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"Git Along, Little Dogies" is a traditional cowboy ballad, also performed under the title "Whoopie Ti Yi Yo." It is cataloged as Roud Folk Song Index No. 827. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. [1] The "dogies" referred to in the song are runty or orphaned calves. [2]
In 1994, country music group Gibson/Miller Band recorded a cover version on its album Red, White and Blue Collar. This version peaked at #49 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and was featured in the soundtrack for the movie The Cowboy Way. [11] It also appeared on the band's second and final studio album, Red, White and Blue Collar.
The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
Dolly Parton. The best country Christmas songs run the gamut from nostalgic, easy listening to power ballads to modern party tracks with some twang.. Classics from the likes of Johnny Cash and ...
The 'cowboy hard' life and songs of 'Yellowstone's' Ryan Bingham. February 2, 2022 at 5:53 PM ... I meet a lot of little kids that grew up in the city and don't really have the opportunity to get ...
William Edwin Bruce Jr. (December 29, 1939 – January 8, 2021) was an American country music songwriter, singer, and actor. He was known for writing the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and recording the 1982 country number one hit "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had". [3]
Most of these cowboy songs are of unknown authorship, but among the best known is "Little Joe the Wrangler" written by Thorp himself. [6] [7] In 1910, John Lomax, in his book Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads, [8] first gained national attention for western music. His book contained some of the same songs as Thorp's book, although in ...
In 2010, members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 western songs of all time. [10] A rendition of the song is one of the seven fight songs of the University of Kansas, and is traditionally played by the Marching Jayhawks university band at the end of every home athletic event. [11]