Busted Cowboy's Christmas, A

DESCRIPTION: "I am a busted cowboy And I work upon the range." The cowboys work in summer and get a check at Christmas. They spend the winter in town and end up broke. They spend their money fast. He won't have a good Christmas; "I'm a cowboy who is broke"
AUTHOR: "Iyam B. Usted" (so the 1893 Stock Growers' Journal); probably a pseudonym for D. J. O'Malley
EARLIEST DATE: 1893 (Miles City Stock Grower's Journal, December 23, 1893, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: cowboy hardtimes money Christmas
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest, pp. 200-201, "A Busted Cowboy's Christmas" (1 text)
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 353, "A Busted Cowboy's Christmas" (1 text)
Roud #11288
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Cowboy's Christmas Ball" (tune, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
File: GFGW200

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