When I was ten or eleven, Rex Allen was one of my favorite cowboy heroes. He made several singing western movies and had a successful recording career. Here's "I Ride an Old Paint."
The Cumberland Post
My Backyard, Six Miles from the Cumberland River
We all had our cowboy heros, mine was Randolph Scott.
ReplyDeleteThe tune is a blast from my past, as well. I think every male in our generation wanted to grow up to be a cowboy. Kids these days have no ideer what cowboys are, of course. Except mebbe oppressors o' Native Americans.
ReplyDeleteGeorge, I always liked Scott too. He made some solid movies that hold up pretty well today.
ReplyDeleteBuck, They do learn that "oppressor" stuff don't they? And miss out on a lot of other good stuff from history in the process.