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"I Ride an Old Paint" is a traditional American cowboy song, collected and published in 1927 by Carl Sandburg in his American Songbag.
NOTE: If the song has lyrics about leaving Cheyenne then it's "Goodbye Old Paint".

[Verse One]
I ride an old paint, I lead an old Dan
I'm off to Montan' for to throw the hooley ann
They feed in the coulees, they water in the draw
Their tails are all matted, their backs are all raw
[Chorus]
Ride around, little dogies
Ride around them slow
For the fiery and snuffy are a-rarin’ to go

NOTE: There is a different cowboy song called Goodbye Old Paint and both Works can have performances titled "Old Paint" that will typically be credited as traditional, so without audio of the performance it will be difficult to assign them. However, the 1928 Goodbye Old Paint by Harry McClintock has elements of both songs so they may actually have common origins.

If the song has lyrics about leaving Cheyenne then it's "Goodbye Old Paint".
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Old Fashiond Music - I Ride an Old Paint Roger Thwaites 1981 Unverified
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Old Paint Michelle Shocked 1989 Unverified
August 21, 1990 Medley
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Medley
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June 4, 2004 Released more than 10 years after its recording
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I Ride an Old Paint Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston 2007 Unverified
December 29, 2009
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September 17, 2010
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February 5, 2013
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April 7, 2017 Released more than 10 years after its recording
May 19, 2017
May 4, 2018
October 13, 2019

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