Teddy the Cattleman
Wild West Ballads
1880s (1883–1887) — Dakota Badlands; Elkhorn Ranch, Little Missouri River, Dakota Territory.
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt's transformation: grieving widower to hardened cattleman to future president. Western folk ballad, G Major, baritone vocal over fingerpicked guitar, banjo, harmonica, fiddle. Epic, inspirational anthem of frontier grit.