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Amarillo

Benny Havens, Oh
A song written in remembrance of an Off-Limits Saloon in Highlands Falls, New York, featured on one of the G. A. Custer pages. The song is still sung at the Point.

Charlie Rutledge
A song written in remembrance of an XIT Cowboy, killed on Roundup, whose dying wish was to see his mother when work is done in the fall.

Clementine
A song of a miner's daughter who drowned

Cotton Eyed Joe
"Tune up your fiddle, Rosin up your bow, Play a little tune called 'Cotton Eyed Joe.'"

Emigrants' Fairwell
Dedicated to Emigrants leaving their homeland.

The Girl I Left Behind Me
Played by the 7th Cavalry Band as it left Fort Abraham Lincoln for the Little Bighorn

Green Grow the Lilacs
Supposedly the term "Gringo" for an American is derived from the habit of Texas cowboys continually singing this song at the time of the Texas War of Independence.

Ghost Riders in the Sky
(Cattle Drives)

Green, Green Hills of Home
(Chamber of Commerce Page)

Hard Times, Come Again No More
By Stephen Foster
(Featured on some Coal Camp pages)

I'm Back in the Saddle Again
(Home Page) Gene Autry's Theme Song

I Ride an Old Paint
(Cattle Drives)

The Last Great Round-up
(Branding)

The Last Rose of Summer

Life is Like a Mountain Railroad
(Tom Horn Theme)

Main Theme
Theme used on most pages.

Mansion on the Hill

My Wild Irish Rose
In remembrance of Mick, a blacksmith who would sing it at dances at the Odd Fellows Hall in Burntfork.

Paladin
Dedicated to Richard Boone who when he was in town would occasionally hangout in Duke Leonard's Saloon.

Put My Little Shoes Away
A terribly sad song from the end of the 19th Century about a dying child:

"Mother dear, come bathe my forehead.
I am growing very weak.
Let a drop of water, mother,
Fall upon my burning cheek
Tell my loving little playmates
That I never more shall play.
Give them all my toys, but mother
Put my little shoes away."

Ragtime Cowboy Joe
The Fight Song from the University of Wyoming

The Red Light Saloon
A song about a saloon in Rawlins, Wyoming

Red River Valley
Dedicated to the drovers crossing the Red River heading northward

Scottish Soldier
There was a soldier a Scottish soldier who wandered far away, far away from the hill of home.

Shenandoah
Sung by the emigrants on the Oregon Trail

Stars and Stripes Forever
Played on the mighty Hammond

Streets of Laredo
(A Cowboy's Lament)
A lament by a cowboy who went wrong
(Featured on some Butch Cassidy pages)

Rodeo
A nameless little number which we call "Rodeo"

The Vacant Chair
A Civil War song, customarily played by the Lodge Organist at an Elk "Lodge of Sorrows." Thus, it would have been played for Brother Cody at the time of his funeral.

We Are Coming, Colorado
Sung to the tune of Battle Cry of Freedom, it was a United Mine Workers song written at the time of the mine troubles in Colorado.
(Featured on the Cumberland page)

We are Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Supposedly, Buffalo Bill's favorite song. Customarily played by the Cowboy Band in the Wild West Show and, according to the Denver Post, played at Buffalo Bill's funeral

Wheels
(Overland Stage and Deadwood Stage Theme)

When its Springtime in the Rockies
(Played on the Jackson pages)

Wildflower
(Frontier Days Theme)

Theme Song of an Old Radio Program
In remembrance of fond memories of staring at the grill work of a Philco Radio.

Yellow Rose of Texas
A song made popular in the Civil War when adopted by Hood's Texas Brigade as its marching song. The "Yellow Rose" supposedly refers to Emily D. West, a servant of Col. James Morgan, who fought in the Texas War of Independence