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Streets of Laredo (song) "Streets of Laredo" (Laws B01, Roud 23650), [1] also known as "The Dying Cowboy", is a famous American cowboy ballad in which a dying ranger (1911/ Rhymes of the range and trail) tells his story to another cowboy. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
The Unfortunate Rake. The Unfortunate Rake is a ballad (Roud 2, Laws Q26), [1] which through the folk process has evolved into a large number of variants, including allegedly the country and western song "Streets of Laredo". [2]
Streets of Laredo is a folk-pop band originally from Auckland, New Zealand but now based in Brooklyn, New York.The band is composed of Dave Gibson (vocals, drums), Daniel Gibson (lead vocals, acoustic guitar) Sarahjane Gibson (vocals, melodica, percussion), Sean McMahon (bass and backing vocals), Cameron Deyell (electric guitar and backing vocals) and Andrew McGovern (trumpet, percussion, and ...
It is number 2 in the Roud Folk Song Index, and it is Laws number Q26. [1] Sometimes incorrectly [2] termed The Unfortunate Rake, it is believed to be the ancestor of many variants collected in England and elsewhere, as well as of the American songs The Cowboy’s Lament, Streets of Laredo, and, more controversially, St James’ Infirmary. [3]
When listening to the tune “Streets of Laredo,” one can clearly hear the melodic similarity to Barber's third movement. Furthermore, when looking at a score of the folk tune, one can easily see the connection between the two pieces. It is highly unlikely that Barber based only a small portion of the movement on the folk tune.
Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo is a 1995 American Western television miniseries directed by Joseph Sargent.It is a three-part adaptation of the 1993 novel of the same name by author Larry McMurtry and is the third installment in the Lonesome Dove series serving as a direct sequel to Lonesome Dove (1989), ignoring the events of Return to Lonesome Dove (1993).
Weeds and Water is the fourth studio album by the Western band Riders in the Sky, released in 1983. It is available as a single CD. The album features cowboy music standards like "Cool Water," "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Streets of Laredo," along with several originals. This album was first released in the early 1980s as a direct-mail TV package.
The Unfortunate Rake is an album released by Folkways Records in 1960, containing 20 different variations from what is sometimes called the 'Rake' cycle of ballads.The album repeats a claim made by Phillips Barry in 1911 that the song is Irish in origin, a claim made on the basis of a fragment called "My Jewel My Joy" collected in Ireland in 1848. [1]
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