Pete Knight, the King of the Cowboys

DESCRIPTION: "List a while to my story 'Bout a lad from the wide open plain Who has won a great name the world over, Pete Knight of rodeo fame." Knight's success as a rider is detailed; the song ends with his marriage
AUTHOR: Wilf Carter
EARLIEST DATE: 1934 (source: Darrell Knight, Pete Knight the Cowboy King)
KEYWORDS: cowboy horse marriage
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1937 - Death of Pete Knight
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Ohrlin-HellBoundTrain 32, "Pete Knight, the King of the Cowboys" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Darrell Knight, _Pete Knight the Cowboy King_, Detselig Enterprises, 2004, p 182, "Pete Knight The King of the Cowboys)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Pete Knight"
cf. "Pete Knight's Last Ride"
NOTES [50 words]: For the history of Pete Knight, see "Pete Knight." This was apparently the first of several songs Wilf Carter ("Montana Slim") wrote about Knight. According to Darrell Knight, Pete Knight the Cowboy King, Detselig Enterprises, 2004, p.172, this was the more popular of Carter's songs about Knight. - RBW
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File: Ohr32

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