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Audio Recording The Dying Cowboy Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

The Dying Cowboy

About this Item

Title

  • The Dying Cowboy

Other Title

  • Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Names

  • Matthews, Sloan (Singer)
  • Lomax, John A. (John Avery) (Recordist)

Created / Published

  • 1952

Headings

  • -  Death
  • -  Texas
  • -  Frontier and pioneer life
  • -  Cowboys--Songs and Music
  • -  sound recording
  • -  United States of America -- Texas

Genre

  • sound recording

Notes

  • -  Date: Recorded in 1942.
  • -  Bibliographic History: Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L28 "Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls from Texas," edited by Duncan Emrich, 1952.
  • -  Biographical: The singer is from Alpine, Texas.
  • -  Venue: Recorded in Pecos, Texas.

Medium

  • 1 sound recording

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFS 05677 B02

Source Collection

  • The Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America

Repository

  • american folklife center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Matthews, Sloan, and John A Lomax. The Dying Cowboy. 1942. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197225/.

APA citation style:

Matthews, S. & Lomax, J. A. (1942) The Dying Cowboy. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197225/.

MLA citation style:

Matthews, Sloan, and John A Lomax. The Dying Cowboy. 1942. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197225/>.