Cowboy Songs on Folkways CD

Fifteen performers sing, brag, and recite poetry that reveals the life of hard-working cowboys. Selected from Folkways records, this anthology includes men and women from different cultural backgrounds and a variety of styles. Complemented by extensive liner notes and bibliography compiled by Guy Logsdon, Smithsonian Institution Fellow, makes this indispensable for those interested in the history and music of the Western U.S. 26 performances.


Fifteen performers sing, boast, tell stories, holler, and recite poetry on 26 tracks that portray the life and times of honest, hard-working cowboys. Features performers from many backgrounds with a wide variety of musical styles. Includes Pete Seeger's Home on the Range, Cisco Houston's Little Joe and the Wrangler, Woody Guthrie's Get Along Little Dogies, several old tales from the range, including Chisholm Tale and Jesse James, and Rosalie Sorrells's version of Gene Autry's 1943 hit There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse. "Abundant evidence of the rich legacy...of real cowboys provided by their music and poetry." — Dirty Linen


     101      Morning Grub Holler      Harry Jackson      0:18     
     102     Round-Up Cook     Harry Jackson     0:48    
     103     Chisholm Trail     The Tex-I-An Boys     3:00    
     104     Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies     Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston     3:01    
     105     Little Joe, the Wrangler     Cisco Houston     2:39    
     106     Little Joe, the Wrangler's Sister Nell     Harry Jackson     3:28    
     107     Utah Carl     Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock     1:30    
     108     Put Your Little Foot     The Tex-I-An Boys     1:25    
     109     Trail to Mexico     Peter La Farge     2:27    
     110     Las Chapparreras     Peter Hurd     1:21    
     111     Buffalo Skinners     Woody Guthrie     3:15    
     112     Zebra Dun     Ray Reed     3:51    
     113     Some Cowboy Brag Talk     Harry Jackson     1:34    
     114     Horse Wrangler     Roger Welsch     3:07    
     115     Strawberry Roan     Harry Jackson     4:55    
     116     The Tex-I-An Boys     John A. Lomax, Jr.     1:52    
     117     Out on the Western Plains (Cow-Cow Yicky Yicky Yea)     Lead Belly     1:33    
     118     Jesse James     Woody Guthrie     3:00    
     119     Home on the Range     Pete Seeger     1:51    
     120     Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight     Rosalie Sorrels     2:12    
     121     Springtime in the Rockies     Lead Belly     3:04    
     122     Lone Star Trail     Dave Fredrickson     2:54    
     123     Rodeo Hand     Peter La Farge     1:47    
     124     Philadelphia Lawyer (Reno Blues)     Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston     2:31    
     125     The Dying Cowboy     Cisco Houston     3:01    
     126     Devil Made Texas     Hermes Nye     2:08