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.
That's How Donkeys Were Born
from Gold Mine in the Sky (1938)
Smiley Burnette and J.L. Frank's Golden West Cowboys sing the humorous song "That's How Donkeys Were Born" from the Gene Autry Republic Pictures movie Gold Mine in the Sky (1938).
Written by Smiley Burnette and Eddie Cherkose
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