Relive the Golden Days of the West with this comprehensive collection of music, history, and the legendary characters of the West. Includes melody line, lyrics,and guitar chords

More than fifty well-loved songs of pioneers, plainsmen, and cow-punchers are gathered in this book, which includes melody lines, guitar chords, and complete lyrics to each song. This collection presents the oldest, most original version of each song. Most were composed between 1880 and 1930. Warm and spirited, these songs vividly depict the rugged strength of western people and the haunting beauty of the western landscape. Hal Cannon, former director of the Western Folklife Center and musician in the Bunkhouse Orchestra, has included an introduction about the history of cowboy songs.

(Guitar Chord Songbook). Over 60 tunes: Abilene * Back in the Saddle Again * Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie * Don't Take Your Guns to Town * Git Along, Little Dogies * Happy Trails * Home on the Range * Mexicali Rose * Pistol Packin' Mama * The Red River Valley * Sioux City Sue * Streets of Laredo (The Cowboy's Lament) * The Yellow Rose of Texas * and more.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Songs heard 'round the campfire on the lone prairie, including: Abilene * Along the Navaho Trail * Back in the Saddle Again * Buffalo Gals (Won't You Come Out Tonight?) * Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie * Don't Take Your Guns to Town * Git Along, Little Dogies * Happy Trails * Hold on Little Dogies, Hold On * Home on the Range * I Ride an Old Paint * Jingle Jangle Jingle (I Got Spurs) * The Old Chisholm Trail * Pistol Packin' Mama * (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) * San Antonio Rose * Sioux City Sue * Strawberry Roan * The Yellow Rose of Texas * and more.

This was the first cowboy song book published in America, and Thorpís lyrics were the beginning of the popularization of the American cowboy. This book lists 24 songs that can be learned and sung today.