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Cowboy poetry is a form of poetry which grew out of a tradition of extemporaneous composition carried on by workers on cattle drives and ranches.[citation needed] After a day of work cowboys would gather around a campfire and entertain one another with tall tales and folk songs. Illiteracy was common so poetic forms were employed to aid memory.[citation needed]

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