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The Castration of the Strawberry Roan DigiTrad: THE CASTRATION OF THE STRAWBERRY ROAN THE STRAWBERRY ROAN Related threads: (origins) Strawberry Roan - ( & Sheepherder version?) (50) Lyr Add: The Strawberry Roan- in Amish (8)
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Subject: RE: The Castration of the Strawberry Roan From: Midchuck Date: 20 Nov 00 - 08:14 AM There's a slightly different set of verses in the DT. The ones in the DT match "text A" as given in "The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing," Guy Logsdon's definitive text on dirty cowboy songs (University of Illinois Press, 1989). There's also a third text in the same book. Peter. |
Subject: The Castration of the Strawberry Roan^^^ From: Amos Date: 19 Nov 00 - 09:34 PM I was hunting up a definitive set of words to the American favorite, The Strawberry Roan, and I encountered these on an obscure AOL page dedicated to smutty songs and backroom ballads, which you can find here if you wish. This particular set is worthy of posterity, considering its renowned antecedent, one of the best loved hoss-songs ever sung. Enjoy. Amos THE CASTRATION OF THE STRAWBERRY ROAN I'd walked into town, heart down and foot sore, Well he'd led me a chase, raced sure-foot and quick, cho: Oh! the Strawberry Roan, how many colts has he thrown? Behind velvet curtains the down-at-heel whores, She slipped off her dress and I saw at a glance, So I stayed around town in that house of ill fame, I was down on the floor and was down on my luck, When up steps a feller and he says, "Say, my lad, "Bring on your bad horses' cause I never saw one I says, "I guess we've all heard of that ball bearin' stud, cho: Oh! the Strawberry Roan, how many colts has he thrown? The upshot of it was that I found myself hired From mornin' till night how those bastards did fight, When up steps the boss and he says, "That's enough, cho: Oh! the Strawberry Roan, we went out to unbend his bone The boss held his head, and I hog tied his legs, But all I could locate was one of his nuts, I thought I had found it, I felt something pass, I tromped on his head, but it wasn't no use, cho: Oh! the Strawberry Roan, I advise you to leave him alone He's still out on the range is that stud with one ball, Click for related thread |
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