“The Mowing Machine”
Description
The cowboy "used to go dashing," "But that was before they invented wire fences And started the cowboys to shoveling hay." He looks back to the good old days, curses the man who invented barbed wire, and requests a "mowing machine" for his tombstone
Cross references
- cf. "The Streets of Laredo" [Laws B1] (tune & meter) and references there
References
- Ohrlin-HBT 3, "The Mowing Machine" (1 text, 1 tune)
- BI, Ohr003