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I Made Up My Mind

Date 1965
Track ID 98671
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1965.173

Original Tape ID

SA1965.173

Summary

Fragment of an American song in which a man decides to leave his sweetheart at home in order to become a cowboy and take a herd down to Mexico. When he arrives at his destination, he regrets leaving her, and writes her a letter. When she fails to reply, he returns home, only to discover that she has married a rich man, and no longer wants him. He curses her and her wealth, and vows to ride out to danger in the West.

Item Notes

J. Porter and H. Gower ('Jeannie Robertson', 1995, pp. 241-242) note that Jeannie Robertson learned this song from the singing of American folk singer Pete Seeger. It is a cowboy version of the similar 'Early, Early in the Spring'.

See also:
Greig-Duncan vol. 1, pp. 108-110, no. 51
'Cowboy Songs' (J. A. Lomax, 1938) pp. 52-56
'American Songbag' (C. Sandburg, 1927) pp. 285-286
'Ozark Folk Songs' vol. 3 (V. Randolph, 1949) pp. 333-337

Language

English

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good