Goodnight-Loving Trail (song)
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| "Goodnight-Loving Trail" | |
| Music by | Bruce Phillips |
|---|---|
| Lyrics by | Utah Phillips |
| Published | copyright 1976 |
| Language | English |
| Original artist | Utah Phillips |
| Recorded by | Finest Kind, Ed Trickett, Tom Waits |
The Goodnight-Loving Trail is a song by Utah Phillips about the cattle trail of the same name. One of the namesakes of the trail, Charles Goodnight is also credited with inventing the chuckwagon.[1] Lyrics and liner notes [1] are available from the author's website.
[edit] Recordings
- Utah Phillips, Starlight on the Rails
- Ed Trickett Tellin takes Me Home
- Finest Kind Lost in a Song [2]
- Tom Waits Dime Store Novels Vol. 1
[edit] Pop culture
The song is used as the opening of the h2g2 article on Roswell, New Mexico.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Rise Up Singing page 224
- ^ "Finest Kind" (web review). http://www.woodenshipproductions.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ^ "Roswell, New Mexico, USA" (on-line encyclopedia article). http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A19773165. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
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