Texas Jack

DESCRIPTION: The singer will "try to tell you the reason why we are bound to roam." The singer was part of a caravan that was attacked by Indians. Only he and two other children were saved by Texas Jack. Brought up among cowboys, he knows no other life
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905
KEYWORDS: death battle Indians(Am.) rescue family
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Fife/Fife-CowboyAndWesternSongs 44, "Texas Jack" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, TEXASJCK*
Roud #11211
File: FCW044

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