Audiobook

Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

John Avery Lomax is a towering figure in the field of early American musicology and folklore. Through intensive field work, Lomax built up the core body of work for the Library of Congress Archive. "Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads" is his collection that propelled him to the forefront of his field and ignited new interest in American folklore, inspiring many to continue research. For his contributions to the field of cowboy music, Locas was inducted into the Western Music Hall of Fame in 2010. Many of the verses here are accompanied by musical scores, and some may be more familiar in their musical form such as "A Home on the Range." A wide array of characters and life across the western United States is represented here. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Year of Publication: 1929Genres: Ballads , Anthologies

Running Time: 06 hours 36 minutes 26 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Dedication Larry Wilson	2:24
2	Introduction Larry Wilson	5:00
3	Collector's Note Larry Wilson	16:00
4	The Dying Cowboy Nemo	4:04
5	The Days of Forty-nine Nemo	2:43
6	Joe Bowers Nemo	2:44
7	The Cowboy's Dream Jack Allan	2:17
8	The Cowboy's Life Michael Fassio	1:54
9	The Kansas Line Scotty Smith	1:53
10	The Cowman's Prayer Larry Wilson	1:18
11	The Miner's Song Kurt	2:49
12	Jesse James Michael Fassio	2:39
13	Poor Lonesome Cowboy Scotty Smith	1:30
14	Buena Vista Battlefield Michael Fassio	2:56
15	Westward Ho Kurt	1:26
16	A Home on the Range Larry Wilson	1:56
17	Texas Rangers Scotty Smith	3:06
18	The Mormon Bishop's Lament Scotty Smith	4:03
19	Dan Taylor Scotty Smith	1:53
20	When Work Is Done This Fall Michael Fassio	3:10
21	Sioux Indians DrPGould	2:19
22	The Old Chisholm Trail Scotty Smith	3:34
23	Jack Donahoo Scotty Smith	1:47
24	Utah Carroll Kurt	3:17
25	The Bull-whacker realisticspeakers	2:37
26	The "Metis" Song of the Buffalo Hunters realisticspeakers	1:46
27	The U-S-U Range Nemo	2:31
28	The Cowboy's Lament realisticspeakers	4:04
29	Love In Disguise realisticspeakers	2:25
30	Mustang Gray realisticspeakers	1:49
31	Young Companions Kurt	1:58
32	Lackey Bill Scotty Smith	4:49
33	Whoopee Ti Yi Yo, Git Along Little Dogies Scotty Smith	2:03
34	I'm A Good Old Rebel Scotty Smith	1:37
35	The Cowboy Eva Davis (d. 2025)	2:31
36	Bill Peters, The Stage Driver Kurt	2:20
37	Hard Times Michael Fassio	3:17
38	Cole Younger Kurt	2:19
39	Mississippi Girls Kurt	2:39
40	The Old Man Under the Hill Kurt	2:26
41	Jerry, Go Ile That Car realisticspeakers	2:29
42	John Garner's Trail Herd Michael Fassio	3:01
43	The Old Scout's Lament Kurt	1:45
44	The Lone Buffalo Hunter Kurt	2:46
45	The Crooked Trail to Holbrook Kurt	2:47
46	Only a Cowboy Kurt	1:49
47	Fuller and Warren Kurt	3:01
48	The Trail to Mexico Kurt	3:52
49	The Horse Wrangler Nemo	2:33
50	California Joe Peter Yearsley	7:45
51	The Boston Burglar Nemo	2:00
52	Sam Bass Nemo	3:20
53	The Zebra Dun Kurt	3:36
54	The Buffalo Skinners Kurt	3:33
55	Macaffie's Confession Kurt	3:05
56	Little Joe, The Wrangler Kurt	3:27
57	Harry Bale Kurt	2:12
58	Foreman Monroe Kurt	3:48
59	The Dreary Black Hills realisticspeakers	1:57
60	A Mormon Song Tim Watkins	2:40
61	The Buffalo Hunters Nemo	1:57
62	The Little Old Sod Shanty Kurt	2:53
63	The Gol-darned Wheel Cyndy	4:41
64	Bonnie Black Bess BettyB	2:36
65	The Last Longhorn Peter Yearsley	2:42
66	A Prisoner for Life Kurt	2:03
67	The Wars of Germany Nemo	3:26
68	Freighting from Wilcox to Globe Kurt	3:47
69	The Arizona Boys and Girls BettyB	2:46
70	The Dying Ranger realisticspeakers	3:27
71	The Fair Fannie Moore Peter Yearsley	2:40
72	Hell in Texas Nemo	2:40
73	By Markentura's Flowery Marge Kurt	2:02
74	The State of Arkansaw Nemo	3:28
75	The Texas Cowboy Kurt	3:13
76	The Dreary, Dreary Life Kurt	2:45
77	Jim Farrow Kurt	1:48
78	Young Charlottie BettyB	3:43
79	The Skew-Ball Black Kurt	1:37
80	The Rambling Cowboy Nemo	2:05
81	The Cowboy at Church Nemo	3:15
82	The U. S. A. Recruit Larry Wilson	2:27
83	The Cowgirl BettyB	1:08
84	The Shanty Boy Kurt	1:28
85	Root Hog or Die Michael	3:05
86	Sweet Betsy from Pike BettyB	2:55
87	The Disheartened Ranger Cyndy	2:58
88	The Melancholy Cowboy Nemo	2:10
89	Bob Stanford Michael	1:35
90	Charlie Rutlage Michael	1:59
91	The Range Riders Chris Pyle	2:00
92	Her White Bosom Bare Kurt	3:58
93	Juan Murray Chris Pyle	2:13
94	Greer County Cyndy	3:14
95	Rosin the Bow Kurt	2:01
96	The Great Round-Up Larry Wilson	2:28
97	The Jolly Cowboy Yanyan Zeng	3:01
98	The Convict Kurt	1:48
99	Jack O' Diamonds Kurt	3:28
100	The Cowboy's Meditation Nemo	2:10
101	Billy Venero Kurt	4:14
102	Dogie Song Tim Watkins	1:06
103	The Boozer Kurt	1:19
104	Drinking Song Kurt	0:55
105	A Fragment Larry Wilson	0:49
106	A Man Named Hods Lowell Moore	2:41
107	A Fragment Larry Wilson	0:53
108	The Lone Star Trail aniroo	3:37
109	Way Down In Mexico DrPGould	1:07
110	Rattlesnake A Ranch Haying Song DrPGould	2:17
111	The Railroad Corral Jack Albert	1:55
112	The Song of the "Metis" Trapper Cyndy	1:58
113	The Camp Fire Has Gone Out Bristol Chilton	1:35
114	Night-Herding Song aniroo	1:40
115	Tail Piece DrPGould	0:39
116	The Habit Nemo	1:39
117	Old Paint Cyndy	2:00
118	Down South on the Rio Grande Larry Wilson	1:12
119	Silver Jack Phil Schempf	2:38
120	The Cowboy's Christmas Ball Nemo	5:47
121	Pinto Larry Wilson	1:38
122	The Gal I Left Behind Me Wolfgang Bas	1:50
123	Billy The Kid Cyndy	1:12
124	The Hell-Bound Train Nemo	3:27
125	The Old Scout's Lament Phil Schempf	1:42
126	The Deserted Adobe Yanyan Zeng	2:08
127	The Cowboy at Work Yanyan Zeng	1:56
128	Here's to the Ranger! aniroo	1:52
129	Muster Out the Ranger aniroo	1:40
130	A Cow Camp on the Range Phil Schempf	1:48
131	Freckles. A Fragment DrPGould	2:26
132	Whose Old Cow? Larry Wilson	3:16
133	Old Time Cowboy Cyndy	2:30
134	Bucking Broncho Nemo	2:06
135	The Pecos Queen BettyB	1:26
136	Chopo aniroo	1:17
137	Top Hand DrPGould	2:26
138	California Trail Bristol Chilton	2:00
139	Bronc Peeler's Song aniroo	1:26
140	A Deer Hunt Tim Watkins	1:48
141	Windy Bill Michael Fassio	2:26
142	Wild Rovers Michael Fassio	2:08
143	Life in a Half-Breed Shack Larry Wilson	1:57
144	The Road to Cook's Peak Cyndy	2:51
145	Araphoe, Or Buckskin Joe Phil Schempf	3:20
146	Rounded up in Glory Larry Wilson	1:17
147	The Drunkard's Hell Michael	2:18
148	Rambling Boy aniroo	1:42
149	Brigham Young. I. DrPGould	1:42
150	Brigham Young. II DrPGould	2:13
151	The Old Gray Mule Nemo	1:16
152	The Fools of Forty-nine aniroo	2:25
153	A Ripping Trip aniroo	1:04
154	The Happy Miner aniroo	2:04
155	The California Stage Company aniroo	1:25
156	New National Anthem Larry Wilson	1:24