This cowboy classic was written by Smiley Burnett on a bet from Gene Autry that he couldn't get a song written by the time they reached Phoenix. He got it done before they got out of Oak Creek Canyon. As Bill says, "Gene Autry made millions on this song; Smiley Burnett got paid five bucks."
This is from a duet set done by Bill Vernieu & Joanna Joseph in The Gallery of the Coconino Center for the Arts at the Flagstaff Folk Festival, June 27, 2009.
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