“Poor Lonesome Cowboy”

Description

"I'm a poor lonesome cowboy (x3) And a long way from home." "I ain't got no father To buy the clothes I wear." "I ain't got no mother To mend the clothes I wear." "I ain't got no sweetheart To sit and talk with me." (And so on for other missing persons)

References

1. Sandburg, p. 273, "Poor Lonesome Cowboy" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Larkin, pp. 112-115, "Poor Lonesome Cowboy" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Fife-Cowboy/West 84, "The Poor Lonesome Cowboy" (4 texts, 1 tune; the "C" and "D" texts are Spanish -- "Soy Pobre Vaquero" -- but with plots similar to this piece)
4. Lomax-ABFS, p. 418, "Poor Lonesome Cowboy" (1 text)
5. DT, POORLONE*
6. Roud #4643
7. BI, San273