Every song on this site is made with AI (Suno). Each one below shows who sings it and how it was made. AI-assisted songs are made by music creator David van Coolwijk, with AI as the instrument: he writes or rewrites the lyrics and decides the style and arrangement. AI-generated songs, including everything sung by the persona Captain Frasca, are made entirely by AI. How this music is made
Most of it is traditional story country: western ballads and cowboy songs, Appalachian old-time mountain ballads, and story songs about ordinary working people, alongside outlaw country. Traditional songs old enough to be in the public domain are marked as such.
Every song listed here plays in the on-demand player, in your own shuffled order. Some songs have a page of their own: read the story behind The Last Gather or Wildwood Flower.
You're welcome to listen and to share links to songs. For any other use, ask first through the contact page.
204 songs
- A Penny for a SheetDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- A quiet man's pastCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- A Song I Can't ForgetCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- A Song to Free a ManCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- A Vacant PlaceCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Above SnakesDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Above TreelineCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Act of GodDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Ain't That Just About RightEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- All Hat Till the BrandingCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Almost ReadyDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Anna's QuiltCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Another Lost YesterdayCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Autumn LightCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- B-7Captain FrascaAI-generated
- Bad IdeasCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Barbara AllenCaptain FrascaAI-generatedPublic domain
- Barbed Wire and BoneCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Bayou MoonDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Bigger Than Pratt'sDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- BloodrootEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Born a CowboyDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Brown MountainEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Callused HandsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Charlotte, Two-Step With MeCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Chute Number NineCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- CongratulationsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Cowboy's LamentCaptain FrascaAI-generatedPublic domain
- Cowboys And Sad SongsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Cowboys LamentDavid van CoolwijkAI-generatedPublic domain
- Cruel Old WorldCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Dancing Through my HeartCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Dancing with the shadowsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Don't Squat with Your Spurs OnCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Down By the HollowEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Down by the Sabine WaterCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Down in the ValleyCaptain FrascaAI-generatedPublic domain
- Dreary black hillsCaptain FrascaAI-generatedPublic domain
- Drinks on Me (Down at Joes)Captain FrascaAI-generated
- Dust, Sun and YouCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- DustyCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Echoes in the windCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Empty Chair at the TableCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Enough for meCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Fifty Dollar BillEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Fifty Dollars a HeadDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Folded flagCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Forty Dollars Every FridayCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Forty WattsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Full HollerCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Gentle Wicked SkyCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- GoldenDayAheadCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Good With Green HorsesCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Grandma Kates YodelEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Gravel ShoulderCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Green BrokeCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Half a HandCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Halfway HomeCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Hand-Me-Down DreamsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Her Eyes Undid My WeatherCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Highway WandererCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Hole in the WallCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Hum for the HerdCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- I Ain't Lost If I Ain'tDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- I Bid the Once and ThenDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- I Did ThatCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- I don't know me sometimesDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- I Don't Let the Rain InCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- I Don't Remember LeavingCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- I Followed Work AroundDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- I Keep It RealCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- I Let the Silence WinDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- I Still Got the LadderDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- In The PinesCaptain FrascaAI-generatedPublic domain
- Jesse James Outlaws FateCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Jingle Bob MorninCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- John White Webster's LastDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Just Come BackCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Keep GoingEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Keep the MissinCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Kings Without a CrownCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Land of the freeEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Last of the HollerCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Last of the Wire Fence RidersDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- LayawayDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Learn From The LandCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Let the Good Times SpinCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Lisa Grace JoleneCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- LorenaCaptain FrascaAI-generatedPublic domain
- Loyston SeaEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Make a HandDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Man at the PotCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Montana in her eyesCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- More Than What You SeeEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- My Boy, My Best FriendCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- My truck left me and took my dogCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Never Miss a Good Chance to Shut UpCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Never Sold the SaddleDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- New Name on the MailboxCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- No DreamEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- No More Singin' the Blues AloneDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Nora's RingDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Number Nine YardDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Off the ListCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Oh SusannahCaptain FrascaAI-generatedPublic domain
- Oklahoma sunshineCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Old DukeDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Old Enough to DieCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- One Line at a TimeCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Open on MondaysEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Page SixCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Paid ForCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Play One for the RoadCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Poor Ellen SmithCaptain FrascaAI-generatedPublic domain
- Practice RunsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Red River ValleyCaptain FrascaAI-generatedPublic domain
- Red white and blueEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Ride Me Out at DaybreakDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Ride on! (Down this broken road)Captain FrascaAI-generated
- Ride on, sonCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Rock and ThunderCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Roll on River WindCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Rolling Like ThunderCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Ropin CloudsDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Round AgainDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Run the BarrelsEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Run, Billy, RunDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Runs Like MineCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Saturday Night at Bell'sDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Save Your NickelDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Screen Door SlamminCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Seeing the ElephantDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- September FieldsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Set It DownDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Shady GroveEliza Lou CharlotteAI-generatedPublic domain
- Short-Handed AgainDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Signed On for LifeEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Sold By WeightCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Some Things You Just Walk PastCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Spring WorksDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Still That Lonesome RiderCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Sunday GravyCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Sweet and Sour KissesEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Take Me Back to FridayCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Ten Years for Sixty SecondsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- That Girl Won't WaitDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- That'll DoDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- That's LouiseCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- That's Why the Old Songs Run SadDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- The Bell of PartingCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- The Coat with Three ElbowsDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- The Day the Letters FadedCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- The Drift FenceDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- The Flour Sack DanceDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- The Good CupsDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- The Good GlovesCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- The Good Old Days Are GoneCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- The Highway WandererDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- The Land Knows MoreCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- The Last GatherDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- The LedgerDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- The Long Way AroundCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- The Midnight LocalDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- The Old Chisholm TrailCaptain FrascaAI-generatedPublic domain
- The Only Place Shes AtDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- The Pearson PlaceEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- The Road Below the MillDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- The Sound of You GoneCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- The Story's EnoughCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- The Supper BellCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- The Trail That I Leave in the MorningCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- The Turning WheelEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- The Wagoner's LadEliza Lou CharlotteAI-generatedPublic domain
- The Whistle at SixCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- The Wide Range CallsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- There's a kind of quietCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- they dont say my name no moreCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Things You CarryCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- This town I used to knowCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Time on His HandsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Trail DustCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Turn the Leaders WideDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Turning Over StonesDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Twenty Six InchesEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Two ChairsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Two Names on the DeedCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Wednesday MorningCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- What You Carry With YouCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- What's Left of the FireCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- When the prairie calls me homeCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- When the Rodeo is ThroughDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- When you drive awayEliza Lou CharlotteAI-assisted
- Where the river forgets my nameCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Where'd That Cowgirl Go?Captain FrascaAI-generated
- Whiskey and Old RegretsCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Whisper Me a Wandering SongDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Whispers of InyoCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- White dust settled in him deepDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Wide as the Prairie SkyCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Wildwood FlowerEliza Lou CharlotteAI-generatedPublic domain
- Write Me From the MountainDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted
- Wyoming WinterCaptain FrascaAI-generated
- Yellow Rose of TexasCaptain FrascaAI-generatedPublic domain
- You Leave the CoffeeDavid van CoolwijkAI-assisted