Harry Jackson – The Cowboy: His Songs, Ballads & Brag Talk

Folkways Records – FH 5723

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1959
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Ballads, Spoken
[Tracklist]
A1 Morning Grub-Holler (00:19)
A2 The Round Up Cook (00:48)
A3 The Dally Roper's Song (02:51)
A4 I Ride an Old Paint (03:46)
A5 Some Cowboy Brag-Talk (01:35)
A6 Little Joe the Wrangler (03:53)
A7 Utah Carroll (07:59)
A8 Old Iron Pants Pete (02:57)
B1 The Saddle Bum (02:16)
B2 Strawberry Roan (04:56)
B3 I Ain't Got No Use for the Women (03:38)
B4 Blood on the Saddle (00:34)
B5 The Ridge Running Roan (05:20)
B6 Roll On, Little Dogies (03:42)
B7 The Hangman's Song (03:34)
C1 Boastin' Cowboy (00:31)
C2 Tying a Knot in the Devil's Tail (03:09)
C3 Clayton Boone (02:54)
C4 Old Blue was a Gray Horse (03:00)
C5 Little Joe the Wrangler's Sister Nell (03:28)
C6 The Gal I Left Behind (03:38)
C7 Zebra Dun (03:55)
C8 When the Work's All Done This Fall (02:27)
D1 The Pot Wrassler (01:44)
D2 Streets of Laredo (04:59)
D3 Windy Bill (02:42)
D4 Cowboy Talking to a Bucking Horse (00:21)
D5 As I Went Walking One Morning for Pleasure (04:01)
D6 Cowboy Jack (03:00)
D7 Jack O' Diamonds (04:13)
D8 I'm Gonna Leave Old Texas Now (02:24)
[Credits]
Harry Jackson (vocals)
Liner Notes: Kenneth S . Goldstein, Cover design: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Fascinated by horses and cowboys, but not by school, Harry Jackson (1924–2011) left his home in Chicago at age 14 to become a ranch hand and cowboy in Wyoming. While there, he learned cowboy songs from traditional singers, and he sings them here in the traditional unaccompanied manner. The songs portray the life of a cowboy in an authentic, unadorned fashion that is light-years removed from Hollywood and country western simulations. After serving in World War II, Harry Jackson became a prominent artist, focusing on realistic western paintings and sculpture portraying cowboys and Native Americans. Extensive liner notes, written by folklorist Kenneth Goldstein, provide background information about Jackson and each song.

Cowboy Songs on Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways – SF 40043

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Honky Tonk, Country
[Tracklist]
01 Morning Grub Holler: Harry Jackson (0:18)
02 Round-Up Cook: Harry Jackson (0:48)
03 Chisholm Trail: The Tex-i-an Boys (3:00)
04 Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies: Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston (3:01)
05 Little Joe, the Wrangler: Cisco Houston (2:39)
06 Little Joe, the Wrangler's Sister Nell: Harry Jackson (3:28)
07 Utah Carl: Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock (1:30)
08 Put Your Little Foot: The Tex-i-an Boys (1:25)
09 Trail to Mexico: Peter La Farge (2:27)
10 Las Chapparreras: Peter Hurd (1:21)
11 Buffalo Skinners: Woody Guthrie (3:15)
12 Zebra Dun: Ray Reed (3:51)
13 Some Cowboy Brag Talk: Harry Jackson (1:34)
14 Horse Wrangler: Roger Welsch (3:07)
15 Strawberry Roan: Harry Jackson (4:55)
16 The Tex-I-An Boys: John A. Lomax, Jr. (1:52)
17 Out on the Western Plains (Cow-Cow Yicky Yicky Yea): Lead Belly (1:33)
18 Jesse James: Woody Guthrie (3:00)
19 Home on the Range: Pete Seeger (1:51)
20 Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight: Rosalie Sorrels (2:12)
21 Springtime in the Rockies: Lead Belly (3:04)
22 Lone Star Trail: Dave Fredrickson (2:54)
23 Rodeo Hand: Peter La Farge (1:47)
24 Philadelphia Lawyer (Reno Blues): Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston (2:31)
25 The Dying Cowboy: Cisco Houston (3:01)
26 Devil Made Texas: Hermes Nye (2:08)
[Credits]
Producer: Guy Logsdon, Designer: Joan Wolbier, Photographer: Luis Alfonso Jimenez
[Notes]
Fifteen performers sing, boast, tell stories, holler, and recite poetry on 26 tracks that portray the life and times of honest, hard-working cowboys. Features performers from many backgrounds with a wide variety of musical styles. Includes Pete Seeger's Home on the Range, Cisco Houston's Little Joe and the Wrangler, Woody Guthrie's Get Along Little Dogies, several old tales from the range, including Chisholm Tale and Jesse James, and Rosalie Sorrells's version of Gene Autry's 1943 hit There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse. "Abundant evidence of the rich legacy...of real cowboys provided by their music and poetry." — Dirty Linen