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Who Were The Cowboys Behind 'Cowboy Songs'?

Charley Willis and his wife, Laura, in the late 1800s. Willis is credited with the original version of the classic cowboy song "Goodbye Old Paint."

'Cotton Eye Joe'

Edwards sings "Cotton Eye Joe," originally an African-American song from before the Civil War. Decades later, it became popular among cowboy swing musicians. Video shot by Hal Cannon in a house overlooking the Bosque River outside of Meridian, Texas, not far from the childhood home of folklorist John A. Lomax. Read more at www.npr.org

 

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