Thanksgiving on the Ranch
DESCRIPTION: "We was settin' 'round the ranch house on the last Thanksgivin' Day" because the religious owner would not work on the day. Each cowboy explains what he thinks Thanksgiving means. Uncle Dick says that it's a way for people to give thanks by getting drunk
AUTHOR: James Barton Adams (source: Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys)
EARLIEST DATE: 1921 (Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys)
KEYWORDS: cowboy drink
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys, pp. 151-153, "Thanksgiving on the Ranch" (1 text)
File: ThLo151
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