# Why do Cowboys yodel?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cowboys-yodel/87547>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 15, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cowboys-yodel/87547 "2001-10-15T19:38:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![waldenfont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/97f17d/32.png) [@waldenfont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waldenfont)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cowboys-yodel/87547/1 "2001-10-15T19:38:23Z")

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Being of European background, I associate yodeling with mountains, cows and guys in lederhosen.

I was surprised to find that yodeling was and is a popular activity among cowboys.

How did that come to pass?

Thanks!  
Oliver

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cowboys-yodel/87547/2 "2001-10-15T19:56:40Z")

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IIRC, Bitterdrunk Kid provided a pretty definitive answer in this thread:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85818](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85818)

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cowboys-yodel/87547/3 "2001-10-15T22:33:22Z")

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Since this has been discussed so recently, I’ll close this thread and direct any further comments to the earlier thread, linked to above.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ