Git Along, Little Dogies
Subtitle: Songs and Songmakers of the American West (Music in American Life)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: January 1, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780252003271
Subjects: Country & western; Music; Musical Instruments - General; Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General; Music/Songbooks; Cowboys; History and criticism; Musicians; Popular music; Songs and music; West (U.S.)
First sentence: The long-forgotten western diaries of Owen Wister, author of The Virginian, contribute an interesting bit to the history of one of the best-known American cowboy songs-one usually titled "Whoopee Ti Yi Yo, Git Along, Little Dogies"-and indicate that more than three-quarters of a century ago Texas cowpunchers were familiar with this lyrical description of life on the cattle trail.