When he was a young man, Gene received an offer from a professional baseball team to become a player. Gene turned down the offer because it would have meant a fifty-dollar-a-month pay cut from his telegrapher's job.
I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
from Colorado Sunset (1939)
Yodeling Cowgirl Patsy Montana performs her signature song "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" from Gene Autry's 1939 Republic Pictures film Colorado Sunset. She's backed by the CBS-KMBC Texas Rangers and that's Smiley Burnette who askes Patsy "Whatcha doin' in this country?"
Written by Patsy Montana
Published by Universal Music Corp.
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