- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Language
- English
- Comments
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[Laws E15] Cowboy ballad printed in John Lomax's January 1911 book, Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads" as "Young Companions". Has also been printed as "Bad Company". it is typically recorded with the title "Bad Companions".
Synopsis - The singer, born in Pennsylvania, has an itch to ramble so he leaves his family and goes to Chicago where he "sinned both night and day." He courts a girl and then stabs her to death and is condemned to die. - Licensing
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Song
Versions
Young Companions written by [Traditional] English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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| Bad Companions | Carl T. Sprague | September 25, 1925 | First recording on August 4, 1925 First release |
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| Bad Companions | George Reneau | December 1925 | |||
| I Was Born in Pennsylvania | Kelly Harrell | March 1926 | |||
| Bad Companions | Ernest V. Stoneman | August 1926 | |||
| Don't Forget This Song | Carter Family | December 9, 1930 | |||
| Bad Companions | Doc Hopkins | August 29, 1941 | |||
| The Drunkard | The Floorbirds | August 13, 2009 | Live |