Marty Robbins 'When The Work's All Done This Fall.'

Here's Marty singing a great old traditional cowboy song and another written by two of the Glaser Brothers, Tompall and Jim.
This is one of two versions of 'Work' sung by Marty which somehow missed inclusion on any of his Western albums until Bear Family found them in the vaults. 'Five Brothers' is a Western song of the highest standard with a great storyline that surprisingly never made the upper echelons of the Country music chart even though it reached 74 in the Pop chart. It was coupled with 'Ride Cowboy Ride' in the States; what a great double sided record that was.

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[ENACODNOM]

What's the name of the second song?

[tarquin45]

@ENACODNOM  Five Brothers.

[tarquin45]

@ENACODNOM Five Brothers.

[mrfiddleman]

It is amazing to me that this song is still sung around the cowboy gatherings and that in the past year I received at least three recent recordings of it. The song is 125 year and more old and still being sung and recorded. What a legacy.

[mrfiddleman]

This song is based on the poem "After the Roundup" written by Miles City, Montana cowboy D. J. O'Malley and published in the the Miles City newspaper in 1888. It entered oral traditon as a popular recitation and was set to music several times earlier that the Carl Sprague version which came out in 1925. There are several additional verses. Sprague's version was the first 78 record to sell in the large numbers it did. D J. O'Malley never received any roayalties from the poem/song.

[rydag11]

Is there a cowboy song out there that is not depressing?

[grannydyess]

tarquin how are you? you are in my prayers .

[slewfoot2]

Can anyone tell me where I can get this song ? I've only seen it on a 4 CD set called ..."UNDER WESTERN SKIES" and the cheapest one I found was $75.00 ( used)and I can't afford that !

Thanks,

[MarkWV1231]

my Dad sang this all the time when I was little (late 50's) and we were rideing somewhere in our car, think he sang a older, slower version tho, but anything Marty sings is wonderful

[grannydyess]

great as always. thanks for posting

[ootooshohnuh]

i`v heard this song sung as long as can remember still enjoy it. i`m 73