Pretty Girl I Left Behind, The

DESCRIPTION: (The cowboy?) "is born to ramble And to leave the range he's rode so long." The singer will got to Coulter Canyon and cross Clark's Ferry. He'll meet the cowboys and miss the girl he left behind. He gives her a ring and hopes she'll think of him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1957 (Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore)
KEYWORDS: cowboy travel separation ring
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore, pp. 150-151, "The Pretty Girl I Left Behind" (1 text, from a damaged recording; part of the first stanza is missing)
Roud #4894
File: SaKo151

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