The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #61966 Message #1000990
Posted By: GUEST,Lighter
12-Aug-03 - 02:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Whose Old Cow (N. Howard Thorp)
Subject: RE: 19th century black cowboy rap
M. Mario: Nope. Thorp hadn't much interest in tunes. I believe he expressed his opinion in the 1921 edition that cowboys generally couldn't carry a recognizable tune anyway.