cowboy ballad
Ranch hand's tune
A cowboy ballad is a narrative folk song about life in the American West—cattle drives, lonesome prairies, outlaws, and lost loves.
The genre flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, preserving the mythology of frontier life: He sang old cowboy ballads around the campfire.
Songs like "Home on the Range" and "Streets of Laredo" are classic examples.
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- open rangeUnfenced public grazing land
- lonesomeSad from isolation
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- saddleMounted rider's seat
campfire · starry night · outlaw · wild west · high noon · cattle · cattle drive · dusty · dusty trail · trail · whiskey · harmonica · sunset · sagebrush · frontier · lament · yodel · stampede
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