Hal Leonard He Was Singin This Song (Book and CD)
This lovingly researched book is a musical, pictorial and historical narrative of the Old West, featuring 48 annotated songs that are authentic examples of the popular music of the era. Author Jim Bob Tinsley sings 11 of the most popular songs from the book on the accompanying CD.
Winner of the Outstanding Western Music Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center.
Table of contents
- BAD BRAHMA BULL
- BILLY THE KID
- BILLY VENERO
- BLOOD ON THE SADDLE
- COWBOY JACK
- DONEY GAL
- GOODBYE OLD PAINT
- HIGH CHIN BOB
- HOME ON THE RANGE
- I RIDE AN OLD PAINT
- I'M GOING TO LEAVE OLD TEXAS NOW
- I'VE GOT NO USE FOR THE WOMEN
- JESSE JAMES
- LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER
- MUSTANG GRAY
- MY LOVE IS A RIDER
- NIGHT HERDING SONG
- O BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE
- POOR LONESOME COWBOY
- RED RIVER VALLEY
- RYE WHISKEY
- SAM BASS
- TEN THOUSAND CATTLE
- THE BIG CORRAL
- THE COLORADO TRAIL
- THE COWBOY
- THE COWBOY'S CHRISTMAS BALL
- THE COWBOY'S LAMENT
- THE COWBOY'S SWEET BY-AND-BY
- THE COWMAN'S PRAYER
- THE CROOKED TRAIL TO HOLBROOK
- THE DREARY, DREARY LIFE
- THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND
- THE HILLS OF MEXICO
- THE LAST LONGHORN
- THE OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL
- THE RAILROAD CORRAL
- THE STRAWBERRY ROAN
- THE TEXAS COWBOY
- THE TEXAS RANGERS
- THE TRAIL OF MEXICO
- THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS
- THE ZEBRA DUN
- THERE'S AN EMPTY COT IN THE BUNKHOUSE TONIGHT
- TYING KNOTS IN THE DEVIL'S TAIL
- UTAH CARROLL
- WHEN THE WORK'S ALL DONE THIS FALL
- WHOOPEE TI-YI-YO, GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGIES
