OT -- Question on old country song

gordy from Iowa · May 28, 2012

Any body know the title to the song that contains the lyrics "give me a gal who'll be kind to my dog, and teach my kids how to pray."

Heard it on a "Bonanza" episode.

gregger · May 28, 2012

try youtube

Cliff Nelson · May 28, 2012

The title is Black Sheep sung by John Anderson. You can find it on youtube.

gordy from Iowa · May 28, 2012

THANK YOU guys. I had tried u-tube with the few lyrics I remembered, but nothing came up.

rdandersom · May 28, 2012

I think the line from Black Sheep is "Wake me up early ,be good to my dogs and teach my children to pray" but I could be wrong.

redtom · May 28, 2012

there's a site called "lyricist" or something like that that lets you search by lyrics. But, I think you want the John Anderson "Black sheep of the family" song.

aFORDable · May 28, 2012

If you heard it on Bonanza it is not the John Anderson song. That came much later than Bonanza to my recolection.

Ktheo1 · May 28, 2012

Try You Tube not u tube

LJD · May 28, 2012

It was likely written or adapted for that episode by David Rose. He and his orchestra were in charge of all music on Bonanza episodes at that time and he wrote many songs for the show. That song you refer to was aired in season 2, 1961. The show was titled "Sam Hill." One of the songs was "The Legend of Sam Hill" written by Rose that may be the one you mention.

"I'm tired of honky-tonk women . I'm tired of traveling around . I'm tired of Suzy and Curly and Kate . I'm thinking of settling down . Give me a girl who'll be kind to my dog and teach my kids how to pray. "

I have all the Bonanza episodes on German and French DVDS but not all come with original soundtracks. The original Bonanza has Lorne Green (pa Cartwright" singing the Bonanza song with lyrics. That one is hard to find. Later - Johnny Cash did it and it was a hit song for awhile. David Rose wrote that song as well.

The reason why I've got foreign DVDS is because that is the only way to get original soundtracks. USA DVDs don't have them due to the added cost of music royalties.

JerryS · May 28, 2012

Lot of people may have forgotten that Lorne Greene recorded lots of songs. How well is open to discussion.

JerryS · May 28, 2012

Lot of people may have forgotten that Lorne Greene recorded lots of songs. How well is open to discussion.

LJD · May 28, 2012

Lorne did a good job on the Bonanza theme, but Johny Cash did it a bit better (it was #1 on charts). But yeah, I remember Lorne's records and singing, along with his Alpo dog-food commercials.

Adam "Cartwright", i.e. Pernell Roberts also sang and cut a few record albums.

Mark6005 · May 28, 2012

Thanks for the Bonanza memories, seems like maybe Sunday night it was on, maybe Saturday don"t remember except we didn"t have cable yet in our little town and probably only CBS and NBC off the antenna in the beginning. Kids in a half circle with a bowl of popcorn watching tv was common in our house

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