“I bet you never heard ol’ Marshal Dillon say ‘Miss Kitty, have you ever thought of runnin’ away? Settlin’ down, would you marry me If I asked you twice and begged you, pretty please?’ She’d have said, ‘Yes’, in a New York minute They never tied the knot, his heart wasn’t in it He just …
The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood): “Don Miguel Roho…I want to talk to you! Don Miguel, I hear you’re hiring on men. Well, I just may be available. I gotta tell you before you hire me, I don’t work cheap…!” – A Fistful of Dollars Sergio Leone was born in Rome on January 3, …
“I’ve been walkin’ these streets so long Singin’ the same old song I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway Where hustle’s the name of the game And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain” – Rhinestone Cowboy (Larry Weiss) © Warner Chappell Music, Inc “You don’t have to …
Note: This entry was written several months ago and was originally scheduled for publication in June 2020, but in light of Kenny Rogers’ recent passing, it seemed appropriate to move the date forward, as a memorial tribute to a major talent. “On a warm summer’s evenin’ On a train bound for nowhere I met up …
“Last night I came home And I knocked on my door And I called to my love As I oft had before And I knocked and I knocked No answer there came No kisses to greet me No voice called my name” – I Couldn’t Believe It Was True (Eddy Arnold / Wally Fowler) © …
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“It was a time of the preacher When the story began Of the choice of a lady And the love of a man How he loved her so dearly He went out of his mind When she left him for someone That she’d left behind” – Time of the Preacher (Willie Nelson) © Sony/ATV Music …
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“Some trails are happy ones Others are blue It’s the way you ride the trail that counts Here’s a happy one for you” – Happy Trails (Dale Evans) © Sony/ATV Music Roy Rogers was born as Leonard Franklin Slye on November 5, 1911, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The son of Mattie and Andrew “Andy” Slye, “Len” …
“An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day Upon a ridge, he rested as he went along his way When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw A-plowing through the ragged sky and up the cloudy draw” – (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend (Stan Jones) …
“I’m back in the saddle again Out where a friend is a friend Where the longhorn cattle feed On the lowly gypsum weed Back in the saddle again” – Back in the Saddle Again (Gene Autry / Ray Whitley) © Warner Chappell Music, Inc Orvon Grover “Gene” Autry was born September 29, 1907, in Grayson …