From: harvey@ITRstudio.com   
      
   Sorry about the delay; that quote is from Frank's "Long, Lonesome Home"   
   album.   
   rdsheeler@yahoo.com wrote:   
      
   >Thanks so much.  Where is that quote from?   
   >   
   >   
   >Harvey Gerst wrote:   
   >> ;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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