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John Avery Lomax 1867-1948 American folklorist b. Goodman Miss. Lomax's first book Cowboy Songs (1910) contained for the first time in print such songs as "The Old Chisholm Trail " "Git Along Home Little Dogies " and "Home on the Range." ...

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