Songs of the cowboys
By: by N. Howard ("Jack") Thorp. Variants, commentary, notes and lexicon by Austin E. and Alta S. Fife. Music editor: Naunie Gardner.
Contributors: Fife, Austin E.; Fife, Alta (Stephens); Gardner, Naunie, ed.
Publisher: C. N. Potter
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Cowboys -- Songs and music -- History and criticism.; Cowboys -- Songs and music.; Songs, English -- United States.
Description: A study of Jack Thorp's groundbreaking book of cowboy poetry includes a fascimile of the 1908 edition, along with general commentary and music for each song, with sources for individual bibliographies, texts of variations, lists of recordings and manuscripts, a lexicon of cowboy words and phrases, and more.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 322-334; also includes bibliographies and discographies at end of most chapters.
Includes unacc. melodies with words.
Facsimile of original 1908 ed. of Songs of the cowboys: p. [258]-[303]