Songs of the cowboys / by N. Howard ("Jack") Thorp ; variants, commentary, notes and lexicon by Austin E. and Alta S. Fife ; music editor: Naunie Gardner.

Author/creator Thorp, N. Howard
Other author Fife, Austin E.
Other author Fife, Alta (Alta Stevens), 1912-1996.
Other author Gardner, Naunie.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Bramhall House, ©1966.
Description346 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Cowboys--Songs and music. --History and criticism.
Cowboys--Songs and music.
Songs--United States.

Contents Introduction -- Banjo in the cow camps / by J. Howard ("Jack") Thorp -- Songs. Little Joe, the wrangler -- Windy Bill -- The tenderfoot -- California trail -- Top hand -- Grand round-up -- The little adobe Casa -- The Texas cowboy -- Mustang gray -- Sam Bass -- Bucking broncho -- Educated feller -- Cow boy's lament -- Chopo -- Buffalo range -- The cowboys Christmas ball -- Chase of the O. L. C. steer -- The pecos stream -- Old time cowboy -- Pecos river queen -- Who's old cow? -- The cowboys New Years dance -- Speckles -- Songs of the cowboys (facsimile edition).
General noteIncludes unaccompanied melodies with words.
General noteIncludes facsimile of the original 1908 ed. of Songs of the cowboys: pages 258-303.
General noteIncludes indexes.
Bibliography noteBibliography: pages 322-334; bibliographies and discographies at end of most chapters.
LCCN65024836

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