Old Grazin' Ben

DESCRIPTION: "In '76, or thereabouts, when the Black Hills made the strike," large ox trains brought in supplies -- and suffered in the drought along the way. The diggers couldn't have done without them. The singer asks three cheers for them and "for Old Grazin' Ben"
AUTHOR: N. Howard Thorp
EARLIEST DATE: 1921 (Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys)
KEYWORDS: animal travel gold food
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys, pp. 115-116, "Old Grazin' Ben" (1 text)
File: ThLo115

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