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THE TEXAS COWBOY'
Contributed by AarBI Mooi
Oh, I am a T xa.s cowboy, Just off the exas plains, My trade
is cinching sa ddles and pulling the bridle reins. Its I
can throw the lasso with the greatest of ease, and mount
8va~ - -
my bronco pony and ride him where please - - - H-
Chorus i n styIle
of yodel.
hoo-hoo - - - -' L-t - -
O, I am a Texas cowboy,
Just off the Texas Plains;
My trade is cinching saddles,
And pulling bridle reins.
It's I can throw the lasso
With the greatest of ease,
And mount my bronco pony,
And ride him when I please.
Ho-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
IReprinted by permission of Mr. Victor J. Smith, Curator of the West
Texas Historical and Scientific Society, from Publications, No. I, Decem-
ber, 1926, of the West Texas Historical and Scientific Society, page 36.
Two or three lines of the song seem to be borrowed from "The Lone Star
Trail" (Lomax, 310). In the Journal of American Folk-Lore for 1913
Vol. 26, p. 188, G. F. Will, "Four Cowboy Songs," reports, without
music, a full version of "The Texas Cowboy" as coming from Bismarck,
North Dakota.-Editor.
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Texas and Southwestern Lore (Book)
Collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales. It also contains the proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 243.
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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964. Texas and Southwestern Lore, book, 1927; Dallas, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67662/m1/198/: accessed July 14, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.