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Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads

by John Avery Lomax

Level C1 · AdvancedPoetry7 chapters
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Length
7 chapters
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About this book

About this book

Experience the rugged spirit of the American frontier through authentic cowboy songs and ballads that capture the life, challenges, and legends of the Old West, preserved with care from oral tradition to print.

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Contents

7 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02COWBOY SONGS (p. i) AND OTHER FRONTIER BALLADS
03COWBOY SONGS (p. iii) AND OTHER FRONTIER BALLADS
04JOHN A. LOMAX, M.A.
05INTRODUCTION (p. xiv)
06COLLECTOR'S NOTE (p. xvii)
07COWBOY SONGS (p. 001) AND OTHER FRONTIER BALLADS

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