“The Texas Cowboy (I)”

Description

"Come all you Texas cowboys and warning take by me, Don't go out to Montana for wealth or liberty." The cowboy has worked in all sorts of places, but Montana is colder, you can only work (and so get paid) for six months a year, the food is bad, etc.

Recordings

• Arkansas Woodchopper [pseud. for Luther Ossenbrink], "I'm a Texas Cowboy" (Conqueror 7883, 1931)

References

1. Larkin, pp. 65-67, "The Texas Cowboy" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Thorp/Fife VIII, pp. 97-103 (21-22), "The Texas Cowboy" (4 texts, 1 tune)
3. Fife-Cowboy/West 31, "The Texas Cowboy" (3 texts, 1 tune)
4. DT, TXASCWBY*
5. Roud #4632
6. BI, TF08