# Uncle Ed — Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp character guide

> Uncle Ed in Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by John A. Lomax.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ed

**First appearance:** 0050-the-cowboys-christmas-ball

## Who they are

An older character in a cowboy poem.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_the_cattle_trail_and_cow_camp_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_friendship_

Uncle Ed is a wise, storytelling elder figure who shares cowboy lore and life lessons with the narrator.

### [Charles Badger Clark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_the_cattle_trail_and_cow_camp_se/characters/charles_badger_clark)

_friendship_

Charles Badger Clark and Uncle Ed are fellow storytellers and cowboy poets who share camaraderie.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_the_cattle_trail_and_cow_camp_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_friendship_

Uncle Ed is a wise, storytelling elder figure who shares cowboy lore and life lessons with the narrator.

### [Charles Badger Clark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_the_cattle_trail_and_cow_camp_se/characters/charles_badger_clark)

_friendship_

Charles Badger Clark and Uncle Ed are fellow storytellers and cowboy poets who share camaraderie.

## In the story

### [The Cowboys’ Ball](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_the_cattle_trail_and_cow_camp_se/chapters/the-cowboys-ball)

Mentioned as getting red from too many dippers of drink, needing to be hobbled.

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