Found Musical Treasures - 78s of old cowboy songs

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From:
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 08:32 PM

Thanks Kat. Those that aren't in the DT, If no one else does it, I will post them here tomorrow. Gotta run.

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From:
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 08:31 PM

Here's most of the rest. Some of them are too easy, as I mentioned above. Simple search in the DT will find those. O'Holligan's Ball and Punching the Dough I haven't located. Though there are tons of links to Punching the Dough. Title like Jesse James is a little hard to work with.(See Below).

I'm Betting The Roll on Roamer
Ida Red
Ida Red
Ida Red
Ida Red
Roving Gambler
Roving Gambler
Jack of All Trades
Jack of All Trades
Jack of All Trades
Jesse James
Jesse James
Jesse James
Jesse James
Jesse James

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 08:09 PM

Great stuff, George!! Thanks! When I have the time, I will post lyrics of the ones you can't find.

Some folks have PM'd to say they think I am being to *cheap*:-) If anyone feels moved to send a little more than the three bucks, I wouldn't refuse it. Also, for those outside the US, I do have a PayPal acct and will give you the addy if you send me a PM.

Thanks a bunch, folks. It's sure fun to share with ya'll.

kat

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From:
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 08:02 PM

That link to the Ranger Ballads has as its first lyric, Texas Rangers

I haven't located King of Borneo, Going Back To Texas (lots of references though), Dolan's Poker Party, Jolly Coppersmith (again lots of references to sheet music), and I learned about Woman From Her.

I haven't started on the stuff after the Old Chisholm Trail. Some of the others are SO certain to be in the DT that I haven't linked to them. Red River Valley, Cowboy's Lament, Big Rock Candy Mountain are some of these.

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From:
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 07:57 PM

Strawberry Roan
Strawberry Roan
Strawberry Roan
Dakota's Cross
Down By The Railroad Tracks
Billy Venero
Billy Venero - Marty Robbins

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From:
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 07:32 PM

Jack O' Diamonds - Lonnie Donegan
Jack O' Diamonds
Jack O' Diamonds
Days of Forty-Nine
Days of 49
Days of Forty-Nine
Little Joe, The Wrangler
Little Joe, The Wrangler

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From:
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 07:19 PM

Git Along Little Dogies
Lay Down Little Dogies
Tale of the Ticker
Keep Your Saddle Tight (alternate Title for IF Your Saddle IS Good and Tight
From http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:-g1R1H8HBUMJ:www.sprague-database.org/01/f6789.htm++%22keep+Your+Saddle+Tight%22&hl=en     Is Your Saddle Is Good and Tight
This song also known as Keep Your Saddle Tight is another example of incorporating a safety message into song. Much as learning ABC's by singing them to a familiar tune, new hires soon were singing the precautions of cattle herding in their sleep. The songwriter takes a lighthearted turn at the end with a message that when approaching marriage "that saddle" should be good and tight as well.

From the same source:
Following The Cow Trail (The Trail To Mexico)
In his magnificent work, He Was A Singin' This Song, Jim Bob Tinsley traces the origins of this song back to the 17th Century English ballad, Early, Early in the Spring, about a young sailor who leaves his true love behind to "board a ship to serve the King". Adapted to the cowboy life, the song tells of hiring out with the Jim Stinson outfit to drive herds to Mexico, actually New Mexico.
The melody is essentially that of I'm Going To Leave Old Texas Now, a much newer tune derived from the song heard here. Sprague's uncle Elias Booth could have worked the Jim Stinson Trail which ran from Matador, Texas to Fort Sumner in New Mexico (later to Fort Apache in Arizona) and would have learned the song there.

The Trail To Mexico
The Trail To Mexico

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From: Joybell
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 07:09 PM

kat, that's so great! I'd love to hear you and your grandmother too. I haven't had our treasure put on CD yet. The records are mildewed and scratched, but we hope to hear at least something. I haven't heard my grandmother's voice since I was 5. I wonder if I sound anything like her? She was a preacher with her own church and each record has a sermon on one side and a song on the other. - We think. Joy

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From: Deckman
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 07:06 PM

What a treasure. I'm 'gonna PM you. $3 is WAY TOO CHEAP! Bob

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 06:58 PM

:-)FT

Thanks, George!

Joy, that is wonderful! Another tape we found, which is an absolute family treasure is of my maternal grandmother reading us stories of James Whitcomb Riley and others plus myself reading Goldilocks and the three bears when I was four years old and had a teeny-high-pitched voice. My grandmother was a fantastic storyteller and reader, as were my parents. One friend who heard that tape said she can hear my grandma's delivery/style etc. in my voice. THAT made my day!

Thanks, ya'll

kat

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 06:54 PM

Not leaving a space between the Peg & the Leg could be nasty....

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From: Joybell
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 06:53 PM

How wonderful kat. I'd really love a copy.
Speaking of old treasures - By a happy and totally unexpected chance I just came upon two old 78s made by my grandmother in 1948. Didn't even know she sang. Had no idea she'd made them. Not of any interest to anyone else, of course, but wonderful for me and my cousin.
Anyway, kat, that's just so great.
                                          Joy

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From:
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 06:41 PM

If I Had My Druthers - (Li'l Abner)
If I Had My Druthers - John Denver

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From:
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 06:30 PM

No problem. I looked, and there's a song called Here's to the Ranger on this page:

Ranger Ballads

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 06:28 PM

Oh! Thanks, George. They didn't come up when I did a search. I suspect because I didn't leave a space between the peg and leg.:-)

Subject: RE: Found Musical Treasures
From:
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 06:24 PM

Kat. Peg Leg Jack is in the Forum. Have a look at these old threads:

Peg Leg Jack 1
Peg Leg Jack 2

Subject: Found Musical Treasures
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 05:58 PM

Bless my brother for making a reel-to-reel recording in the 1950's of mom and dad's old mostly cowboy 78 records. We just found the tapes after not being sure if they had been lost all of these years or not. Treasures!

Anyway, I am using Audacity (thanks, Mudcatters!) to put them on my hard-drive, then they shall be Solstice/Christmas pressies for family and friends. If any of you are interested, please let me know. I think for about $3 to cover the cost of a blank cd and postage, I could share copies with you all. Here are the songs included on these two tapes (unfortunately, he didn't write down all of the artists' names. Bet has the original records, but no access for at least a year.):

Please note: At this later date, I've realised this is going to take two CDs for each set. Because of this, anyone who orders after 30 October 2004, will have to send $10 to cover the cost of the CDs, mailing, etc. THANKS for your understanding!:-)

Cowboy's Lament (sung by "Mac")
I learned about women from her (Crumit?)
Pegleg Jack (no words in the DT! Suprises me)
If I had my druthers
Get Along little dogies
Here's to the Texas Ranger (Sprague)
Lay down, Dogies
Goin' back to Texas
Days of '49 (Jules Allen)
Home on the range

Big rock candy mountain
A tale of the ticker
If your saddle is good and tight
Trail to Mexico
Goodbye, Old Paint
Little Joe, the Wrangler
Jack O'Diamonds
Down by the railroad track
The Strawberry roan
King of Borneo
Under Dakota's cross

Abdul Abulbul Amir
Return of Abdul Abulbul Amir
Dolan's poker party
Old Joe Clark
Jolly Coppersmith
Jesse James
Billy Venero
Texas Rangers
Sam Bass
(from Carmen (Stokowski) I assume he means conducting...well, my brother is a classical composer. Probably won't include this on the cds:-)

Old Chisolm Trail (sung by "Mac")
Frankie and Johnny
Bettin' the roll on Roamer
Ida Red
O'Holligan's O'HOOligan's Ball
Bury me not on the lone prairie
Punchin' the dough
Red River Valley
Jack of all Trades (sung by Bud Billings)
Roving Gambler

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