High-Toned Dance, The

DESCRIPTION: "Now you can't expect a cowboy to agitate his shanks In the etiquettish fashion of aristocratic ranks." The singer is out of his depth at a dance in Denver. Still, the ladies enjoy the chance "To see an old-time puncher at a high-tone dance."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1935 (recording, Wilf Carter)
KEYWORDS: cowboy dancing humorous
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Fife/Fife-CowboyAndWesternSongs 104, "The High-Toned Dance" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11094
RECORDINGS:
Wilf Carter, "The Cowboy's High-Toned Dance" (Bluebird [Canada] B-4991, 1935)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Mormon Cowboy (I)" (plot)
File: FCW104

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