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I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart
by Patsy Montana
"This song was written in 1934
while I was on a tour with Gene Autry on a show called
'The WLS Round-Up' out of Chicago, Illinois. My first
song on the WLS barndance was 'Texas Plains.' I had
changed the name of 'Texas' to 'Montana,' as it was a
show about different states. This set my pattern and
style with the vast WLS audience. After singing the song
so many times in all my appearances, I became tired of
it. On the round-up show was an act called Mac and Bob.
I fell in love with their manager, Paul E. Rose, whom I
later married, and am still married to him. He was away
from the show for several days and I was a love-sick
lonely 'cowgirl.' During a show somewhere in Illinois in
my dressing room, I wrote this song. The title was first
suggested by Joe Franks, who is now in the Hall of Fame
in Nashville, Tennessee. I patterned the song after
'Texas Plains.' I introduced the song on the barn dance
and it became an instant hit. It was recorded in New
York, April 1935, and I became the first country and
western girl singer to sell a million records." — Patsy
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