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  2. Jesse James (folk song) - Wikipedia

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    Robert Ford, who killed Jesse, was a James' gang member.Mr. Howard was the alias that James lived under in Saint Joseph, Missouri at the time of his killing.. The song was recorded in 1924 by Bascom Lamar Lunsford and subsequently by many artists, including Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Eddy Arnold, Jackson C. Frank, The Country Gentlemen, The Pogues, The Kingston Trio, Van Morrison, Bob Seger ...

  3. N. Howard Thorp - Wikipedia

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    Nathan Howard Thorp was the youngest of three sons of a New York City lawyer and real estate investor. As a child he summered at his brother's ranch in Nebraska, and at nineteen he moved there. Later he moved to New Mexico , where he worked as a cowboy and a civil engineer, operated cattle and sheep ranches, and served as New Mexico's state ...

  4. Cowboy poetry - Wikipedia

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    The cowboy lifestyle is a living tradition that exists in western North America and other areas, thus, contemporary cowboy poetry is still being created, still being recited, and still entertaining many at cowboy poetry gatherings, around campfires and cowboy poetry competitions. Much of what is known as "old time" country music originates from ...

  5. Jesse James - Wikipedia

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    Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang.Raised in the "Little Dixie" area of Missouri, James and his family maintained strong Southern sympathies.

  6. Baxter Black - Wikipedia

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    Ride, Cowboy, Ride! 8 Seconds Ain't That Long: Fiction: TwoDot: 2012 Reindeer Flu: Poetry: Children's Fiction: 2013 Poems Worth Saving: Poetry: Coyote Cowboy Co. 2013 Cave Wall Graffiti from a Neanderthal Cowboy: Poetry: Coyote Cowboy Co. 2014 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering: An Anthology: Poetry: Lyons Press: 2014 Tinsel, Mistletoe and ...

  7. Streets of Laredo (song) - Wikipedia

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    Louis MacNeice wrote a poem called "The Streets of Laredo" about the bombing of London during World War Two. The rhythms of the poem resemble the lyrics of the song, and the 1948 book Holes in the Sky states that his wife Hedli Anderson sang the poem. The song is a featured motif in John Irving's 14th novel Avenue of Mysteries. The good gringo ...

  8. Actor Herbert Coward Dead at Age 85 After Car Crash With ...

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    Herbert Lee “Cowboy” Coward, who was known for his role in Deliverance, died at age 85 after a car crash. Coward was involved in a collision on Wednesday, January 24, according to local news ...

  9. Curley Fletcher - Wikipedia

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    Carmen William "Curley" Fletcher (1892—1954), also known as Curley W. Fletcher and Curley Fletcher, was an American composer of cowboy songs and cowboy poetry.A prolific creator of this material, he is best remembered for the classic cowboy song "The Strawberry Roan", written in 1915, and for his 1931 book Songs of the Sage.