Cowboy in Church

DESCRIPTION: The cowboy wanders into church in his work clothes, noting "on the plains we scarcely know a Sunday from a Monday." The crowd is upset, though the preacher too is dressed in "the trappings of his trade." He reflects on how people look down on cowboys
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1910
KEYWORDS: clergy clothes cowboy
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys, pp. 31-34, "The Cowboy at Church" (1 text)
Ohrlin-HellBoundTrain 7, "Cowboy in Church" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #8020
RECORDINGS:
Glenn Ohrlin, "The Cowboy in Church" (on Ohrlin01)
Carl T. Sprague, "The Cowboy at Church" (Bluebird B-6258, 1936)
File: Ohr007

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