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"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. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
The song tells the story of a bragging horse breaker who meets his match in a picturesque strawberry roan.
In popular culture
American singer Chappell Roan chose her stage name in honor of her grandfather, Dennis K. Chappell, whose favorite song was "The Strawberry Roan".
References
- ^ White, John I. (1969). "The Strange Career of "The Strawberry Roan"". Arizona and the West. 11 (4): 359–366. JSTOR 40167567.
- Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.
- "Strawberry Roan - The Story Behind the Song". CountryMusicTreasures.com. The Music Barn Ltd. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
- Ribner, Sonya (August 12, 2022). "Slumber Party Pop: A New Authenticity with Chappell Roan". Cherwell. Archived from the original on September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
External links
- A complete history and exegesis of the song from Ranch & Riata magazine (February/March 2012)