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Texas and Southwestern Lore (PTFS 6-1927). J. Frank Dobie, ed.

Table of Contents


I

The Editor's Prerogative

5

Folk-Lore of the Texas-Mexican Vaquero -- Jovita Gonzales

7

Tales and Rhymes of a Texas Household -- Bertha McKee Dobie

23

Lore of the Llano Estacado -- J. Evetts Haley

72

Names in the Old Cheyenne and Arapahoe Territory -- Della I. Young

90

Nicknames in Texas Oil Fields -- Hartman Dignowity

98

The Devil's Grotto -- Mody C. Boatright

102

Myths of the Tejas Indians -- Mattie Austin Hatcher

107

A Note on Four Negro Words -- Robert Adger Law

119


II


Ballads and Songs of the Frontier Folk -- J. Frank Dobie

121

Songs the Cowboys Sing -- John R. Craddock

184

Songs of the Open Range -- Ina Sires

192

The Texas Cowboy -- Arbie Moore

196

Cowboy Songs Again -- J. Evetts Haley

198

The Ballad of "Davy Crockett" -- Julia Beazley

205

Annie Breen from Old Kaintuck -- George E. Hastings

207

Songs and Ballads - Grave and Gay -- L.W. Payne, Jr.

209

Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1926

239

Contributors

241

Index

243