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Song Of the Cowboys

from The Blackest Crow 2004 by Atwater-Donnelly

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    THE BLACKEST CROW (2004)
    The Blackest Crow is a treasury of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, as well as original pieces. Enjoy their resplendent vocals and thoughtful presentation, played on guitar, mountain dulcimer, old-time banjo, tin whistle, mandolin, fiddle, piano, harmonica, bones, bodhran, wooden spoons, and feet.

    In their ongoing quest as gatekeepers of traditional folk music and dance, Aubrey and Elwood treat their life's work as a rescue mission: finding old songs, writing new songs, and as always, giving voice to the quiet. The songs were collected during many years of performing throughout Appalachia, as well as other places in the United States where traditional folk music still melds with daily life.

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Song Of the Cowboys
By Jimmy Driftwood, ©Jimmy Driftwood, Warden Music Co.
This song comes from his first RCA album in 1959.

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A cowboy’s life is a mighty hard life,
Riding through heat and through cold.
But I wouln’t trade all my cowpunching days
For all of old Midas’ gold

There’s horses to break and rustler’s to fight
And deserts that will make you turn pale.
But there’s plenty of fun for the son of a gun
Who can sing and be gay on the trail

Chorus:
ky-i, ky-ipe, ky-ipe, ky-o repeat

We round up the dogies and drift them along,
Corral them all over the plain.
We rope them and brand them and doctor the bulls,
And we turn them out loose on the range

At night when the dogies are dreaming about
Cows headed all over the plain,
The night riders sit in their saddles and sing
From the dark ‘til the dawn of the day…chorus

Instrumental

When Saint Peter calls us to come to his plain
And herd the wild cattle up there.
I hope all the boys who have rode the long range
Will come when he gives them a dare

I want a good horse that can run a fast race,
A crew that don’t care where we go.
We’ll ride away off to some desolate place
And sing ky-ipee, ky-o…chorus

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from The Blackest Crow 2004, released May 9, 2004
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, tin whistle
Elwood Donnelly: vocals, guitar

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Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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