“Out on the Lone Star Cow Trail”

Description

Singer, a cowboy, meets a comrade and kills him although "he was dear to me." The judge sends him to prison. He asks listener to tell mother and sweetheart that he's in the "dark city jail"; his sweeheart should bail him out. Chorus: "Hoo-hoo-hooo-oo-oo"

Notes

This should not be confused with "Lone Star Trail." - PJS

Recordings

  • Dick Devall, "Out on the Lone Star Cow Trail" (Timely Tunes [Victor] C-1563, 1931; on MakeMe, WhenIWas1)

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1931 (recording, Dick Devall)
Found in: US(So)