Woody Guthrie : I Ride An Old Paint

[RRmike51]

The old commie does a good job on my Grandads favorite.

[BrokenneckYgor]

We sang this song at all meetings of the Revolutionary Workers party in Texas

[C4R13YS4UR]

My daddy used to sing this song to me as a lullaby when I was really little.

Everytime i hear it i get really happy :)

[acadx]

@C4R13YS4UR nice story about your dad singing this to you, my dad used to sing the streets of laredo to me, not a woody guthrie song but your story reminded my of my dad, thanks for sharing that

[187ichiban]

The "Houlihan" is a right handed side throw over the head of a steer running from yore left to the right.

[mayhemhavoc1]

Fiery and snuffy refers to attitudes some cows get. Snuffy ones are just looking for a fight.

[ccrawford444]

twang twang twang twang 

[Tombstone314159]

Woody and the Almanacs. Thanks for explaining those terms, which are much speculated over, errntknght1. But what of 'fiery' and 'snuffy'? Sounds like the characters of a couple of horses to me.

[errntknght1]

I remember this song from my childhood... a book of 'cowboy' songs...what a surprise to find it was written by Woody Guthrie. He has the terminology right - a 'dan' being a burro or a mule carrying supplies and throwing a houlihan is rather tricky method of throwing a lasso loop over the head of a fleeing horse.

[Vampire12Ms]

i LOVE THIS SONG cause i love paint horses  ^^

[AmySternlein]

i love this song... i heard this on heartland and it is so fantastic!!!

[whitestarline08]

I heard this on Heartland!

[TREYOLDHIPPIE]

Great!  Linda Rondstat did a version of this.. Was glad to find Woody HERE! Daughter went wrong.. prob not allowed in college..back then. Oh what a yarn! Thanks!

[SkankyYank]

Johnny Case Did a great rendition on his "Songs of the True West" Album.

[TourRoyale]

@SkankyYank Yeah. Johny Cash* rules, and that's my favorite album of his.

[lorgain2]

I prefer Woody`s singing of this song sounds much more authentic, thanks for posting.

[catfishjohn77]

thanx for posting i've never heard the full song

[ZANTEDESH]

thank you for this. very nice. i am making my own CD of songs and want to do another of public domain songs. Thanks for posting this one done by the talented Woody Guthrie.