Songs of the Cowboys (1908)

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SONGS OF THE COWBOYS

N. Howard Thorp

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ESTANCIA, NEW MEXICO

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Copyright, 1908
N. Howard Thorp.

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PREFACE

To the Ranchmen of the West this little volume is dedicated as a reminder of the trail days and roundups of the past. To the younger generation who know not of the trip from Texas to Dodge and the north, it will tend to keep alive the memories of an industry now past.

I have gathered these songs from the cow camps of different states and territories. They embrace most of the songs as sung by the oldtime cow punchers. I plead ignorant of the authorship of them but presume that most of the composers have, ere now, "Gone up the dim narrow trail."

I mount this little book on one of the best cow horses that ever lived, and start it on its journey; together may they meet all the old time cowboys and receive a welcome at their hands, is the earnest wish of

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS

• Little Joe, the Wrangler.
• Windy Bill.
• The Tenderfoot.
• California Trail.
• Top Hand.
• Little Adóbe Casa.
• Grand Round-up.
• Texas Cowboy.
• Mustang Gray.
• Sam Bass.
• Bucking Broncho.
• Educated Feller.
• Cowboy's Lament.
• Chopo.
• Buffalo Range.
• Cowboys' Christmas Ball.
• Chase of the A L C Steer.
• The Pecos Stream.
• Old Time Cowboy.
• The Pecos River Queen.
• Whose Old Cow?
• Cowboys New Years Dance.
  "Mark Chisholm".
• Speckles.