Songs of the Cowboys (1921)/Songs of the Cowboys

by N. Howard Thorp

SONGS OF THE COWBOYS

CONTENTS

• Arizona Boys and Girls, The ... 1
• Arroyo Al’s Cow-pony ... 3
• Biblical Cowboy, The ... 4
• Billy the Kid or William H. Bonney ... 6
• Boozer, The ... 9
• Border Affair, A ... 10
• Bronc Peeler’s Song ... 11
• Bronco Jack’s Thanksgiving ... 12
• Bucking Bronco ... 14
• Buckskin Joe ... 15
• California Trail ... 18
• Camp-fire has Gone Out, The ... 20
• Chase of the O L C Steer ... 21
• Chopo ... 23
• Chuck-time on the Round-up ... 24
• Cow-camp on the Range, A ... 30
• Cowboy at Church, The ... 31
• Cowboy at Work, The ... 34
• Cowboys’ Christmas Ball, The ... 35
• Cowboy’s Dream, The ... 40
• Cowboy’s Lament, The ... 41
• Cowboy’s Life, The ... 44
• Cowboy’s Meditation, The ... 46
• Cowboy’s Prayer, A ... 47
• Cowboy’s Prize, A ... 48
• Cowboys Victimized ... 49
• Cowman’s Prayer, The ... 52
• Crooked Trail to Holbrook, The ... 53
• Crossing the Divide ... 55
• Dan Taylor ... 57
• Deer Hunt, A ... 58
• Down on the Ol' Bar-G ... 60
• Dreary, Dreary Life, The ... 61
• Dying Cowboy, The ... 62
• End of the Yaqui Trail, The ... 63
• Fate of the Beef Steer, The ... 65
• Fightin’ Mad ... 66
• Forget the East ... 67
• Frijole Beanses ... 68
• Gal I Left Behind Me, The ... 69
• Get Along, Little Dogies ... 70
• Gol-Darned Wheel, The ...71
• Greaser Joe’s Place ... 74
• Great Round-Up, The ... 75
• Hell in Texas ... 77
• Hell-Bound Train, The ... 79
• High-Chin Bob ... 81
• John Garner’s Trail Herd ... 84
• Jolly Cowboy, The ... 85
• Last Longhorn, The ... 88
• Las Vegas Reunion ... 91
• “’Light, Stranger, ’Light” ... 92
• Little Adobe Casa ... 93
• Little Cow-girl, The ... 94
• Little Joe, the Wrangler ... 95
• Love on the Range ... 98
• A Man Named Hods ... 99
• Mule-Skinners, The ... 101
• Mustang Gray ... 102
• My Little Brown Mule ... 104
• New National Anthem ... 105
• Nigger “’Lasses”: Three-Block Bronco-Buster ... 106
• Night-Herding Song ... 108
• Old Chisholm Trail, The ... 109
• Old Cowman, The ... 112
• Ol’ Dynamite ... 113
• Old Grazin’ Ben ... 115
• Old Hank ... 116
• “Old North” ... 117
• Old Paint ... 118
• Old Paint ... 119
• Old-Time Cowboy ... 121
• “Old Trouble,” A L RANCH COLORED COOK ... 122
• On The Dodge ... 123
• Overland Stage, The ... 124
• Pecos River Queen, The ... 126
• Pecos Tom ... 127
• Prairie Song, A ... 129
• Prospector, The ... 130
• Punchin’ Dough ... 131
• Railroad Corral, The ... 132
• Rambling Cowboy, The ... 134
• Sam Bass ... 135
• Sky-High ... 138
• Song of the Range, A ... 140
• Speckles ... 142
• Ten Thousand Texas Rangers ... 145
• Tenderfoot, The ... 146
• Texas Cowboy, The ... 148
• Thanksgiving on the Ranch ... 151
• Three-Block Tom ... 153
• Top Hand ... 156
• U S U Range, The ... 158
• Western Life ... 160
• Westward Ho! ... 161
• What’s Become of the Punchers? ... 162
• When Bob Got Throwed ... 164
• Whose Old Cow? ... 166
• Windy Bill ... 168
• Women Outlaws ... 170
• Zebra Dun, The ... 171