Traditional songs of the western frontier, arranged for general singing Besides actual cowboy songs, this paperback booklet includes numbers of other phrases of Western life, and also a general section containing mountain tunes and modern popular songs on cowboy subjects Original price .35 cents Published by PAULL - PIONEER MUSIC CORP NY Printed in the USA Copyright 1932 96 PGS Containing chord diagrams for tenor banjo, the guitar and the ukulele On the inside of the first page is a cartoon drawing from "the lone cowboy" the autobiography of Will James the noted cowboy author and artist he wrote 23 books based upon his own experience as a cowboy and wrote a special dedication for this booklet And this is how it reads above the cartoon “ i’ll lay my hand on a stack of Bibles and swear that there ain’t a good cowboy that won’t shed a tear of joy for the memories the songs in this book will bring .Tthe tear might not be all joy, It might be mixed with some sadness, but the words and tunes of the song are mixed with years ,and that all smooth things some . The cowboy don’t always sing range songs ,and many of the old hands sang to tunes imported from the East whenever they could get wind of them . We sang as much as we did about broken loves as wee did about breaking horses. I’m thinking that this is the greatest gathering of songs ever gathered that a cowboy ever sung to the tune of his jingling spurs and it is signed. Will James 1932 Good condition See all photos