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Fun Autry Fact:

Gene's television production schedule called for him to shoot two episodes of his half-hour television series at the same time.

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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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