For those of you who have never seen Red River Dave in person, he performed in gold lame boots and carried a trick rope with which he would lasso unsuspecting young ladies whenever the whim struck him. He drove a big Cadillac with steer horns mounted on the hood. To say he "was a showman" hardly does him justice.

We feel certain he would have said anything he thought would enhance is image whether it was true or not. That's why we chose our words carefully when we posted, "He *said* he wrote it on July 2, 1939, the day she disappeared."

Also, when we heard him sing this song it was probably in the late 1970s or early 1980s, about 40 years after the event. Unless his memory is a whole lot better than ours, he probably had no idea when he wrote the song.

Bev and Jerry