Cattle Call

DESCRIPTION: The singer describes life while "singing [his] cattle call": "When the new day is dawning I wake up a-yawning, Drinkin my coffee strong." "Each day I do ride o'er a range far and wide... I don't mind the weather, my heart's like a feather...." With yodels
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1966
KEYWORDS: cowboy work | yodeling
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Fife/Fife-CowboyAndWesternSongs 111, "Cattle Call" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11089
RECORDINGS:
Audrey Mae (group), "The Cattle Call" (Piotr-Archive #610, recorded 07/08/2023; a festival recording)
File: FCW111

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