From: harvey@ITRstudio.com   
      
   rdsheeler@yahoo.com wrote:   
      
   >Does anyone know the origins of or have any info on the old cowboy song   
   >"Utah Carol".  It's the one Marty Robbins made famous.  I've been   
   >looking for info and history about that song, all I've been able to   
   >find so far is that it's listed as "traditional".   
   >   
   >thanks, ryan   
      
   According to Frank Hamilton:   
      
   Utah Carroll   
      
   "I learned this from the collection of folklorist Austin Fife.  Utah   
   Carroll is one of the best but least known of the cowboy story songs.   
   John Lomax published it in 1910.  He said he learned it from J.T.   
   Shirley of San Angelo, Texas who said it was written by a cowboy on the   
   Curve T Ranch in Shleicher County.  It’s often pronounced 'Utah Carl'   
   but I like the way Carroll sings better.  The hard cased cowboys   
   sometimes had compassion, heroism and nobility.  Guess this is why   
   cowboys are still an important part of Americana."   
      
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