The Cowboy Waltz
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Cowboy Waltz" is a traditional waltz known to a number of performers in G or D major.<br> The parts are played AB or AA'B.<br> It was collected for the Library of Congress by Alan Jabbour from his informant Henry Reed<br> at his family home in Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia on August 27, 1966.<br> Reed gave no name to this waltz, but it is usually known as the "Cowboy Waltz" and has been<br> a standard in folk and popular song and dance repertory throughout the twentieth century.<br> Like the waltz in C he performed twice in the LOC collection, Henry Reed learned this tune<br> from recordings of Henry Ford's Orchestra. <br> It was recorded by Woody Guthrie for Folkways Records founder, Moses Asch.<br>
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