# Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads

> A pioneering collection of the songs and ballads of the American West, gathered from the range and the trail. These verses preserve the voices of cowboys and frontier life, saving a vanishing oral tradition for later generations.

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## About
Around the campfire and along the cattle trail, the American West made its own music, and much of it might have been lost had someone not thought to write it down. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads gathers those verses into a landmark collection.What it's aboutThe book assembles the songs, ballads, and rhymes of cowboys and frontier folk, drawn from the oral tradition of the range. Here are the tunes sung to settle cattle, the ballads of outlaws and long rides, and the plain poetry of a hard, wide-open life, preserved before they could fade from memory.ThemesThe romance and hardship of the frontier, the cowboy's solitary work, and the making of an American folk tradition all sound through the collection. The songs speak of loss, labour, humour, and freedom in the unvarnished voice of the people who sang them.Why it still mattersThis gathering did much to rescue and dignify the folk music of the West, shaping how later generations understood cowboy culture. As both a historical document and a living songbook, it remains a foundational treasury of Americana.Who it's forFor lovers of folk music and the American West, for students of folklore and cultural history, and for anyone who wants to hear the frontier in its own words.

## Specifications
- language: en
- format: paperback