The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #29735 Message #377827
Posted By: GUEST,gknighting
19-Jan-01 - 12:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Platonia / Patanio
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Patanio, Patonio, Platonia, whatever
Thanks to all! This group is amazing! The version I learned as a kid was from a recording by the late Hawkshaw Hawkins, a country singer who included a lot of cowboy songs in his repertoire. He is unfortunately best remembered as having died in the same plane crash as Patsy Cline. I'm thinking the Hank Snow version might be similar to that since they were contemporaries and it's possible one may have learned the song from the other or they may have got it from the same source. One clue is that the Hawkshaw Hawkins version was also called "Patanio". Dale, if you would be so kind as to do the transcription from the Hank Snow set I'd be most grateful.