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Thread #7756 Message #1068043
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
08-Dec-03 - 06:19 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: My Home's in Montana
Subject: RE: Lyrics- Cowboy Song? - My Home's In Montana
The Larkin (1931) version of "The Cowboy's Lament" was posted by Masato in thread 42786. This is the "My Home's in Montana" version. My home's in Montana
A correction to Sam Hinton's letter. The first publication was in a privately printed little volume in 1908, by The News Print Shop, Estancia, New Mexico. The version printed in the bound volume, "Songs of the Cowboys," HM NY, 1921, was completely different and has become much better known according to the Fifes ("Songs of the Cowboys," N. Howard Thorp but much expanded by the Fifes, Clarkson N. Potter, publisher, 1966).