Library of Congress Collection, Vol. 1: Cowboy Songs, Ballads & Cattle Calls From Texas

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 6, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder Select
• ASIN: B00000ICP3
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,371 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Colley's Run-I-O - Parker Temple

2. The Buffalo Skinners - John A. Lomax

3. Goodbye, Old Paint (I) - Jess Morris

4. Goodbye, Old Paint (II) - Sloan Matthews

5. The Texas Rangers - Sloan Matthews

6. Cattle Calls - Sloan Matthews

7. The Cowboy's Life Is A Very Dreary Life - Sloan Matthews

8. The Dying Ranger - Johnny Prude

9. The Dying Cowboy - Sloan Matthews

10. The Streets Of Laredo - Johnny Prude

11. The Zebra Dun - J.M. Waddell

12. The Dreary Black Hills - Harry Stephens

13. The Night Herding Song - Harry Stephens

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The 13 tracks on this CD have been selected from the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture where recordings are stored of cowboys and old cattlemen singing these songs from the Texas cattle trails years ago. The singers are not professional singers, they are men who knew the cattle and the hardship of the old drives. You liked LONESOME DOVE? These are the songs those men would sing. I am 66 and a native Texan; my grandfather was a trail-driver and sang these songs to me when I was a child. The music is authentic, sentimental, sometimes funny. There are even cattle calls included. An excellent record.