Wild Horse Charlie

DESCRIPTION: Wild Horse Charlie tells the poet that he prefers his work to women. He explains that he had once been engaged to one. Later it turns out she had become engaged to a number of cowboys, taking money from each and then skipping town.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973
KEYWORDS: courting marriage trick cowboy recitation
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ohrlin-HellBoundTrain 78, "Wild Horse Charlie" (1 text)
RECORDINGS:
Glenn Ohrlin, "Wild Horse Charlie" (on Ohrlin01)
File: Ohr078

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