Sounds from the Camp: Cowboy Dance for the Pianoforte by A. Roamer. 8 pages plus final blank with advertisement on verso, on 5 detached sheets; early music seller's embossed stamp. An introduction on verso of the title page explains that this song was composed after hearing a solitary fiddler performing for cowboys at a ranch in the "Far West": "While occasionally traces of some familiar old tune may be found in these simple dance rhythms, yet it would be difficult to identify any single one when one hears them played with reckless abandon as on that occasion when the writer endeavored to put them down on paper as they were wafted to him on the breezes of the night." None traced in OCLC or elsewhere. Chicago: S. Brainard's Sons, 1889 The Texas Cowboy. 5 pages including illustrated cover; disbound with repair along center fold, dampstaining. "Respectfully dedicated to the Stockmen of Texas"; the first page of music gives the alternate title "Texas Cowboy March, by a Cowboy." The lively cover has 11 vignettes arranged in a star pattern, including "Branding," "Morning Round Up," "Stampede," "Night in Camp" and more. Galveston, TX: Thomas Goggan & Co., 1886.
