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TitleYearStatusCharacterRancho Grande1940"Alla En El Rancho Grande" 1934, uncredited / performer: "Alla En El Rancho Grande" 1934, "Dude Ranch Cow Hands" 1938, "There'll Never Be Another Pal Like You" 1940, "You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country" - uncredited / writer: "You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country" - uncreditedSouth of the Border1939"South of the Border" 1939, uncredited / performer: "Come to the Fiesta", "When the Cactus Blooms Again", "Fat Caballero" 1939 - uncredited / writer: "Fat Caballero" 1939 - uncreditedRovin' Tumbleweeds1939performer: "On the Sunny Side of the Cell", "Rocky Mountain Express", "Hurray" - uncreditedIn Old Monterey1939performer: "It Looks Like Rain" - uncreditedColorado Sunset1939"Autry's the Man - Vote for Autry", uncredited / performer: "On the Merry Old Way Back Home", "Cowboys Don't Milk Cows" 1939, "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" 1935, "Autry's the Man - Vote for Autry" - uncredited / writer: "Cowboys Don't Milk Cows" 1939 - uncreditedMountain Rhythm1939"Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet" 1909, uncredited / performer: "Highways Are Happy Ways When They Lead the Way to Home", "It Makes No Difference Now" 1938, "It Was Only a Hobo's Dream" 1939, "Old MacDonald Had a Farm", "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers!" 1879, "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet" 1909, "Knights of the Open Road" 1939 - uncreditedBlue Montana Skies1939performer: "Rockin' in the Saddle" 1939, "The Old Geezer" 1939 - uncreditedMexicali Rose1939performer: "My Orchestra's Driving Me Crazy", "Alla En El Rancho Grande" 1934 - uncredited / writer: "My Orchestra's Driving Me Crazy" - uncreditedHome on the Prairie1939performer: "There's Nothing Like Work" - uncredited / writer: "There's Nothing Like Work" - uncreditedWestern Jamboree1938performer: "Balloon Song", "I Love the Morning" - uncreditedRhythm of the Saddle1938performer: "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain", "Oh! Ladies" 1938, "The Old Trail" 1938, "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" 1910 - uncreditedPrairie Moon1938"The West, a Nest, and You" 1922, uncredited / performer: "Rhythm of the Hoofbeats" 1938, "In the Jailhouse Now" 1928, "The Story of Trigger Joe" - uncreditedBilly the Kid Returns1938performer: "Sing a Little Song About Anything" / writer: "Sing a Little Song About Anything"Man from Music Mountain1938performer: "The Man From Music Mountain", "Love, Burning Love", "All Nice People", "She Works Third Tub at the Laundrey" - uncredited / writer: "All Nice People", "She Works Third Tub at the Laundrey" - uncreditedGold Mine in the Sky1938performer: "Hummin' When We're Comin' Round the Bend" uncredited, "There's No Place Like Home Home, Sweet Home" 1823 uncredited, "That's How Donkeys Were Born" 1938 uncredited, "Dude Ranch Cowhands" 1938, "Hike Yaa Move Along" uncredited, "Tumbleweed Tenor" 1938 uncredited / writer: "That's How Donkeys Were Born" 1938, "Hike Yaa Move Along", "Tumbleweed Tenor" 1938 - uncreditedUnder Western Stars1938performer: "Send My Mail to the County Jail", "Back to the Backwoods"The Old Barn Dance1938lyrics: "Roamin' Around the Range" - uncredited / music: "Roamin' Around the Range" - uncredited / performer: "Ten Little Miles" 1938, "Old Nell", "Roamin' Around the Range", "The New Jassackaphone" 1936 - uncreditedManhattan Merry-Go-Round1937performer: "It's Round Up Time in Reno" - uncreditedSpringtime in the Rockies1937"When It's Springtime in the Rockies", uncredited / performer: "When It's Springtime in the Rockies", "Way Down Low", "Down in the Land of Zulu" - uncredited / writer: "Way Down Low" - uncreditedBoots and Saddles1937performer: "Dusty Roads" - uncredited / writer: "Dusty Roads" - uncreditedPublic Cowboy No. 11937performer: "The West Ain't What It Used to Be" 1937, "I Got the Heebie-Jeebie Blues" 1937, "The Defective Detective from Brooklyn" 1937 - uncredited / writer: "I Got the Heebie-Jeebie Blues" 1937, "The Defective Detective from Brooklyn" 1937 - uncreditedMeet the Boy Friend1937lyrics: "You Are My Rosebud"Mountain Music1937writer: "Mama Don't Allow"Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge1937performer: "The Millhouse Wild West Show", "Molly Put the Kettle On" - uncreditedCome on, Cowboys1937writer: "On the Prairie"Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm1937performer: "The Old Home Place" 1937, "Little Black Bronc" 1937, "Untitled Dance Music", "The Dying Cowgirl" 1937 - uncreditedGit Along Little Dogies1937lyrics: "Honey Bringing Honey To You" 1937 - uncredited / music: "Honey Bringing Honey To You" 1937 - uncredited / performer: "Git Along Little Dogie", "Honey Bringing Honey To You" 1937, "Chinatown My Chinatown" 1906, "If You Want to Be a Cowboy" 1937, "Pop! Goes the Weasel" - uncreditedRound-Up Time in Texas1937"When the Bloom Is on the Sage" 1930, uncredited / performer: "When the Bloom Is on the Sage" 1930, "Old Chisholm Trail Come a Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Yay", "Uncle Noah's Ark" 1937, "Voice Improvisation", "Dinah" 1925 - uncredited / writer: "Uncle Noah's Ark" 1937 - uncreditedThe Old Corral1936performer: "One Man Band" - uncredited / writer: "One Man Band" - uncreditedThe Big Show1936performer: "The Martins and the Coys" 1936, "Mad About You" 1936, "Wild and Wooly West" - uncreditedThe Three Mesquiteers1936writer: "Wagon Team" - uncreditedOh, Susanna!1936performer: "Oh! Susanna" 1848, "They Never Come Through with the Ring" - uncredited / writer: "They Never Come Through with the Ring" - uncreditedGuns and Guitars1936lyrics: "Ridin' All Day" 1936 - uncredited / music: "Ridin' All Day" 1936 - uncredited / performer: "I've Got Fine Relations" 1936, "Snake Charmer" - uncredited / writer: "The Cowboy Medicine Show" 1935, "I've Got Fine Relations" 1936 - uncreditedThe Border Patrolman1936performer: "Take Me Back To My Boots and Saddle" - uncreditedThe Singing Cowboy1936lyrics: "Rainbow Trail" 1936 - uncredited / music: "Rainbow Trail" 1936 - uncredited / performer: "Ya Hoo", "The New Jassackaphone" 1936 - uncreditedComin' 'Round the Mountain1936performer: "Don Juan of Sevillio" 1936, "When the Campfire Is Low on the Prairie" 1936 - uncreditedRed River Valley1936performer: "Red River Valley" 1936, "Yodeling Cowboy" 1936, "Fetch Me Down My Trusty '45" 1936 - uncredited / writer: "Fetch Me Down My Trusty '45" 1936, "Red River Sweetheart" 1936, "Keep Goin' Little Pony" 1936 - uncreditedHitch Hike Lady1935writer: "Marching Feet"The Singing Vagabond1935lyrics: "Friends Of The Prairie, Farewell" 1935, "Wagon Train" 1935 - uncredited / music: "Friends Of The Prairie, Farewell" 1935, "Wagon Train" 1935 - uncredited / performer: "Honeymoon Trail" 1935 - uncreditedThe Cheyenne Tornado1935writer: "Reb and His Pal Rebel"Sagebrush Troubadour1935lyrics: "On the Prairie" 1935, "Hurdy Gurdy Man" 1935, "My Prayer for Tonight" 1935, "Lookin' for the Lost Chord" 1935, "I'd Love a Home in the Mountains" 1935, "When the Moon Shines on the Mississippi Valley" 1934 - uncredited / music: "On the Prairie" 1935, "Hurdy Gurdy Man" 1935, "My Prayer for Tonight" 1935, "Lookin' for the Lost Chord" 1935, "I'd Love a Home in the Mountains" 1935, "When the Moon Shines on the Mississippi Valley" 1934 - uncredited / performer: "Way Out West in Texas" 1935,Melody Trail1935lyrics: "On the Melody Trail" 1935, "Way Down on Bottom" 1935, "My Neighbor Hates Music" 1935, "Where Will the Wedding Supper Be?" 1935 - uncredited / music: "On the Melody Trail" 1935, "Way Down on Bottom" 1935, "My Neighbor Hates Music" 1935, "Where Will the Wedding Supper Be?" 1935 - uncredited / performer: "Way Down on Bottom" 1935, "Western Lullaby" 1935, "My Neighbor Hates Music" 1935 - uncreditedWaterfront Lady1935lyrics: "Deep Dark River", "What I Wouldn't Do" / music: "Deep Dark River", "What I Wouldn't Do"Tumbling Tumbleweeds1935lyrics: "Corn-fed and Rusty" 1935, "Riding Down the Canyon" 1935 - uncredited / music: "Corn-fed and Rusty" 1935, "Riding Down the Canyon" 1935 - uncredited / performer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" 1934, "Corn-fed and Rusty" 1935, "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" 1935 - uncredited / writer: "The Cowboy Medicine Show" 1935 - uncreditedLightning Triggers1935performer: "Cabin on the Prairie Reb and his Horse Rebel" / writer: "Cabin on the Prairie Reb and his Horse Rebel"The Kids in the Shoe1935Short performer: "Mama Don't 'Low" - uncreditedThe Phantom Empire1935writer: "Uncle Noah's Ark" - uncreditedIn Old Santa Fe1934lyrics: "Mama Don't Like Music Played in Here" / music: "Mama Don't Like Music Played in Here" / performer: "Mama Don't Like Music Played in Here"Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression2009Video documentary writer: "Uncle Noah's Ark" - uncreditedMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch1976lyrics: "Riding Down the Canyon" - uncredited / music: "Riding Down the Canyon" - uncredited / performer: "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" - uncreditedPetticoat JunctionTV Series performer - 5 episodes, 1964 - 1967 writer - 2 episodes, 1965 - 1970 lyrics - 1 episode, 1966 music - 1 episode, 1966The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show1959TV Series writer - 1 episodeCountry Style, U.S.A.1959TV Series short writer - 1 episodeCountry Music Holiday1958writer: "My Home Town"Ranch PartyTV Series performer - 1 episode writer - 1 episodeThe Gene Autry Show1950-1955TV Series writer - 9 episodesLast of the Pony Riders1953performer: "Sugar Babe"Saginaw Trail1953performer: "Mam'selle" / writer: "Mam'selle"Pack Train1953performer: "Wagon Train", "Hominy Grits" / writer: "God's Little Candles", "Wagon Train", "Hominy Grits"Goldtown Ghost Riders1953performer: "Pancho's Widow", "The Thieving Burro" - uncredited / writer: "The Thieving Burro" - uncreditedWinning of the West1953lyrics: "Five Minutes Late and a Dollar Short" 1952 - uncredited / music: "Five Minutes Late and a Dollar Short" 1952 - uncredited / performer: "Five Minutes Late and a Dollar Short" 1952, "Fetch Me Down My Trusty '45" 1952 - uncredited / writer: "Fetch Me Down My Trusty '45" 1952 - uncreditedBlue Canadian Rockies1952writer: "Mama Don't Allow No Music"The Rough, Tough West1952performer: "Fire of Forty-One" / writer: "Fire of Forty-One", "The More We Get Together"Laramie Mountains1952performer: "Come to the Mess", "With a Sloop, Sloop, Sloop" / writer: "Come to the Mess", "With a Sloop, Sloop, Sloop"The Hawk of Wild River1952writer: "Chief Pocatello from the Cherokees", "Pedro Enchilada"Smoky Canyon1952performer: "It's Gotta Get Better", "Daydream Lariat" / writer: "It's Gotta Get Better", "Daydream Lariat"Pecos River1951performer: "New Outlook On Life", "Get Together, Stay Together" / writer: "New Outlook On Life", "Get Together, Stay Together"The Kid from Amarillo1951performer: "The Great Burnette", "Ziekel Saw The Wheel", "Old Colville Jail" / writer: "The Great Burnette"Cyclone Fury1951performer: "Hear the Wind Singing a Cowboy Song", "He'll Be Getting Some Sleep" / writer: "He'll Be Getting Some Sleep"Bonanza Town1951performer: "Rooty-Toot", "It All Goes To Show You" / writer: "Rooty-Toot", "It All Goes To Show You"Silver Canyon1951writer: "Ridin' Down the Canyon"Ridin' the Outlaw Trail1951performer: "I'm A Sucker For a Bargain", "Rack-a-Bye-Baby" / writer: "I'm A Sucker For a Bargain", "Rack-a-Bye-Baby"Prairie Roundup1951performer: "Deep Froggy Blues", "Snack-Happy" / writer: "Deep Froggy Blues", "Snack-Happy"Frontier Outpost1950performer: "Twister", "I Live To Eat", "The Warning Song" / writer: "Twister", "I Live To Eat", "The Warning Song"Across the Badlands1950performer: "I'm Telling Myself I Ain't Afraid", "Harmonica Bill" / writer: "I'm Telling Myself I Ain't Afraid", "Harmonica Bill"Outcasts of Black Mesa1950performer: "Nobody Fires the Boss", "Donkey Engine" / writer: "Nobody Fires the Boss", "Donkey Engine"Trail of the Rustlers1950performer: "I Wish I Had Said That", "Blame It on Granpappy" / writer: "I Wish I Had Said That", "Blame It on Granpappy"Renegades of the Sage1949performer: "Let Me Sleep", "Pussy Foot", "I'm Thankful For Small Favors" / writer: "Let Me Sleep", "Pussy Foot"Horsemen of the Sierras1949performer: "My Night To Howl", "No Kid" / writer: "My Night To Howl", "No Kid"Bandits of El Dorado1949performer: "Half a Notion", "When I Find Out What I Said", "Come and Get Your Dinner" / writer: "Half a Notion", "When I Find Out What I Said", "Come and Get Your Dinner"South of Death Valley1949performer: "When You Go", "Ever Loving Marshal", "Rock-a-Bye Jailbird" / writer: "When You Go", "Ever Loving Marshal"The Blazing Trail1949writer: "You Put Me On My Feet", "Extra, Extra"Desert Vigilante1949performer: "He Don't Like Work", "It Can't Be As Bad As That" / writer: "He Don't Like Work", "It Can't Be As Bad As That"Riders of the Whistling Pines1949writer: "It's My Lazy Day"Challenge of the Range1949writer: "I Kin Dance", "My Home Town"The Big Sombrero1949writer: "I'm Thankful For Small Favors"Blazing Across the Pecos1948performer: "That's All Brother, That's All" - uncredited / writer: "It Ain't Much Help", "That's All Brother, That's All" - uncreditedWhirlwind Raiders1948performer: "I'm Looking Poor but Feeling Rich", "Fiddlin' Fool", "Blue Tail Fly" / writer: "I'm Looking Poor but Feeling Rich", "Fiddlin' Fool"Oklahoma Blues1948writer: "On the Strings of My Lonesome Guitar"West of Sonora1948performer: "What I Didn't Get Done Today", "Little Indian" / writer: "What I Didn't Get Done Today", "Little Indian"Phantom Valley1948performer: "Mosey On Over to My House" / writer: "Mosey On Over to My House"Six-Gun Law1948performer: "If I Were the Boss of the Town" / writer: "If I Were the Boss of the Town"Last Days of Boot Hill1947performer: "On My Way Back Home", "Giddy Up, Jericho", "Inside Looking Out", "Texas Belle" / writer: "On My Way Back Home", "Giddy Up, Jericho"Buckaroo from Powder River1947performer: "It Sure Sounds Good To Me", "Cecil Could See", "Carry Me Back to Ol' Virginny", "Seeing Nellie Home" / writer: "It Sure Sounds Good To Me", "Cecil Could See"Riders of the Lone Star1947performer: "Granddaddy Bullfrog", "Prairie Dog's Lament", "Oh, Mona" / writer: "Granddaddy Bullfrog", "Prairie Dog's Lament", "Oh, Mona"The Stranger from Ponca City1947performer: "Catfish Take a Look at That Worm", "Hillbilly Lill" / writer: "Catfish Take a Look at That Worm"Prairie Raiders1947performer: "Raising Rabbits", "The Thieving Burro" / writer: "Raising Rabbits", "The Thieving Burro"Law of the Canyon1947performer: "Trouble Always Finds Me", "My Luck" / writer: "Trouble Always Finds Me", "My Luck"Twilight on the Rio Grande1947writer: "It's My Lazy Day", "Great Grand Dad"West of Dodge City1947performer: "Satchel Up and Go", "Hear the Little Cricket", "I Can't Cry For Laughing" / writer: "Hear the Little Cricket", "I Can't Cry For Laughing"The Lone Hand Texan1947performer: "We Had a Big Time", "Crow Song", "What Makes You So Sweet?", "They Never Say 'Love You' On a Postcard", "The Birthday Song" / writer: "We Had a Big Time", "Crow Song", "What Makes You So Sweet?", "They Never Say 'Love You' On a Postcard", "The Birthday Song"South of the Chisholm Trail1947performer: "Dr. Burnette, King of Pain", "Hi Nellie, Lo-Nellie", "I Get the Sillies", "Froggy Went A-Courtin'" / writer: "Dr. Burnette, King of Pain", "Hi Nellie, Lo-Nellie", "I Get the Sillies"The Fighting Frontiersman1946performer: "Swamp Woman Blues", "Don't Be Mad At Me", "Little Brown Jug", "Coyote Chorus" / writer: "Swamp Woman Blues", "Don't Be Mad At Me", "Coyote Chorus"Terror Trail1946performer: "Peg-Leg", "Way Down Low" / writer: "Peg-Leg", "Way Down Low"Landrush1946performer: "Dentist's Song", "Don't Be Mad At Me" / writer: "Dentist's Song", "Don't Be Mad At Me"Heading West1946performer: "Sally Goodin", "Bless Your Heart", "That Old Ice Cream Freezer", "Scaredy Cat Blues" / writer: "That Old Ice Cream Freezer", "Scaredy Cat Blues"The Desert Horseman1946performer: "I Wish I Could Be A Singing Cowboy", "He Was An Amatuer Once", "Ring the Bell" / writer: "I Wish I Could Be A Singing Cowboy", "He Was An Amatuer Once", "Ring the Bell"Two-Fisted Stranger1946performer: "Can't Hurt My Trombone", "A Date With Someone Swell", "Way Down Yonder" / writer: "Can't Hurt My Trombone", "A Date With Someone Swell", "Way Down Yonder"Galloping Thunder1946performer: "I Want To Play The Fife", "He'll Be Getting Some Sleep", "Singing A Country Song" / writer: "I Want To Play The Fife", "He'll Be Getting Some Sleep"Gunning for Vengeance1946performer: "Hominy Grits", "The Belle of Sonora Is Mine", "A Blacksmith of the Village", "Twenty Long Years" / writer: "Hominy Grits", "A Blacksmith of the Village", "Twenty Long Years"Roaring Rangers1946performer: "The New Ten-Gallon Hat", "Lazy Daily Dozen", "Listen To the Mocking Bird" / writer: "The New Ten-Gallon Hat", "Lazy Daily Dozen"Lonesome Trail1945writer: "Strings of My Lonesome Guitar"Firebrands of Arizona1944performer: "A Hunting We Will Go", "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow", "Loch Lomond"Bordertown Trail1944writer: "It's My Lazy Day"Song of Nevada1944writer: "Scrub Scrub"Call of the Rockies1944performer: "Taint Worth It", "A Bachelor I Am" / writer: "Taint Worth It", "A Bachelor I Am"The Laramie Trail1944writer: "Dish Rag Blues"Beneath Western Skies1944writer: "Travelin' Man"Pride of the Plains1944performer: "Doctor Millhouse" / writer: "Doctor Millhouse"Raiders of Sunset Pass1943writer: "Who'd A Thunk It?"Man from Music Mountain1943writer: "Deeper and Deeper"King of the Cowboys1943performer: "Ride 'Em, Cowboy"Idaho1943performer: "Stop!", "Don Juan"Ridin' Down the Canyon1942writer: "Ridin' Down the Canyon" - uncreditedBells of Capistrano1942performer: "Don't Bite The Hand That's Feeding You"Stardust on the Sage1942lyrics: "Wouldn't You Like to Know?" 1942 - uncredited / music: "Wouldn't You Like to Know?" 1942 - uncredited / performer: "Wouldn't You Like to Know?" 1942, "You Are My Sunshine" 1940, "Home on the Range" 1904, "Deep in the Heart of Texas" 1942 - uncreditedHome in Wyomin'1942performer: "Modern Design" / writer: "Modern Design"Heart of the Rio Grande1942performer: "A Rumble Seat For Two", "Oh, Woe Is Me" / writer: "Oh, Woe Is Me"Cowboy Serenade1942performer: "The Cowboy Serenade When I'm Smokin' My Last Cigarette"Sierra Sue1941performer: "Heebie Jeebie Blues" - uncreditedGauchos of El Dorado1941writer: "The Rich Get Richer", "Tricky SeƱor"Down Mexico Way1941performer: "Beer Barrel Polka" - uncreditedUnder Fiesta Stars1941writer: "Keep It in the Family"Country Fair1941writer: "You Can't Never, Sometimes, Most Always Tell"The Singing Hill1941writer: "Sail the Seven Seas"Back in the Saddle1941performer: "Ninety-Nine Bullfrogs", "Swinging Sam" / writer: "Ninety-Nine Bullfrogs", "Swinging Sam"Ridin' on a Rainbow1941performer: "Some Dancin'" / writer: "Some Dancin'"Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride1940performer: "Eleven More Months and Ten More Days" 1930, "That Was Me by the Sea" 1940 - uncredited / writer: "That Was Me by the Sea" 1940 - uncreditedCarolina Moon1940performer: "Carolina Moon" 1928, "At the Rodeo" 1940, "Me and My Echo" 1940 - uncreditedGaucho Serenade1940lyrics: "Wooing of Kitty MacFuty" - uncredited / music: "Wooing of Kitty MacFuty" - uncredited / performer: "Headin' for the Wide Open Spaces", "Wooing of Kitty MacFuty", "Keep Rollin' Lazy Longhorns" - uncredited