Backward, Turn Backward (I)

DESCRIPTION: "Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, Bring back my ability if just for tonight. Bring back that riding ability of mine, Don't let the bull buck my ass off this time."
AUTHOR: Joe Cavanaugh?
EARLIEST DATE: 1954
KEYWORDS: parody cowboy animal humorous derivative
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ohrlin-HellBoundTrain 55, "Backward, Turn Backward" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #5092
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother" (tune)
cf. "Cowboy Again for a Day" (tune, lyrics)
NOTES [81 words]: Ohrlin believed that Joe Cavanaugh made up this parody on the spot at a competition in 1954. (The original is "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother," by Elizabeth Akers Allen, and begins "Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, Make me a child again, just for tonight"). This parody however is probably derived from "Cowboy Again for a Day." But while Cavanaugh's authorship is likely (meaning that this is not a folk song), it cannot be absolutely proved, so it goes into the Index. - RBW
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File: Ohr055

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