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Streets of Laredo (song) "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 time. [2]
The Unfortunate Rake. The Unfortunate Rake is a ballad (Roud 2, Laws Q26), [1] which through the folk process has evolved into a large number of variants, including allegedly the country and western song "Streets of Laredo". [2]
Streets of Laredo is a folk-pop band originally from Auckland, New Zealand but now based in Brooklyn, New York.The band is composed of Dave Gibson (vocals, drums), Daniel Gibson (lead vocals, acoustic guitar) Sarahjane Gibson (vocals, melodica, percussion), Sean McMahon (bass and backing vocals), Cameron Deyell (electric guitar and backing vocals) and Andrew McGovern (trumpet, percussion, and ...
The song in English, like many heroic, rebel outlaw ballads, dates from the mid 19th century, when it was printed as a broadside ballad in Dublin. [3] The same melody is used in the songs Príosún Chluain Meala - (The Jail of Clonmel), The Sailor Cut Down in his Prime and The Streets of Laredo .
Streets of Laredo may refer to: "Streets of Laredo" (song), a folk music standard. Streets of Laredo (novel), a western novel by Larry McMurtry. The Streets of Laredo, unfinished 1948 western film directed by Ed Wood (completed and released posthumously as Crossroads of Laredo in 1995) Streets of Laredo (film), a 1949 western starring William ...
Six songs featured on the album had previously been recorded by Cash. "Give My Love to Rose" was previously recorded by Cash for his 1960 album Sings Hank Williams. "Sam Hall" and "Streets of Laredo" were previously recorded by Cash for his 1965 album Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West.
Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo is a 1995 American Western television miniseries directed by Joseph Sargent.It is a three-part adaptation of the 1993 novel of the same name by author Larry McMurtry and is the third installment in the Lonesome Dove series serving as a direct sequel to Lonesome Dove (1989), ignoring the events of Return to Lonesome Dove (1993).
Excursions, Op. 20, is the first published solo piano piece by Samuel Barber. Barber himself explains: These are ‘Excursions’ in small classical forms into regional American idioms. Their rhythmic characteristics, as well as their source in folk material and their scoring, reminiscent of local instruments are easily recognized. [1]