Who is D. J. O'malley

Dominick John O'Malley (April 30, 1867 – March 6, 1943), also known as Dominick White and The N Bar N Kid White, was an American composer of cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, as well as a writer on Western subjects. He is best known for his song "When the Work's All Done This Fall", originally published as the poem "After the Roundup".

Early life

O'Malley was born in New York City, the son of a Civil War soldier who stayed in the military after hostilities ended. When D. J. was about two years old, his biological father had surgery to remove a minie ball, dying shortly thereafter. O'Malley's mother, Margaret, quickly married Charles H. White, also a soldier, giving her children his last name. The family spent several years at Army bases in Kansas, Wyoming, and Mo...
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D. J. O'malley Poems

  • Busted Cowboy's Christmas
    I am a busted cowboy
    And I work upon the range,
    In summertime I get some work,
    But one thing which seems strange,...
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Top 10 most used topics by D. J. O'malley

Good 1 Strange 1 Talk 1 Hard 1 Stay 1 Town 1 Place 1 Long 1 Joke 1 Christmas 1


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Unique_abstract: brush stroke by ash o'malley
Dadatafolha: a alice in chains b black sabbath | blind guardian c clube da esquina d e f fresno g gorillaz h i j japanese breakfast k l lorde m megadeth | metallica n nadja o p paul mccartney | pain of salvation q qotsa r roger waters s sepultura | stephen o'malley t tim hecker u-z:
Worldseniors: some early results... m. bell 3 v 0 d. sheehan, a. denham 3 v 1 a. manzoor, t. corrigan 3 v 0 j. kharazcvhi, p. o'malley 3 v 2 r. pipe, n. jones 3 v 0 g. edwards, j. bagley 3 v 0 k. willsher, d. 3 v 0 d lilly, g greene 3 (120) v 2 j o'sullivan, n howe 3 v 0 a greaves.
Detchoudon: accepted penn endoscopic pituitary surgery paper: miranda s.p., blue r., parasher a.k., lerner d.k., glicksman j.t., detchou d., dimentberg r., thurlow j., lebold d., hudgins j., ebesutani d., lee j.y.k., storm p.b., o’malley b.w., palmer j.n., yoshor d., adappa n.d., grady m.s
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