These are not necessarily my favorite cowboy songs, but I thought I would add this to the thread for those who may be interested.
I have an old 1933 songbook of songs of the West that I found in my family's stack of old sheet music. The cover is torn off, but most of the songs are there. These are songs that were popular enough out here to be included in the songbook. The Man On the Flying Trapeze may seem out of place, but it was very popular, and my grandparents used to play it at country dances.
Whoopee Ti Yi Yo, Git Along, Little Dogies
Red River Valley (Liz, I've never heard the verse you mention)
The Man on the Flying Trapeze (8 verses)
Old Paint
Jesse James, The Train Robbery
Just My Gal and I
Great Grand-Dad
Hard Luck
I Should Like To Marry
The Big Rock Candy Mountain (hobo song, really)
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
The Cowboy
Blanche, The Pride of the Ranch
When the Work's All Done This Fall
My Love Is A Rider [Bucking Bronco?]
The Dreary, Dreary Life
They Dying Cowboy (Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie)
Ten Thousand Cattle /a>
Old Zip Coon (Turkey in the Straw)
Night Herding Song (Slow Dogie Slow)
The Last Request
Wait For The Wagon
The Little Red Caboose behind the Train
Billy Boy
If you need the music, let me know and I will scan and post pages to my website.
Alice Flynn in Montana