[BILLY D.]

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IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY YOU ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING A LONG TIME FOR THE SINGER OF THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS CIRCA 1955. THAT WAS THE YEAR I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND I DRANK A LOT OF BEER SO MY MEMORY MIGHT NOT BE UP TO SNUFF. CHASING SKIRTS DIDN'T HELP EITHER.

THAT SONG AND RENDITION WAS BY MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA. SO FINDIN' A SINGER MIGHT BE A TAD DIFFICULT. ANY COWPOKE IN HIS RIGHT MIND HAS RECORDED THAT SONG DURING THEIR CAREERS. IT IS A STANDBY.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE SONG RED RIVER VALLEY? ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES. HAVE YOU EVER PONDERED ABOUT THE WORDS, FEW FOLKS KNOW THAT IT WAS WRITEN ABOUT THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH, CANADA, SPECIFICALLY. IT BECAME A LOVE SONG ALONG THE TEXAS, OKLAHOMA BORDER SIMPLY BY INSERTING THE WORD COWBOY INTO THE CANADIAN VERSION, BUT THE SONG WAS ACTUALLY WRITEN ABOUT THE RED RIVER REBELION IN CANADA IN 1869.

I LOVE COWBOY SONGS AND THE LIFESTYLE, YES I'M THE REAL DEAL.

COWBOY LOGIC:

AN OLD COWHAND AND A YOUNG BUCKAROO WERE WORKING ONE DAY, RIDIN' FENCE

THE OLD COWHAND DECIDED TO TEST THE KID ON HIS SKILLS AND COMMON SENSE

SO HE ASKED THE YOUNG BUCKAROO, "KID IF YA SAW THREE MEN IN A PICKUP DRESSED ALIKE FROM BOOTS TO HAT, COULD YA TELL WHICH ONE WAS THE REAL COWBOY FROM JUST BY WHERE THEY SAT?"

WELL THE THE YOUNG BUCKARRO SCRATCHED HIS HEAD AND SAID "GEE THERE JUST AIN'T NO WAY OF KNOWIN'"

THE OLD COWHAND SMILED AND SAID " SON YOU STILL GOT A WAYS TO GO."

"THE REAL COWBOY IS THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE. HE AIN'T THERE JUST BY FATE, FIRST HE DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE AND NEXT HE DON'T HAVE TO MESS WITH THE GATE."

WRITEN BY CHICK RAINS, DON COOK

IFF'N YA HAVE ANY MORE MUSICAL TRIVIA QUESTIONS LET ME KNOW. I'LL BORE YA TO DEATH, LOL.

BY THE WAY, ERNEST TUBB DID RECORD THE SONG ALSO. COULDN'T FIND A YEAR THOUGH.

IF YOUR EVER DOWN OKLAHOMA WAY STOP TO SEE THE COWBOY HALL OF FAME IN OK. CITY. YOU WON'T REGRET IT. IT IS SUPER.

GOD BLESS