Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: and e
Date: 03 Aug 23 - 09:46 PM

49. The Ruptured Cowboy (Maria)

Five texts from Michigan State and one from Indiana University
have been deposited in the folklore archives at the latter school, the
earliest of these dating from 1946,

The theme here is so identical to that of "The Gay Caballero"
that at first glance one tends to suspect more than a merely coinci-
dent relationship between the two, although this probably is not the
case. "The Gay Caballero" is much longer and more fully developed in
regard to the plot than is "The Ruptured Cowboy," as a single line of the
latter song corresponds in its narrative statement to at least one entire
verse of the former. To illustrate the matter more concretely, a variant
of "The Gay Caballero" is printed below, and is then followed with a
fairly complete text of "The Ruptured Cowboy":

[[removed "Gay Caballero" song]]

much more condensed and concise "Ruptured Cowboy," sung to the tune
"Rancho Grande," is nevertheless remarkably similar in plot:

I am a ruptured cowboy,
I have the gonorrhea—syph too.
I got it from Maria
Underneath the apple treah.

And now it's hard to peeah—shit too.
I'm going to have the operation.
The one they call the casteration. (2)

(2) Collected by Merrill and Virginia Walker at Michigan State in
1946. According to their informant, there are still other additional
lines which were not recalled at the time.



49 A. Clay McMullen sang this variant on December 6, 1963. He learned
it in a Phoenix, Arizona high school in 1959 or I960,

My name is Pancho Villa,
I got the gonorrhea.
I got it from Maria,
It hurts me when I peeah.

49 B. This fragment is interesting for the reason that it is not
set to the "Rancho Grande" tune, but has been reworked so as to parody
the popular song, "I Just Met A Girl Named MariaJ' from the movie, "West
Side Story," This undoubtedly is a very recent change since the wide-
spread familiarity of the latter melody has only come about in the past
four or five years. This text was collected from Jon Kwitny, formerly
of the University of Missouri, who indicated that he first heard it on
that campus about 1960-62,

Maria, I just met a girl named Maria.
She gave me gonorrhea,
But she gave it to me freeah, Maria.

pgs 261-263, An Annotated Field Collection of Songs from the American
College Student Oral Tradition by Richard Reuss.


See here: https://archive.org/details/1965annotatedfieldcollectionofsongs/page/260/mode/1up?q=ruptured

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: and e
Date: 03 Aug 23 - 09:14 PM

My name is Pancho Villa.
I got the gonorrhea.
I got from Maria,
She gave it to me free-a.
Ha-ha-ha-ha.

I took her to my castle,
And laid her for a peso.
I fucked her in the asshole,
And fucked her in the face-o.
Ha-ha-ha-ha.

Pg 234-235, The Erotic Muse collected & edited by Ed Cray. Learned by Cray prior to 1948. Tune is "Alla en el Rancho Grande".


See here: https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.214440/page/234/mode/1up?q=Villa&view=theater

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: and e
Date: 03 Aug 23 - 01:22 PM

This song is sung to the tune of the Mexican folksong, "Cielito Lindo"

"I am the ruptured cowboy!
"I got the gonorrhea!
"Aye, yah!

"I got it from Maria!
"She gave it to me free-ahh!
"It hurts me when I pee-ahh!
"Aye, yah, yah, yah!"

"aye, yah!" is that untranslatable Mexican expression of joy heard in the
background of Mexican folksongs.

Imagine yourself in a group of roving mariachis at a fiesta as you work on
your rendition of THE RUPTURED COWBOY. You'll win the respect and
admiration of
your associates and co-workers at the next office party.

Posted March 26, 1997. The poster BadLeRoyB may have misidentified the song.

See original post here: https://groups.google.com/g/alt.tasteless.jokes/c/nobpyZ5kxSM/m/0NPGAdo9FC0J

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: and e
Date: 03 Aug 23 - 01:08 PM

I am a ruptured cowboy
I got the gonorrhea
I got it from Maria
I got it from her free-a
It hurts me when I pee-a

Sung by Joe Hickerson during his interview of Jim Hitchcock, dated Oct 19-20, 1963, Library of Congress Folklife Archive (LC-AFS 17022).

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: and e
Date: 03 Aug 23 - 12:57 PM

I am a ruptured cowboy
I got the gonnareha
I got it from Maria
She got it from Mattia
It hurts me when I pee-a

[Spoken] That's all I remember of it. 1952. Possibly 1952.

From the recording of Ron Graham dated May 14, 2006.

Listen here: https://ia804702.us.archive.org/9/items/jack_horntip_collection_field_recordings/0385%2004%20-%20I%20Am%20A%20Ruptured%20Cowboy%2C%20I%20Got%20The%20Gonarrhea.mp3

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: and e
Date: 03 Aug 23 - 12:45 PM

[singing] I am a ruptured cowboy
I have the gonorrhea
I got it from Maria
She gave it to me free-a
And now I can not pea-a

I have the syph and the blueballs
I have clap on my two balls...

[spoken] And the rest I don't know. There is another couplet and it eludes me. The last line may have rhymed "ointment" and "disappointment". But I don't remember. It's to the tune of El Rancho Grande.

Transcribed from the recording below of Marty K. recorded March 15, 2005.

Recording here: https://archive.org/download/jack_horntip_collection_field_recordings/0798%20I%20Am%20A%20Ruptured%20Cowboy%20I%20Have%20The%20Gonorrhea%20%5BAka%20Pancho%20Villa%20%28Poncho%20Via%29%2C%20Parody%20Of%20El%20Rancho%20Grande%5D.mp3

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: Lighter
Date: 03 Aug 23 - 12:41 PM

I heard it in 1976 from a fellow graduate student who'd learned it in Venice, Calif.

It consisted of only the first four lines of the Sigma Chi version above.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: and e
Date: 03 Aug 23 - 12:27 PM

My name is Pancho Villa
I got my gonorrhea.
I got from Maria
She gave it to me free-a
And now I can not pee-a.
Yaha! Syph too!

Transcribed from the recording below of Gregory Hildebrand. Recorded December 7, 2004

Listen here: https://archive.org/download/jack_horntip_collection_field_recordings/0552%20My%20Name%20Is%20Pancho%20Villa%2C%20I%20Got%20The%20Gonorrhea%20%5BPoncho%20Via%2C%20Parody%20Of%20El%20Rancho%20Grande%5D.mp3


Another recording of Greg Hildebrand singing "My Name is Pancho Villa" dated June 6, 2006 is in the Rob Willis Folklore Collection in the Oral History and Folklore Collection of the National Library of Australia. ORAL TRC 5484/75/1.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: and e
Date: 03 Aug 23 - 12:05 PM

PANCHO VILLA

My name is Pancho Villa
I have the gonorrhea
I got it from Maria
She gave it to me free-a
And now I cannot pee-a

ca 1962, Shitty Songs of Sigma Chi.

See here: https://archive.org/details/1962ca-shitty-songs-of-sigma-chi/page/n11/mode/1up?q=pancho

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: and e
Date: 03 Aug 23 - 12:04 PM

PANCHO VILLA [=Ruptured Cowboy]

My name is Pancho Villa
I have the gonorrhea
I got it from Maria
She gave it to me free-a
And I cannot pee-a.

ca 1965, Dirt: An Exegesis, UCLA. Hand written marginal note in brackets is in the original.

See here: https://archive.org/details/1965-dirt-an-exegesis/page/6/mode/1up?view=theater

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: and e
Date: 03 Aug 23 - 12:03 PM

THE SAVIOR OF MEHECRICO

My name i Pancho Villa, and I drive a Karman Gieha.
I've got the gonorrhea, I got it from Luciea

She gave it to me free-aah
give me my boots and my saddle
and i will fuck all the cattle
give me my pills and my water
i screwed the wrong Spaniards daughter.

1967-1968, The Crusader Hymnal.

See here: https://archive.org/details/1967thecrusaderhymnal/page/23/mode/1up?q=villa

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: and e
Date: 02 Aug 23 - 10:23 PM

Clint Eastwood from the movie "Mule" singing this "Pancho Villa" song.

See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv6IoV0CRXc

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: GUEST,Kelly jo
Date: 17 Apr 19 - 07:51 PM

My grandpa use to sing a song like this, his actually went:
I am a long dong cowboy, I have the Gonorrhea, I got it from Maria, she gave it to me Free-ah, and now I cannot pee-ah, so take down your pants and your britches because I love f×××ing b×××××'s, I am the long dong cowboy

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Jan 19 - 10:23 AM

Hooray for Clint; no snowflake he.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Dec 18 - 10:37 PM

It’s in the mule movie, Clint Eastwood sings it!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: Lighter
Date: 11 May 18 - 06:37 PM

The name of the historical Pancho Villa (once prominent in U.S. newspapers) unfortunately rhymes with "gonorrhea," leading me to suspect that the name figured in the original text.

Why "ruptured cowboy"? Just bawdifying the first syllable of "rancho"?

Though "Alla en el rancho grande" was popularized in 1939 by both Bing Crosby and Gene Autry, it was published earlier in John and Alan Lomax's "American Ballads and Folk Songs" (1934) as a traditional border song. However, it had been copyrighted in 1927 by the music publisher Salvador Cabrera, with words and music credited to Silvano Ramos.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: Cool Beans
Date: 09 May 18 - 11:41 AM

As the anonymous singer in version one (2005) I'm disappointed that the link no longer works.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: GUEST
Date: 09 May 18 - 07:58 AM

Oh, my! I heard this at a party with Navy aviators, in Japan in 1958. I can add a couple of lines (Tune: El Rancho Grande):

I am the ruptured cowboy,
I have the gonorrhea - ahh, ha, ha haa,
I got it from Maria,
She gave it to me free - ah,
It hurts me when I pee - eah, ha, ha haa,
I have my pills and my ointment,
I have my doctor's appointment.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: GUEST,Jerry
Date: 19 Apr 17 - 10:39 AM

I didn't think this existed. I first heard a boy singing this lyric at Boy Scout Camp in upstate New York, during WWII, when I was 12—14. It was a parody on a popular song of the time "El Rancho Grande." We all roared with laughter at hearing it, especially when the boy hollered "Syph, too!" Today for some reason, I thought of that song and took a chance and googled it, never expecting to find it because I thought that kid had made it up on the spot. But to my great surprise and delight, there it was!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Feb 17 - 09:02 PM

Learned this song in the 60's

I am a ruptured Cowboy, I have gonorrhea,..........and syph, too.'

I got it from Maria, while over in Korea

It hurts me when I PEEEEE AHHHHHH !!



I could sing the song but never knew the name of the tune,   My version varies slightly.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Sep 14 - 12:20 AM

My grandfather taught me this song at an early age. I would here it often especially around Christmas when he would be drinking with some of his friends that served with him in the corp during wwll it is actually a very fond memory as it always put on the biggest smile on my grandfather's face

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: GUEST,spearot
Date: 31 Aug 12 - 09:53 PM

from the 1960's

Iam the ruptutrd cowboy
I've got the gonoreah
syph too

Igot it from maria
she gave it to me freea
way down in santa feahh

now I can't go see maria
because of my gonnoreah
and it's so hard to pee peeah
bcause of my gonorreah

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: Big Jim from Jackson
Date: 30 Aug 06 - 01:19 PM

John, I had a friend from Oklahoma who would often sing the verse you have above, minus the "Aye, yah, yah, yah" chorus. He never sang any other verses.

He also sang:
"Who in the hell in the God Damned nation
Shit all over Uncle Bud's plantation?
Uncle Bud and the whole damned crew,
Come here and help me saw this turd in two!"

Subject: Lyr Add: 'Ruptured Cowboy' Traditional Bawdy Song
From: John M.
Date: 25 Apr 05 - 07:06 PM

Hello everyone,

If you are easily offended, please STOP READING.   This thread is for mature audiences only.  Please don't post "dreadful song" or "worst song written" as you are not helping. 

Below is a traditional bawdy song titled:  'The Ruptured Cowboy'  (recording)

                Do you sing this song?  If so when/where did you learn it?

Any help is appreciated.

Sincerely,

John Mehlberg
[e-mail]
~
My, mostly traditional, bawdy songs, toasts and recitations website: www.immortalia.com
~

THE RUPTURED COWBOY  (recording)
[Tune - El Rancho Grande(???)]

I am the ruptured cowboy!
I got the gonorrhea!
Aye, yah!

I got it from Maria!
She gave it to me free-ahh!
It hurts me when I pee-ahh!
Aye, yah, yah, yah!"

[Notes: This text is from BadLeRoyB  in alt.tasteless.jokes  on March 26, 1997 in the google usenet archive.   One other version is also found in that archive.  There currently seems to be no texts of this song in a Google web search.   I have field collected this song twice and there is an anonymous recording of this in the LOC folksong archive from 1962.]
 

• Field Recording - John Mehlberg Collection - See Notes.
  • Digital Recording - Anonymous - 2005.03.15
    • I Am A Ruptured Cowboy I Have The Gonorrhea  Time: 0:22
  • Digital Recording - Gregory Hildebrand - 2004.12.07
    • My Name Is Poncho Via, I Got The Gonorrhea  Time: 0:20
       
• Library of Congress Archive of Folklife
  • Anonymous 1962
    • I Am A Ruptured Cowboy I Have The Gonorrhea  Time: 0:21