To the West

DESCRIPTION: "To the West! To the West! to the land of the free, Where mighty Missouri rolls down to the sea." It is a place where all may succeed if they are willing to work. There is much to be done amid the prairies and forests. Build a home there!
AUTHOR: Words: Charles McKay / Music: Henry Russell (source: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
EARLIEST DATE: 1858 (source: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: travel work home river | West
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 9-10, "To the West" (1 text, 1 tune)
Dime-Song-Book #3/72, p. 26 and #3/62, p. 26, "To the West" (1 text); #34, p. 33, "To the West" (1 text)
Roud #13887
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 11(3866)=Johnson Ballads 1675=Johnson d.1773(p. 133v), "To the West! To the West," Walker (Durham), 1797-1834; also Harding B 26(647), "To the West! To the West!" J. Moore (Belfast), 1846-1852; also Firth b.28(14b), "To the West," J. Harkness (Preston), 1840-1866; also Harding B 11(3869), "To the West," J. Harkness (Preston), 1840-1866; also Harding B 18(463), "To the West," H. de Marsan (New York), n.d.; also Firth c.13(177)=Harding B 11(2179), "To the West," A Ryle and Co. (London), 1845-1859; also Firth b.25(433), "To the West!" E. M. A. Hodges (London), 1855-1861; also Firth b.25(5)=Harding B 11(3865), "To the West," P. Blair (Morpeth), 1819-1860; also Harding B 11(3867), "To the West," J. Cadman/H Andrews, Manchester/Leeds, 1850-1852; also 2806 c.16(148)=Harding B 11(3868), "To the West," J. Cadman/H Andrews, Manchester/Leeds, 1850-1852; also Firth b.26(413)=Firth b.34(32), "To the West," T. Skelton (York), n.d.; also Harding B 11(3863), "To the West," unknown, n.d.; also Firth b.27(80)=Harding B 11(3864)=Johnson Ballads 3337, "To the West," unknown, n.d.; also Firth b.27(81), "To the West," unknown, n.d.
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "To the West: A Parody" (lyrics)
SAME TUNE:
Deseret (File: LDC186)
File: LDC010

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