“The Buffalo Skinners”

Description

A promoter named (Crego) hires a group of men to skin buffalo. He consistently cheats and mistreats them. Eventually they kill him

Cross references

Recordings

  • Bill Bender, The Happy Cowboy, "Buffalo Skinners" (Varsity 5144, c. 1940)
  • Woody Guthrie, "Buffalo Skinners" (on Struggle1, Struggle2, CowFolkCD1)
  • John A. Lomax, "Buffalo Skinners" (AFS, 1940s; on LC28)
  • Pete Seeger, "Buffalo Skinners" (on PeteSeeger13, AmHist1)

References

  1. Laws B10a, "The Buffalo Skinners"
  2. Leach, pp. 773-775, "Canaday I. O. (The Buffalo Skinners)" (2 texts, but only the first goes with this piece; the other belongs with "Canaday I-O" [Laws C17])
  3. Friedman, p. 429, "The Buffalo Skinners" (1 text)
  4. PBB 110, "The Buffalo Skinners" (1 text)
  5. Sandburg, pp. 270-272, "The Buffalo Skinners" (1 text, 1 tune)
  6. Thorp/Fife XV, pp. 195-218 (31-33), "Buffalo Range" (6 texts, 2 tunes, though the "B" text is "Boggy Creek," C and D appear unrelated, and E is "Canada-I-O")
  7. Larkin, pp. 91-94, "The Buffalo Skinners" (1 text, 1 tune)
  8. Lomax-FSUSA 52, "The Buffalo Skinners" (1 text, 1 tune)
  9. Lomax-ABFS, pp. 390-392, "The Buffalo Skinners" (1 text, 1 tune)
  10. Botkin-AmFolklr, pp. 854-855, "The Buffalo Skinners" (1 text, 1 tune)
  11. LPound-ABS, 84, pp. 181-183, "The Buffalo Skinners" (1 text)
  12. Darling-NAS, pp. 169-170, "The Buffalo Skinners" (1 text)
  13. PSeeger-AFB, p. 63, "Buffalo Skinners" (1 text, 1 tune)
  14. Silber-FSWB, p. 110, "Buffalo Skinners" (1 text)
  15. DT 377, BUFFSKIN* BUFFSKI2
  16. Roud #634
  17. BI, LB10A

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1910
Found in: US(So)