Background music: Rodeo Roundup by Henry “Buzz” Glass & Jack Capon
Intro:
The American Cowboy is known all over the world as a symbol of America. The cowboy life might not have been quite as glamorous as the silver screen portrayed it, yet most of the men and women who lived their lives as cowboys or cowgirls wouldn’t have traded it for any big city job available to them at the time.
Discuss: Cowboy/Western clothing
Sing: She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain
My Hat it Has 3 Corners
Jingle Jangle Jingle
Dancing: Tennessee Waltz
Buffalo Gals
Ribbons as Lassos
Recording of: Yippi-Yi Your Troubles Away by Sons of the Pioneers
Yodeling Song: I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart
Sing: Red River Valley, Yellow Rose of Texas
Stretchy Band: Little Red Wagon (I’m up and down, Lean L n R, Lean back, Go uphill, go fast, go slow)
Action Song: Mother Gooney Bird (Father Cowboy had 7 Cows version)
If You’re Happy, You’re a Cowboy
Closing: Happy Trails
Resources:
http://www.greatamericancountry.com/living/lifestyles/top-20-songs-about-cowboys-and-cowgirls