Cowboy at Work, The

DESCRIPTION: "You may call the cowboy horned and think him hard to tame.... But to know him is to like him, notwithstanding his hard name, For he will divide with you his beef and bread." He works hard in tough conditions "but his heart is warm and tender"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1921 (Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys)
KEYWORDS: cowboy work
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys, pp. 34-35, "The Cowboy at Work" (1 text)
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 344, "The Cowboy, II" (1 text)
File: ThLo034

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