I Ride an Old Paint

DESCRIPTION: "I ride an old paint, I lead an old Dan/dam... Ride around, little dogies, ride around 'em slow...." Verses on various topics: The cowboy's travels, the strayed children of Old Bill Jones, the cowboy's hopes for his funeral
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag)
KEYWORDS: cowboy horse rambling funeral children
FOUND IN: US(So,SW)
REFERENCES (11 citations):
Larkin-SingingCowboy, pp. 33-35, "I Ride an Old Paint" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax/Lomax-FolkSongUSA 63(B), "Old Paint" (1 text, 1 tune)
Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag, pp. 12-13, "I Ride an Old Paint" (1 text, 1 tune)
Scott-TheBalladOfAmerica, pp. 260-261, "I Ride an Old Paint" (1 text, 1 tune)
Botkin-TreasuryOfAmericanFolklore, pp. 857-858, "I Ride an Old Paint" (1 text, 1 tune)
Tinsley-HeWasSinginThisSong, pp. 126-129, "I Ride an Old Paint" (1 text, 1 tune)
Abernethy-SinginTexas, pp. 85-87, "Ridin' Old Paint" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 378-379, "I Ride an Old Paint" (1 text, 1 tune)
Seeger-AmericanFavoriteBallads, p. 25, "I Ride An Old Paint" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 106, "I Ride An Old Paint" (1 text)
DT, RIDEPNT*
Roud #915
RECORDINGS:
Almanac Singers, "I Ride an Old Paint" (General 5020B, 1941; on Almanac01, Almanac03, AlmanacCD1)
Harry Jackson, "I Ride an Old Paint" (on HJackson1)
Tex Ritter, "A-Ridin' Old Paint" (Conqueror 8144, 1933; on BackSaddle)
Pete Seeger, "I Ride an Old Paint" (on PeteSeeger17)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Goodbye, Old Paint"
File: LxU063B

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