The cowboys, too, made use of the 'Rebel Soldier' or 'Mourning
Pilgrim' in the song 'Poor Lonesome Cowboy', Sandburg, p. 273, which
reads:
I'm a poor lonesome cowboy, and a long way from home.
The spiritual song appeared first in the 1859 edition of the _Sacred
Harp_.
No. 177
EXHILARATION or THEN MY TROUBLES WILL BE OVER or I NEVER SHALL FORGET
THE DAY, OSH 170