“Roundup in Lordsburg, New Mexico”

Souvenir card from Lordsburg, New Mexico of cowboy and cattle out on the range on thin copper. Nothing on the back. I’m not sure exactly how the card was made, maybe the black drawing was stamped onto the copper and the colors then filled in. This card reminds me of the old cowboy song Dad used to sing entitled “Dogie’s Lament.” The first part goes:

As I was a-walkin’ one morning for pleasure

I spied a young cowboy a-ridin’ along

Well his hat was shoved back and his spurs was a-jinglin’

And as he was ridin’ he was singin’ this song:

 

(Chorus) Whoopie-ti-yi-yo git along little dogies

It’s your misfortune and none of my own

Whoopie ti-yi-yo git along little dogies

You know that Montana will be your new home

I found these and other cowboy song lyrics online under a song lyric collection entitled “Cowboy Poetry & Songbook.” I remember another line from a song Dad sang that went “I’m a leavin’ Cheyenne, goin’ back to Montan, git along little dogies, git along,”  which I thought was part of “Dogie’s Lament” but maybe it was a variation of a line from “I Ride an Old Paint” or “Old Paint.”

According to the “Cowboy Poetry & Songbook” source listed below, “Dogie’s Lament” was an old cowboy poem taken from the “1910 Lomax Anthology” and put to music by Oscar Julius Fox in 1927, who also composed the music for “Old Paint.” “Dogie’s Lament” was recorded by over 34 major artists. Lomax was Mississippi folklorist, John Avery Lomax (1867-1948.)

Sources:  http://www.nps.gov/grko/historyculture/upload/songbook.pdf

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lojohnbio.html