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Thread #52706 Message #2706406
Posted By: Jim Dixon
22-Aug-09 - 11:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Take My Boots Off When I Die
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take My Boots Off When I Die
In Sourdough Slim's video, he claims to have written TAKE MY BOOTS OFF WHEN I DIE. However, I can't tell whether he means us to take him seriously; he plays the line for laughs.
His web site says TAKE MY BOOTS OFF WHEN I DIE is on his album "Rock & Rye." It doesn't say who wrote it.
The tune of the chorus (as Sourdough Slim sings it) resembles THERE IS A TAVERN IN THE TOWN. The verse is mostly recited rather than sung.
Steve Bloomfield recorded TAKE MY BOOTS OFF on his album "Rockabilly Originals", 1978.
I can't find any evidence that anyone else recorded it (let alone Wilf Carter).