Dr. James William Hickman Smith wrote and copywrited the song. It appeared in the movie " The Meanest Man in Arizona" with Henry Morgan. Some day I shall release the " Origional" version which so far has still never been released in it's original form.
Katie Lee and Josh White preformed it for Studs Turkel on his " Chicago Radio Show.
My father was indeed a professor At Oklahoma University . He taught medicine ; that part is true.