The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #7756 Message #47931
Posted By: Joe Offer
04-Dec-98 - 02:29 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: My Home's in Montana
Subject: RE: Lyrics- Cowboy Song?
I looked in a number of songbooks, but I couldn't find anything about the history of this song. Can anybody tell us about it? It's not in any of the usual folk songbooks, and it's not in the vast songbook index of the U of Tennessee Knoxville. That leads me to believe it may not be an authentic cowboy song. I found it in the Girl Scout Pocket Songbook, so maybe it was sung by the early Girl Guides as they rode their trusty steeds.
But enough of this levity, since Seed says humor is not part of my programming. Is there a story behind the song?
-Joe Offer-