Riding Boy from Powder River

DESCRIPTION: "Riding boy from Powder River Rides the broncs until they shiver, Rides the gals until they quiver, He's the riding boy!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973
KEYWORDS: cowboy horse bawdy
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ohrlin 39, "Riding Boy from Powder River" (1 fragmentary text, 1 tune)
NOTES [62 words]: The name of the river of this song is explicitly "Powder River," not "The Powder River"; the local custom is that you don't use an article before the name, ever. (See Helena Huntington Smith, The War On Powder River, University of Nebraska Press, 1966, p. 1). According to Smith, p. 9, the first big cattle drive on Powder River was organized by Moreton Frewen i 1879. - RBW
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File: Ohr039

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