The Strawberry Roan (song) explained
"The Strawberry Roan" is a classic American cowboy song, written by California cowboy Curley Fletcher and first published in 1915, as a poem called The Outlaw Broncho. By the early 1930s, the song had become famous; in 1931 it was sung by a cowboy in the Broadway play Green Grow the Lilacs. It has become one of the best-known cowboy songs, found in dozens of collections of American folk music and performed on numerous recordings.[1] Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[2]
The song tells the story of a bragging horse breaker who meets his match in a picturesque strawberry roan.[3]
In popular culture
American singer Chappell Roan chose her stage name in honor of her grandfather, whose favorite song was "The Strawberry Roan".[4]
External links
Notes and References
- The Strange Career of "The Strawberry Roan" . Arizona and the West . 1969 . White . John I. . 11 . 4 . 359–366 . 40167567 .
- Web site: The Top 100 Western Songs . Western Writers of America . 2010 . Western Writers of America . American Cowboy . https://web.archive.org/web/20101019002745/http://americancowboy.com/culture/top-100-western-songs . 19 October 2010 . dead .
- Web site: Strawberry Roan - The Story Behind the Song . CountryMusicTreasures.com . The Music Barn Ltd. . 2014-08-08 . 2014-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810131239/http://www.countrymusictreasures.com/storybehindthesong/strawberry_roan.html . live .
- Web site: Ribner . Sonya . August 12, 2022 . Slumber Party Pop: A New Authenticity with Chappell Roan . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220905180948/https://cherwell.org/2022/08/12/slumber-party-pop-a-new-authenticity-with-chappell-roan/ . September 5, 2022 . September 5, 2022 . Cherwell . en-GB.
