Last night as I lay on the prairie and looked at the stars in the sky,
I wondered if ever a cowboy could drift to that sweet by and by.
The road to that bright happy region is a dim narrow trail so they say,
While the broad one that leads to perdition
Is posted [...]

Buffalo Gals, won’t you come out tonight,
come out tonight, come out tonight?
Buffalo gals, won’t you come out tonight,
And dance by the light of the moon?
I danced with a gal with a hole in her stockin’,
And her heel kep’ a-rockin’ and her toe kep’ a-knockin’,
I danced with a gal with a hole [...]

The more popular songs were put to print on sheet music and were called parlor music.  Many songs of the western cowboy were very popular within the country.  During the early 1920s all western or cowboy things were popular, especially the poems and music.  This popularity is even stronger today.
With the introduction of talking movie [...]

Plenty of cowboy songs and cowboy poems can be found in public domain.  There are also plenty of songs and poems from the past that still hold copyright by the family.  Copyright material can be used for your personal enjoyment.  Public domain can be used by anyone for any purpose.  It will take a little [...]

Cowboy Poetry has been around since the 1800’s. Many cowboy poems and cowboy songs are written by regular people who are not cowboy’s.