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.
There's a Rainbow on the Rio Colorado
from Sons of New Mexico (1950)
Gene Autry sings "There's a Rainbow on the Rio Colorado" from the 1950 Columbia Pictures film Sons of New Mexico.
Written by Gene Autry and Fred Rose
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© 1942 Gene Autry Western Music Publishing Co, Sony ATV
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