I have several of Michael Martin Murphy's CD's, and his liner notes are always detailed and full of historical information, so he does his research.

For instance, Murphy mentions the fact that the cowboy song "Red River Valley" was in fact, a Canadian Song dealing with the Red River War in Manitoba and Alberta against the Metis in the 1870's, and the narrator was a Canadian soldier, not a cowboy. The song was very popular in the UK during the Second World War, and a variant dealt with a British (sometimes American) paratrooper.

Cheers,

T.