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Thread #67112   Message #1119930
Posted By: katlaughing
20-Feb-04 - 12:58 PM
Thread Name: Tying a Knot in the Devil's Tail / Sierry Petes
Subject: RE: Tying a Knot in the Devil's Tail / Sierry Pete
Anyone have a copy handy of Sun and Saddle Leather by Badger Clark?

I listened to my dad's tape this morning and he says Clark wrote the poem and it was in one of his books, probably the above. Said, when it came out in a newspaper, with a tune for it, four years later, Clark's friends got after him to protect his copyright. He said it didn't matter to him, that having his poem turned into a folk song was the biggest form of flattery.

Well, right or wrong, that's the way my dad learned it. I haven't had time to transcribe the lyrics from his tape, but they are close, if not the same.

FWIW, kat