There probably was! A lot of cowboys were recently freed slaves trying to make a way in the world. I'm sure the spirituals had some influence. The use of rhythm might have come from there, although this particular poem is so clearly the rhythm of a walking horse that I think it must have come from the subject.
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Date: 2012-04-06 06:35 pm (UTC)