When I Was a Cowboy, Vol. 2 (1996)

About this title: Yazoo Records' second cowboy compilation has some of the same artists and a few others, like the Crockett Family ("Buffalo Gals Medley"), Paul Hamblin ("The Strawberry Roan"), Buell Kazee, and McGinty's Oklahoma Cowboy Band ("Cowboy's Dream"). The material is equally strong, and much of it, including Harry McClintock's "Jesse James," is absolutely priceless. As with the first volume, there's no biographical material on any of the artists, but the music speaks well for itself -- Jules Allen's "The Girl I Left Behind Me" seems pretty much the basis for every version that has followed since, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Cowboy's Home Sweet Home
2. Jesse James
3. Get Along Little Dogies
4. The Night Guard
5. Back to My Wyoming Home
6. The Cowboy [Public Domain]
7. The Gal I Left Behind Me
8. The Strawberry Roan
9. I'm a Wandering Bronco Rider
10. The Dying Ranger [Traditional]
11. The Fugitive's Lament [Delmore/Delmore]
12. Buffalo Galls Medley
13. Billy Venero, Pt. 1
14. Billy Venero, Pt. 2
15. I'm a Lone Star Cowboy
16. The Cowboy Trail
17. My Love Is a Cowboy
18. Snow Covered Face
19. The Burial of Wild Bill
20. Tom Sherman's Barroom
21. I'm a Jolly Cowboy
22. Home on the Range [Higley/Kelly]
23. Cowboy's Dream

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.