This thread reminded me of a happy time in my life when our children were young...hope you don't mind an oldtimer's reminince (look it up-I'm too lazy). Anyway, I have known this song nearly all my life, as Western songs were very big in the KY mountains in the thirties. After I married a New Yorker, we made our home on Long Island. When my older son was about 15, some record producer persuaded him to do a cover single of Arlo's then-new, "Alice's Restaurant." Looking for something to put on the flipside, we all started fooling around with jokey things and what came out was, "My Gene Autry Autographed Plywood Guitar," set to the tune of "When the Curtains of Night..." It sort of got away from us before it was finished, however it's still recognizable. Of course, the little record didn't go far, but I still have a copy or two (a Mama's heart!) around here somewhere. The company was Pickwick International (are they still in business?) and my son, Peter Pickow, is still making music (on his Martin guitar). Thanks for bringing back the memory of that sweet song, and of our hilarious parody (I THINK that Faith Petric actually recorded it, a few years back. The chorus was something like:

With her cowboys and pine trees and ten plastic coats,
She's beautifully stencilled with musical notes-
With her bright orange sunset she shines like a star,
My Gene Autry autographed plywood guitar!

(Sorry, I forgot what to do with the < >s) Jean

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Jean, you can put <br> at the end of each line for line breaks, but I like feeling needed. :-) --JoeClone