Folk Songs About Cowboys

Western, cowboys, cowpokes, gauchos and paniolos.

Sally Barris\ Are You A Real Cowboy\ Restless Soul\ Self
Hank Cramer\ Diamond Joe\ Way Out West\ Ferryboat (whole CD, actually)
Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer\ Cowboy Singer\ Tanglewood Tree\ Signature
Asleep at the Wheel\ I'm An Old Cow Hand\ Reinventing the Wheel\ Bismeaux
Goin' South Band\ Cowboy Waltz\ Home In My Heart\ California Swampland

[some favorites]
Anna Coogan\ Lonesome Cowboy Lullaby\ Lonesome Cowboy Lullaby (EP)\ Self
Ramblin' Jack Elliott / Friends of Mine / Riding Down the Canyon / Western / 
Riders in the Sky / Great Big Western Howdy! / Wah-Hoo / Western
Roy Rogers / Songs of the West, Vol. 4 / Don't Fence Me In / Western
Tom Russell / Borderland / Down the Rio Grande
Tom Russell / Cowboy Real / Navajo Rug
Finest Kind\ Goodnight-Loving Trail\ Lost in a Song\ Fallen Angle

[Cowboy songlist from Paul Stamler]
Harry Jackson: "Morning Grub Holler" ("The Cowboy: His Songs, Ballads and
Brag Talk", Folkways)
Harry "Mac" McClintock: "The Old Chisholm Trail" ("Back in the Saddle
Again", New World; originally Victor 78, 1928)
Glenn Ohrlin: "Jake and Roanie" ("Down By the Rio Grande", Hoopsnake)
Van Holyoake: "The Pot Wrassler" ("Back in the Saddle Again", New World)
W. C. Childers: "The Strawberry Roan" (Montgomery Ward 78, 1936; originally
recorded 1929 for Victor)
Powder River Jack & Kitty Lee: "Tyin' a Knot in the Devil's Tail" ("When I
Was a Cowboy, Vol. 1", Yazoo; originally Victor 78, 1930)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott: "Diamond Joe" ("Jack Elliott", Vanguard)
Harry Jackson: "The Saddle Bum" ("The Cowboy: His Songs, Ballads and Brag
Talk", Folkways)
Carl T. Sprague: "Following the Cow Trail" (Victor 78, 1926)
Gail Heil: "The Cowboy's Wife" ("When the Cactus Is In Bloom", Copper Creek)
Carl T. Sprague: "The Mormon Cowboy" ("When I Was a Cowboy, Vol. 1", Yazoo;
originally Victor 78, 1929)
Harry Jackson: "Boastin' Cowboy" ("The Cowboy: His Songs, Ballads and Brag
Talk", Folkways)
John White: "Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo" (Conqueror 78, 1931)
Martin & Roberts: "The Roundup in the Spring" ("When I Was a Cowboy, Vol.
2", Yazoo)
Glenn Ohrlin: "Zebra Dun" ("Cowboy Songs", Philo)
Sam Hinton: "Night Herding Song" ("Complete Library of Congress Recordings,
1947", Bear Family)
Harry Jackson: "The Streets of Loredo [sic]" ("The Cowboy: His Songs,
Ballads and Brag Talk", Folkways)
Tom Cook [pseud. for Frank Luther]: "When the Work's All Done This Fall"
(Madison 78, 1930)
Cartwright Brothers: "Utah Carroll" ("When I Was a Cowboy, Vol. 1", Yazoo;
originally Columbia 78, 1929)
Harry Jackson: "Clayton Boone" ("The Cowboy: His Songs, Ballads and Brag
Talk", Folkways)
Glenn Ohrlin: "High-Chin Bob" ("Cowboy Songs", Philo)
Jules Verne Allen: "Long Side the Santa [sic] Fe Trail" ("When I Was a
Cowboy, Vol. 1", Yazoo; originally Victor 78, 1929)
Glenn Ohrlin: "The Wild Buckaroo" ("The Wild Buckaroo", Rounder)
Jess Morris: "Goodbye Old Paint" ("A Treasury of Library of Congress Field
Recordings", Rounder)
Carl T. Sprague: "The Cowboy's Meditation" (Montgomery Ward 78, originally
Victor, 1930)
Glenn Ohrlin: "The Cowboy" ("Cowboy Songs", Philo)

[and Indians]
"Mac" [Harry McClintock]: "Billy Venero" (Victor 78, 1928)
Marc Williams: "Sioux Indians" ("Back in the Saddle Again", New World;
originally Decca 78, 1934)
Cartwright Brothers: "Texas Ranger" ("When I Was a Cowboy, Vol. 1", Yazoo;
originally Victor 78, 1929)

[gauchos - South America]

[paniolos - Hawaii]

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