Note: This well-known cowboy song is related to two American strains, a Southern one (via an Irish lullaby) and Northern French trapper song ("whopee, ty, yi, yo"). It was noted down in the journal of Owen Wister: in February, 1893, at Brownwood, Texas. "I have come upon a unique song... and I transcribe it faithfully. Only a cowboy could have produced such an effusion. It has the earmark of entire genuineness."
