Bunkhouse Orchestra

DESCRIPTION: How the cowboys have a dance: "It' the best grand high that there is within the law When seven jolly punchers tackle 'Turkey in the Straw.'" The dance lets the cowboys forget their troubles, their aches, and the women they pretend not to miss
AUTHOR: Words: Charles Badger Clark
EARLIEST DATE: 1920
KEYWORDS: dancing cowboy party
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Fife/Fife-CowboyAndWesternSongs 103, "Bunkhouse Orchestra" (1 text, 1 tune)
Saffel-CowboyPoetry, pp. 163-164, "The Bunk-House Ochestra" (1 text)
Roud #11093
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Turkey in the Straw" (tune & meter) and references there
File: FCW103

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