Wandering Cowboy (III), The

DESCRIPTION: Singer has no home, no one to love him. He's wandering down the trail, coming to the end of his life, and thinking the only home he will ever find is "on some other shore"
AUTHOR: B. Cartwright
EARLIEST DATE: 1930 (recording, Cartwright Bros.)
KEYWORDS: loneliness love death nonballad cowboy
FOUND IN: US
RECORDINGS:
Cartwright Brothers, "The Wandering Cowboy" (Victor V-40247, 1930; rec. 1929)
NOTES [29 words]: Darn near no plot at all, even thinner than "Wandering Cowboy (II)," and depressing besides. I index it solely to distinguish it from the other "Wandering Cowboy" songs. - PJS
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