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The earliest written version of the song was published in John Lomax's Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads in 1910. It would first be recorded by Carl T. Sprague in 1926, and was released on a 10" single through Victor Records. [9] The following year, the melody and lyrics were collected and published in Carl Sandburg's American Songbag.
"Streets of Laredo" (Laws B01, Roud 23650), [1] also known as "The Dying Cowboy", is a famous American cowboy ballad in which a dying ranger tells his story to another cowboy. . Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all
The song "When The Work's All Done This Fall" by Carl T. Sprague. Carl Tyler "Doc" Sprague (May 10, 1896 – February 21, 1979) [1] was an American country musician. He was often dubbed "The Original Singing Cowboy". Sprague was one of the first country musicians on record, recording in 1925.
The 'cowboy hard' life and songs of 'Yellowstone's' Ryan Bingham. February 2, 2022 at 2:53 PM. Ryan Bingham, who stars in the hit TV show "Yellowstone." (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
Similarly the popular cowboy song "Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, about a dying cowboy begging not to be buried alone in the wilderness, is based on an earlier poem, "The Ocean Burial". [37] Similarly, the popular song "Buffalo Skinners" is based on the earlier lumberjack tune "Canaday-I-O". [38]
Lyrical similarities signify that the song shares "The Unfortunate Rake" with "St. James Infirmary Blues" as a common ancestor. A later song that draws on elements from the ballad is the Eric Bogle song "No Man's Land". A version of the song, renamed to "A Young Trooper Cut Down", was recorded on the 2016 Harp and a Monkey album War Stories.
Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" has 27 songs — unless you're listening via vinyl or CD. Songs are missing from new 'Cowboy Carter' CD and vinyl versions. Fans want to know why
Like a bittersweet scene straight out of "The Notebook," a video has surfaced on social media of a 92-year-old man singing a love song to his dying wife in her hospital room.