Ogalley Song

DESCRIPTION: "We left the Nueces River in April '81, With 3000 long-horned cattle, and all they knowed was run, oh." They travel from San Antonio past the Red River to "Dodge City on the Arkansaw," then to Smoky Hill. The boss calls it "the damndest country" he's seen
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1954 (Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore)
KEYWORDS: cattle travel hardtimes
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sackett/Koch-KansasFolklore, pp. 152-153, "Ogalley Song" (1 text)
Roud #4893
File: SaKo152B

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