Get Along Little Dogies
Singing cowboy Gene Autry (Gene Autry) opposes Doris Maxwell drilling for oil out of concern ranchers water supply will be contaminated. Their feud which includes Gene shooting out the tires on Doris’s car and Doris stealing Champion keeps the pair too busy to notice oil rig foreman George Wilkins defrauding Doris’s banker father Maxwell. Wilkins play is faking a dry well to extract more money for the project while running out Maxwell’s lease on the well claim. He plans to bring in the well after taking over the lease with money extorted from Maxwell’s bank. Nice work if you can get it.
Doris attempts to compromise Gene’s position on the well by playing his songs on her radio station during a program sponsored by the oil company … Get Along Little Dogies. Gene’s rancher friends figure he’s sold them out. Gene goes after Doris, catching up with her in time to thwart a payroll robbery staged by Watkins as part of his money grab. About this time Gene learns oil will bring the railroad to everyone’s benefit. He changes his position. Watkins has his men capture Gene to get him out of the way until he gains control of the oil lease. He covers the bank’s loss of funds with a faked bank robbery he blames on Gene. Whipping Gene’s rancher friends and bank depositors into a lynching mood. Gene escapes. He learns the only encouragement the well needs to come in is a little dynamite. Gene and Frog blow the well in along with prosperity and order for all. The End.
The song, “Get Along, Little Dogies,” also known as “Whoppie Ti Yi Yea,” is a classic cowboy ballad with a history all its own. The song is based on a traditional Irish folk song. The western adaptation was discovered by Owen Wister, author of the classic western novel the Virginian. “Get Along, Little Dogies,” has been recorded by an all-star lineup including Roy Roger, Bing Crosby, The Kingston Trio (nothing says Jamacia like dogies), and The Sons of the Pioneers. Western Writers of America (of which your author is a member and voter) listed “Get Along, Little Dogies” among the top 100 Western songs of all time. The same Western Writers of America whose lifetime achievement award is named for … Owen Wister. And now you know the rest of that story.
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Doris attempts to compromise Gene’s position on the well by playing his songs on her radio station during a program sponsored by the oil company … Get Along Little Dogies. Gene’s rancher friends figure he’s sold them out. Gene goes after Doris, catching up with her in time to thwart a payroll robbery staged by Watkins as part of his money grab. About this time Gene learns oil will bring the railroad to everyone’s benefit. He changes his position. Watkins has his men capture Gene to get him out of the way until he gains control of the oil lease. He covers the bank’s loss of funds with a faked bank robbery he blames on Gene. Whipping Gene’s rancher friends and bank depositors into a lynching mood. Gene escapes. He learns the only encouragement the well needs to come in is a little dynamite. Gene and Frog blow the well in along with prosperity and order for all. The End.
The song, “Get Along, Little Dogies,” also known as “Whoppie Ti Yi Yea,” is a classic cowboy ballad with a history all its own. The song is based on a traditional Irish folk song. The western adaptation was discovered by Owen Wister, author of the classic western novel the Virginian. “Get Along, Little Dogies,” has been recorded by an all-star lineup including Roy Roger, Bing Crosby, The Kingston Trio (nothing says Jamacia like dogies), and The Sons of the Pioneers. Western Writers of America (of which your author is a member and voter) listed “Get Along, Little Dogies” among the top 100 Western songs of all time. The same Western Writers of America whose lifetime achievement award is named for … Owen Wister. And now you know the rest of that story.
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Ride easy,
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