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Thread #98522 Message #1953161
Posted By: Ferrara
31-Jan-07 - 12:50 AM
Thread Name: Best Western Song
Subject: RE: Best Western Song
"Cool Water" "Riders in the Sky" "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" "Along the Navajo Trail"
These are all songs I learned as a kid (we had them on 78's) and I still love them.
Also -- this is a song sung by Roy Rogers, that I loved and haven't been able to find, but I sure can't say it is a great western song -- "My Chickashay Gal":
"Left my Gal in Chickashay, Left that gal and went away; There's a slick chick a-waitin' in my Chickashay home, And from my Chickashay gal I'm gonna never more roam." :-)
Another favorite was Gene Autry singing "Sioux City Sue."
... Just decided to look up the spelling of Chickashay and I learned that "My Chickashay Gal" was the title of a movie in 1945. We didn't see that one. We did see "The Strawberry Roan" starring Gene Autry. Also learned that "My Chickashay Girl" is on a CD titled "Historic Country & Western: 50 Nostalgic Memories From a Bygone Era."
And, I was reminded of another favorite: Dale Evans singing "Silver on the Sage." We had that record too.