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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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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Dedication
02:24 - Chapter 2
Introduction
05:00 - Chapter 3
Collector's Note
16:00 - Chapter 4
The Dying Cowboy
04:04 - Chapter 5
The Days of Forty-nine
02:43 - Chapter 6
Joe Bowers
02:44 - Chapter 7
The Cowboy's Dream
02:17 - Chapter 8
The Cowboy's Life
01:54 - Chapter 9
The Kansas Line
01:53 - Chapter 10
The Cowman's Prayer
01:18 - Chapter 11
The Miner's Song
02:49 - Chapter 12
Jesse James
02:39 - Chapter 13
Poor Lonesome Cowboy
01:30 - Chapter 14
Buena Vista Battlefield
02:56 - Chapter 15
Westward Ho
01:26 - Chapter 16
A Home on the Range
01:56 - Chapter 17
Texas Rangers
03:06 - Chapter 18
The Mormon Bishop's Lament
04:03 - Chapter 19
Dan Taylor
01:53 - Chapter 20
When Work Is Done This Fall
03:10 - Chapter 21
Sioux Indians
02:19 - Chapter 22
The Old Chisholm Trail
03:34 - Chapter 23
Jack Donahoo
01:47 - Chapter 24
Utah Carroll
03:17 - Chapter 25
The Bull-whacker
02:37 - Chapter 26
The "Metis" Song of the Buffalo Hunters
01:46 - Chapter 27
The U-S-U Range
02:31 - Chapter 28
The Cowboy's Lament
04:04 - Chapter 29
Love In Disguise
02:25 - Chapter 30
Mustang Gray
01:49 - Chapter 31
Young Companions
01:58 - Chapter 32
Lackey Bill
04:49 - Chapter 33
Whoopee Ti Yi Yo, Git Along Little Dogies
02:03 - Chapter 34
I'm A Good Old Rebel
01:37 - Chapter 35
The Cowboy
02:31 - Chapter 36
Bill Peters, The Stage Driver
02:20 - Chapter 37
Hard Times
03:17 - Chapter 38
Cole Younger
02:19 - Chapter 39
Mississippi Girls
02:39 - Chapter 40
The Old Man Under the Hill
02:26 - Chapter 41
Jerry, Go Ile That Car
02:29 - Chapter 42
John Garner's Trail Herd
03:01 - Chapter 43
The Old Scout's Lament
01:45 - Chapter 44
The Lone Buffalo Hunter
02:46 - Chapter 45
The Crooked Trail to Holbrook
02:47 - Chapter 46
Only a Cowboy
01:49 - Chapter 47
Fuller and Warren
03:01 - Chapter 48
The Trail to Mexico
03:52 - Chapter 49
The Horse Wrangler
02:33 - Chapter 50
California Joe
07:45 - Chapter 51
The Boston Burglar
02:00 - Chapter 52
Sam Bass
03:20 - Chapter 53
The Zebra Dun
03:36 - Chapter 54
The Buffalo Skinners
03:33 - Chapter 55
Macaffie's Confession
03:05 - Chapter 56
Little Joe, The Wrangler
03:27 - Chapter 57
Harry Bale
02:12 - Chapter 58
Foreman Monroe
03:48 - Chapter 59
The Dreary Black Hills
01:57 - Chapter 60
A Mormon Song
02:40 - Chapter 61
The Buffalo Hunters
01:57 - Chapter 62
The Little Old Sod Shanty
02:53 - Chapter 63
The Gol-darned Wheel
04:41 - Chapter 64
Bonnie Black Bess
02:36 - Chapter 65
The Last Longhorn
02:42 - Chapter 66
A Prisoner for Life
02:03 - Chapter 67
The Wars of Germany
03:26 - Chapter 68
Freighting from Wilcox to Globe
03:47 - Chapter 69
The Arizona Boys and Girls
02:46 - Chapter 70
The Dying Ranger
03:27 - Chapter 71
The Fair Fannie Moore
02:40 - Chapter 72
Hell in Texas
02:40 - Chapter 73
By Markentura's Flowery Marge
02:02 - Chapter 74
The State of Arkansaw
03:28 - Chapter 75
The Texas Cowboy
03:13 - Chapter 76
The Dreary, Dreary Life
02:45 - Chapter 77
Jim Farrow
01:48 - Chapter 78
Young Charlottie
03:43 - Chapter 79
The Skew-Ball Black
01:37 - Chapter 80
The Rambling Cowboy
02:05 - Chapter 81
The Cowboy at Church
03:15 - Chapter 82
The U. S. A. Recruit
02:27 - Chapter 83
The Cowgirl
01:08 - Chapter 84
The Shanty Boy
01:28 - Chapter 85
Root Hog or Die
03:05 - Chapter 86
Sweet Betsy from Pike
02:55 - Chapter 87
The Disheartened Ranger
02:58 - Chapter 88
The Melancholy Cowboy
02:10 - Chapter 89
Bob Stanford
01:35 - Chapter 90
Charlie Rutlage
01:59 - Chapter 91
The Range Riders
02:00 - Chapter 92
Her White Bosom Bare
03:58 - Chapter 93
Juan Murray
02:13 - Chapter 94
Greer County
03:14 - Chapter 95
Rosin the Bow
02:01 - Chapter 96
The Great Round-Up
02:28 - Chapter 97
The Jolly Cowboy
03:01 - Chapter 98
The Convict
01:48 - Chapter 99
Jack O' Diamonds
03:28 - Chapter 100
The Cowboy's Meditation
02:10 - Chapter 101
Billy Venero
04:14 - Chapter 102
Dogie Song
01:06 - Chapter 103
The Boozer
01:19 - Chapter 104
Drinking Song
00:55 - Chapter 105
A Fragment
00:49 - Chapter 106
A Man Named Hods
02:41 - Chapter 107
A Fragment
00:53 - Chapter 108
The Lone Star Trail
03:37 - Chapter 109
Way Down In Mexico
01:07 - Chapter 110
Rattlesnake A Ranch Haying Song
02:17 - Chapter 111
The Railroad Corral
01:55 - Chapter 112
The Song of the "Metis" Trapper
01:58 - Chapter 113
The Camp Fire Has Gone Out
01:35 - Chapter 114
Night-Herding Song
01:40 - Chapter 115
Tail Piece
00:39 - Chapter 116
The Habit
01:39 - Chapter 117
Old Paint
02:00 - Chapter 118
Down South on the Rio Grande
01:12 - Chapter 119
Silver Jack
02:38 - Chapter 120
The Cowboy's Christmas Ball
05:47 - Chapter 121
Pinto
01:38 - Chapter 122
The Gal I Left Behind Me
01:50 - Chapter 123
Billy The Kid
01:12 - Chapter 124
The Hell-Bound Train
03:27 - Chapter 125
The Old Scout's Lament
01:42 - Chapter 126
The Deserted Adobe
02:08 - Chapter 127
The Cowboy at Work
01:56 - Chapter 128
Here's to the Ranger!
01:52 - Chapter 129
Muster Out the Ranger
01:40 - Chapter 130
A Cow Camp on the Range
01:48 - Chapter 131
Freckles. A Fragment
02:26 - Chapter 132
Whose Old Cow?
03:16 - Chapter 133
Old Time Cowboy
02:30 - Chapter 134
Bucking Broncho
02:06 - Chapter 135
The Pecos Queen
01:26 - Chapter 136
Chopo
01:17 - Chapter 137
Top Hand
02:26 - Chapter 138
California Trail
02:00 - Chapter 139
Bronc Peeler's Song
01:26 - Chapter 140
A Deer Hunt
01:48 - Chapter 141
Windy Bill
02:26 - Chapter 142
Wild Rovers
02:08 - Chapter 143
Life in a Half-Breed Shack
01:57 - Chapter 144
The Road to Cook's Peak
02:51 - Chapter 145
Araphoe, Or Buckskin Joe
03:20 - Chapter 146
Rounded up in Glory
01:17 - Chapter 147
The Drunkard's Hell
02:18 - Chapter 148
Rambling Boy
01:42 - Chapter 149
Brigham Young. I.
01:42 - Chapter 150
Brigham Young. II
02:13 - Chapter 151
The Old Gray Mule
01:16 - Chapter 152
The Fools of Forty-nine
02:25 - Chapter 153
A Ripping Trip
01:04 - Chapter 154
The Happy Miner
02:04 - Chapter 155
The California Stage Company
01:25 - Chapter 156
New National Anthem
01:24