sung by Johnny Prude at Fort Davis, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

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