Ridge-Running Roan, The

DESCRIPTION: Singer vows to tame a wild horse. After 17 days of pursuit the cowboy ropes him, discovering that at some point he'd been saddled and bridled, but was still wild. The horse eventually throws him and runs back to the ridges with all of his gear
AUTHOR: Curley Fletcher
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Curley Fletcher, "Songs of the Sage")
LONG DESCRIPTION: Singer hears of a wild horse and vows to tame it. After 17 days of pursuit the horse quits the ridges for softer ground and the cowboy ropes him, discovering that at some point he'd been saddled and bridled, but was still wild. Mounting, "I thought I was up on the hurricane deck/Of an earthquake and cyclone a-havin' a wreck." The horse eventually throws him and runs back to the ridges with all of his gear
KEYWORDS: work animal horse cowboy worker
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
RECORDINGS:
Beverly Hillbillies, "Ridge Runnin' Roan" (Brunswick 599, c. 1932)
Tex Fletcher, "Ridge Runnin' Roan" (Decca 5302, 1936)
Harry Jackson, "The Ridge-Running Roan" (on HJackson1)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Strawberry Roan" (theme)
NOTES [22 words]: There's clearly a relationship to "Strawberry Roan" (also by Fletcher), but the plots are different enough that I've split them. - PJS
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