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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts) Sat Feb 2, 2019, 12:31 PM Feb 2019

'I'm going to leave old Texas now, they've got no use for the long-horned cow.----'

Did you sing this as a kid at camp?

Remember how much fun all the verses were?

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'I'm going to leave old Texas now, they've got no use for the long-horned cow.----' (Original Post) bobbieinok Feb 2019 OP

Yes. I learned it in elementary school. Grammy23 Feb 2019 #1

Yes, and in school, during music class. Aristus Feb 2019 #2

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)

1. Yes. I learned it in elementary school.

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Sat Feb 2, 2019, 01:50 PM

Feb 2019

It was in a songbook we used. We sang it as a round and I think we used gestures as we sang.

Another one we learned was Goodbye Old Paint. Another cowboy song.

Aristus

(66,434 posts)

2. Yes, and in school, during music class.

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Sat Feb 2, 2019, 02:38 PM

Feb 2019

Our teacher was smart enough to provide temple blocks (to simulate horse hoofbeats) and a harmonica for the appropriate Old West feel.

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