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The song was written by frontman Phil Lynott and drummer Brian Downey. Written from the perspective of a cowboy, the lyrics tell of his wandering across the United States through various adventures and romances. The song begins with a mellow acoustic, country music -style introduction before a transition to up-tempo hard rock.
The earliest written version of the song was published in John Lomax's Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads in 1910. It would first be recorded by Carl T. Sprague in 1926, and was released on a 10" single through Victor Records. [9] The following year, the melody and lyrics were collected and published in Carl Sandburg's American Songbag. [10]
Streets of Laredo (song) "Streets of Laredo" (Laws B01, Roud 23650), [1] also known as "The Dying Cowboy", is a famous American cowboy ballad in which a dying ranger (1911/ Rhymes of the range and trail) tells his story to another cowboy. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
Dr. Brewster M. Higley (also spelled Highley) [2][3] of Smith County, Kansas, wrote the lyrics as the poem "My Western Home" in 1872 or 1873, [4][5][6][7][8] with at least one source indicating it was written as early as 1871. [1] On June 30, 1947, "Home on the Range" became the Kansas state song. [9] In 2010, members of the Western Writers of ...
I Ride an Old Paint is a traditional American cowboy song, collected and published in 1927 by Carl Sandburg in his American Songbag. [1][2] Traveling the American Southwest, Sandburg found the song through western poets Margaret Larkin and Linn Riggs. He wrote that the song came to them in Santa Fe from a cowboy who was last heard of as heading ...
Songwriter Ned Sublette, 2011. " Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other " is a 1981 song by Latin country musician Ned Sublette featuring a " lilting West Texas waltz ", [1] widely known as the "gay cowboy song". [2] The song satirizes stereotypes associated with cowboys and gay men, with lyrics relating western wear to leather ...
Cowboy (Kid Rock song) " Cowboy " is a song by Kid Rock from his album Devil Without a Cause. The song, noted for its country rap style, reflects a cross-section of Kid Rock's country, Southern rock and hip hop influences, [1][2] having been described by the artist as a cross between Run DMC and Lynyrd Skynyrd. [6]
The song is a first-person narrative told by a cowboy in El Paso, Texas, in the days of the Wild West. The singer recalls how he frequented "Rosa's Cantina", where he became smitten with a young Mexican dancer named Feleena. When the singer notices another cowboy sharing a drink with "wicked Feleena," out of jealousy he challenges the newcomer ...