I love this song too. I had read it in my Woody songbooks for several years before I first heard it sung. Then, what had been an interesting story, evocative of an era sprang into life for me. It has been one of my favourites ever since. And who was it that made this song so vivid for me? None other than Art Thieme, a man we must all recognise as being one of the great storytelling singers of all time. I'm glad to read in this thread that other people are singing it too, giving the song a life beyond the printed page, just as Woody would have wished I'm sure. Now, is anybody out there singing another of my 'great unheard', 'Belle Starr'?