Little Hoof | All Star Western Theatre (05-24-47)

Summary

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Old Time Radio Westerns

Episode: Little Hoof | All Star Western Theatre (05-24-47)

Host: Andrew Rhynes
Original Broadcast Date: May 24, 1947
Podcast Release Date: February 23, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this episode, the Old Time Radio Westerns podcast presents a digitally restored broadcast of "Little Hoof," as performed by Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage on the All Star Western Theatre. This poignant tale follows Scotty and his beloved burro, Little Hoof, as they contend with danger, dreams of a better life, and the harsh realities of the old West. The episode is interwoven with classic Western songs and moments of camaraderie, loss, and the enduring spirit of the frontier.

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Key Discussion Points, Story Progression & Musical Highlights

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Setting the Stage

[03:20]

• The announcer introduces the Riders of the Purple Sage and sets the tone for a "heartwarming human story of an unusual man and his faithful partner."
• Song: “Rainbow Over the Range”
  • Full song performed by the Riders, encapsulating the optimism of Western music.

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Musical Interlude

[04:49]

• Foy Willing introduces “Adobe Hacienda,” speaking of its popularity and romantic Western spirit.
• Quote:
  • "A lot of people have to like a song before it can be given that distinction. I'm talking about Adobe Hacienda..." – Foy Willing [04:49]
• Song: "Adobe Hacienda"
  • A melodic, evocative performance by the Riders.

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More Classic Tunes

[08:17]

• Song: “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”
  • Showcasing the versatility of the Riders but with a Western swing flavor.
• Song: "San Antonio Rose"
  • A classic Western love song performed with heartfelt nostalgia.

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The Main Story: "Little Hoof"

Introduction & Meeting with Scotty

[11:39]

• The dramatic narrative begins, spotlighting the Western lifestyle and its blend of hardship and hope.
• Quote:
  • "Of all the perfect lives we pictured in our dreams, the life of a vagabond seems best." – Narrator [11:39]

[12:21–13:45]

• Foy, Al, and Johnny encounter mysterious gunfire while traversing harsh desert land.
• Scotty, an old friend, mistakes them for outlaws before realizing their identities.
• Memorable Moment:
  • Scotty’s greeting after his mistaken aggression:
    • "I owe you fellows an apology. You ain't varmints. You ought to have a hot brand and iron run down my mouth for saying you was." – Scotty [13:45]

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Scotty's Story & Dream

[14:09–18:13]

• Scotty details how he and his partner, Little Hoof (his beloved burro), struck it rich with a gold claim, only to attract the attention of lurking outlaws.

• Scotty dreams of a future where he and Little Hoof could retire in comfort—juicy grass for her, a train ride and a meal for him, and a stay in a fine hotel.

• Poignant Quotes:

  • "Man never had a better partner… Or a prettier one either." – Scotty [14:46]
  • "You could offer me a whole danged railroad, but dog, if I'd trade that burro." – Scotty [14:51]
  • "I'm going to live like a king. A real royal king." – Scotty [17:05]
  • "Not a rough boarded hotel, but hotel all made out of stone with carpets on it. Order me soft bunks, pure white sheep. Pure white. Just like a summer cloud." – Scotty [17:52]

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Tragedy Strikes

[18:58–19:52]

• Little Hoof is shot and killed by the outlaws, aiming to starve Scotty out.
• The Riders comfort Scotty and vow to help him through the desert.
• Emotionally Charged Quotes:
  • "She's dead. Little Hoof. Little Hoof." – Scotty [19:33]
  • "Poor old girl. They shot Little Hoof thinking they could starve you out, Scotty." – Foy Willing [19:49]
  • "Just when I could have given her the reward she had coming for all her work." – Scotty [19:52]

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Confrontation with the Outlaws

[20:31–24:14]

• The group locates the outlaws' camp and plans their retaliation.

• Scotty debates the morality of ambushing them, ultimately deciding on a fair fight.

• Notable Dialogue:

  • "We gotta give 'em a chance for a fair fight. We gotta be fair, don't we, Foy?" – Scotty [21:46]
  • "This is your party, Scotty. Anything you say goes." – Foy Willing [22:03]

• The group wins the shootout. The last outlaw escapes but is left to the desert, judged to have suffered enough.

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Aftermath and Bittersweet Farewell

[25:38–27:35]

• Returning to his shack, Scotty finds his gold gone, stolen during the confrontation.

• He decides to remain on the land, his dreams unfulfilled but resolved to endure.

• Memorable Quotes:

  • "Guess I won't eat a meal on a moving train after all." – Scotty [26:20]
  • "If you ever come this way again, take too much trouble, they should bring me a little burra. Man, this kind of work can't get along with that one very well." – Scotty [26:45]
  • "Deep down inside my heart I don't think I ever believed that really. Shrieking though." – Scotty [27:07]
  • "Bye, boys. Thank you." [27:20]

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Musical Conclusion & Closing Thoughts

[29:14]

• Foy Willing introduces a classic Western ballad as their “Great Song of the West”:
  • Song: “Twilight on the Trail”
  • A song steeped in solitude and peace, mirroring the episode's tone and Scotty's longing for belonging and rest.

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Notable Quotes & Time-stamps

| Time | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 04:49 | Foy Willing | "I'm talking about Adobe Hacienda, of course, which the boys and I are going to play and sing for you now." | | 11:39 | Narrator | "Of all the perfect lives we pictured in our dreams, the life of a vagabond seems best." | | 13:45 | Scotty | "I owe you fellows an apology. You ain't varmints. You ought to have a hot brand and iron run down my mouth for saying you was." | | 14:46 | Scotty | "Man never had a better partner… Or a prettier one either." | | 17:05 | Scotty | "I'm going to live like a king. A real royal king." | | 19:33 | Scotty | "She's dead. Little Hoof. Little Hoof." | | 19:49 | Foy Willing | "Poor old girl. They shot Little Hoof thinking they could starve you out, Scotty." | | 21:46 | Scotty | "We gotta give 'em a chance for a fair fight. We gotta be fair, don't we, Foy?" | | 22:03 | Foy Willing | "This is your party, Scotty. Anything you say goes." | | 26:20 | Scotty | "Guess I won't eat a meal on a moving train after all." | | 27:07 | Scotty | "Deep down inside my heart I don't think I ever believed that really …" |

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Episode Tone

• Warm, nostalgic, melancholy: The episode brims with Western optimism, the depth of companionship, and the bittersweet realities of frontier life. The dialogue is rich with homespun wisdom and understated emotion, delivered in the authentic, gentle tones typical of classic radio Westerns.

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Final Reflections

“Little Hoof” encapsulates the spirit of the Old West: dreams born of hardship, the joys of close partnership—whether human or animal—and the inevitable shadows cast by loss and betrayal. Even after loss, Scotty’s resilience and the loyalty of his friends make for a moving, dignified Western portrait. The musical performances stitch together the story’s emotional highs and lows, offering listeners both comfort and a window into a bygone era.

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Transcript

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[Andrew Rines]

Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew Rines and let's get into this episode. This episode is going to be also our Western Theater Original air date and is May 24, 1947 and the title is Little Hoof.

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[Narrator / Announcer]

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[Singer / Performer]

Lifting along, singing a song under a Western world.

[Narrator / Announcer]

From Hollywood comes your all star Western Theater, starring America's great western singers, Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage. And a heartwarming human story of an unusual man and his faithful partner. And now the Riders of the Purple Sage.

[Singer / Performer]

There's a rainbow over the range and the skies are blue again the rolling thunder spills in the far off hills There's a rainbow over the rain Hear the cowboys jiffy eyes is mill and low the sun is bright and high and the prairie sky There's a rainbow over the rain I've been told there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow lane But I found the trail does the magic veil that's born in the wind and rain It's a grand and glorious day and the clouds have rolled away the fading thunder stills in the far off hills There's a rainbow over the rain I've been told there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow lane but upon the trail just a magic veil that's born in the wind and rain It's a grand and glorious day and the clouds have rolled away the maiden thunder sails in the far off hills There's a rainbow over the rain.

[Narrator / Announcer]

Boy Willing, I believe you wanted to

[Singer / Performer]

say a word here.

[Foy Willing]

Well, Terry, I just wanted to mention a little romantic song with a western spirit which has won its place in today's Hit Parade class. And a lot of people have to like a song before it can be given that distinction. I'm talking about Adobe Hacienda, of course, which the boys and I are going to play and sing for you now.

[Singer / Performer]

In my adobe hacienda There's a touch of Mexico cactus lovelier than orchids bloomin in the patio so desert stars and the strum of guitars make every evening seem so sweet in my adobe hearty

[Andrew Rines]

and

[Singer / Performer]

life and love are more complete. When setting sun says the long day does sweet music seems to fill the

[Foy Willing]

air

[Singer / Performer]

in my adobe of the end

[Andrew Rines]

of

[Singer / Performer]

harmony is everywhere.

[Narrator / Announcer]

Back in the days when vast stretches of range country were unfenced, the cow puncher's job meant much more than just riding, roping and shooting. Cow Poke spent a lot of time keeping the great cattle herds. From stampeding and getting into quicksand or running off a cliff. You know, it took a lot of skill and experience to bring the cattle through safely and deliver them to market fat and uninjured. And today, it takes a lot of skill and experience to bake delicious Bueba's bread. Always well mixed and properly baked. You'll find a smooth, even texture and golden brown crust of Weber's bread especially appealing. And when you serve it on your table, you can be sure the entire family will enjoy its distinctive flavor. Buy a loaf of that good Weber's bread the next time you go to your grocery store. You'll know it by its familiar blue gingham wrapper. Enjoy that good Weber's bread often. You'll like it. Way back about 1911, when folks who were hep did the kangaroo dip, the crab step, the grizzly bear and the Texas Tommy as they danced the turkey trot, Irving Berlin whipped out a song which won him undying fame. I'm not even going to give the title. No need to. Everybody knows Alexander's Ragtime Band.

[Singer / Performer]

Come on here Come on here Alexander's Right Time Band Come on here Come on here it's the best band in the land. They can play a beautiful call like you never heard before so natural that you want to go to war. It's just the best band. 1 Lamb Honey Lamb Come on along Come on along Let me take you by the hand up to the man to the man who's the leader of the band and if you want to hear that Swanee River Play in my time Come on here Come on here Alexander's Right turn Band. Come on along with me Come on along and see Alexander's band Take you

[Scotty / Other Character]

by the hand Take you to the

[Singer / Performer]

man who's the leader of the band and if you want to hear that Suwannee River Play in rhydtine Come on here Come on here Alexander. Slander. Slander's right. Time bound.

[Narrator / Announcer]

Well, the riders of the Purple Sage have chosen a love song which western fans have taken to their hearts. And a song which, if there was ever such a girl as pictured in the title, has made her forever famous. San Antonio Rose

[Singer / Performer]

Deep within my heart Like a melody A song of old San Antonio Wearing dreams I live with a Mandalorian Beneath the stars all alone it was there I found Beside the Alamo enchantment Strange as the blue of above Lonely path that only she would know still hears my broken song of love Moon in all your splendor Only my heart call back My rose Rose of Santos Lips so sweet and tender like phantoms falling apart Speak once again all my love My own old broken song Empty words I know they live in my heart all alone or that moonlet pass by the Alamo and rose my roses Sanito. Moon in all your splendor Lonely my heart call back My rose Rose of San Antone Lips so sweet and tender like petals falling apart Speak once again of my love My own all broken song Empty words I know they live in my heart O lo or that moonlit high by the Alamo and rose My Rose of San Antone Rose of San Antone.

[Narrator / Announcer]

And now it's time for Foy, Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage to tell another story of the West. This week they've selected a simple tale called Little Hoof. Of all the perfect lives we pictured in our dreams, the life of a vagabond seems best. A wandering minstrel like these Riders of the Purple Sage to feel the sting of wind driven rain. An outlaw racing against death.

[Foy Willing]

To know the coolness of water from a deep well.

[Narrator / Announcer]

A wandering minstrel finds all of these and sometimes more. Sometimes he finds an affection or love that lasts longer than life itself.

[Foy Willing]

Better ride easy, boys. Sun's hot enough to broil a steak. I don't see how lizards standard living in this kind of a climate all

[Scotty / Other Character]

their lives, do you, Foy?

[Foy Willing]

It's so hot, they probably haven't got the gumption to try and go anywhere else. Al. I think you got something there. Johnny.

[Scotty / Other Character]

What was that?

[Foy Willing]

It's a raffle shot.

[Singer / Performer]

They're shooting at us.

[Foy Willing]

Head to the boulders on the left. Let's get some protection until we find out what this is all about. Quiet now. I think we gave him the slip.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Somebody mad at us, boy?

[Foy Willing]

Not that I know of. If they ain't, they're sure using the manners of a coyote.

[Scotty / Other Character]

All right, Varmus. Come on out from behind them rocks. I got you covered.

[Foy Willing]

Keep down, boys.

[Scotty / Other Character]

I know right where you are.

[Foy Willing]

You know, it seems like I recognize that voice. Me too, boy.

[Scotty / Other Character]

This is your last chance. Either come on out or I'll shoot you. Better than a last year's snakes. Can't have to sit here till doomsday to do it.

[Foy Willing]

Is that you, Scotty?

[Scotty / Other Character]

Blood and blight? It's me. I got a Jupiter in each hand and another in my belt.

[Foy Willing]

I'm fore willing, Scotty the Hoof forewilling. Al Slow and Johnny Paul are here with me.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Stand up, let me see.

[Foy Willing]

Old Scotty must have gone local. Yeah, that Vet done got him.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Well dogged if you ain't Fooly Willie.

[Foy Willing]

Say, what's the idea of shooting at us, Scotty? We've always been boy.

[Scotty / Other Character]

I owe you fellows an apology. You ain't varmints. You ought to have a hot brand and iron run down my mouth for saying you was. I thought all the time I spawned you that you was them outlaws that got me staked out.

[Foy Willing]

Outlaws?

[Scotty / Other Character]

My outlaw's been watching me like buzzards watch a stray cat. Say, how about riding back to my shack with me? I'd appreciate you letting me wrestle up some grub for supper. By way of apology for calling your varmint.

[Foy Willing]

You lead the way, Scotty. If you got the grub, we got the appetizer.

[Andrew Rines]

Matter.

[Scotty / Other Character]

You horse thieves ain't at nothing. Don't you like my vittles?

[Foy Willing]

Well, I reckon we've been kind of holding off, Scotty. Thinking you'd say a little more about those outlaws.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Oh, them. Well, I'll tell you about them. Four months ago, more or less, Little Hoof and me brought a grub steak out here.

[Foy Willing]

Little Hoof?

[Scotty / Other Character]

Is Little Hoof still alive? Is Little Hoof still alive? What? Only now she's reached full bloom.

[Foy Willing]

Well, we didn't mean anything against her, Scotty.

[Scotty / Other Character]

I hope not. Because man never had a better partner. The whole history of this spinning world in Little Hoof. Or a prettier one either. You know, she's got downright pretty this last year. Blacks the gray in her hair now. Sort of a plumpness and a few spots kind of softness. And her eyes too late. You could offer me a whole danged railroad, but dog, if I'd trade that burl. Nope.

[Foy Willing]

Well, what about the outlaws, Scotty?

[Scotty / Other Character]

Well, I'm coming to them. Little Hoof and me brought a grub stake out here and I started digging a likely claim. Never really expected to find anything, of course, but I'm a bow legged roadrunner. If I did nothing strike it rich. You meant well.

[Foy Willing]

Congratulations, Scotty. I'm glad to hear it.

[Scotty / Other Character]

I second now ain't fitting. A week ago the claim petered out. So I decided it was time for Little Hoof and me to go back to civilization. That's when I noticed the outlaws had showed up.

[Foy Willing]

They were after your stake, huh?

[Scotty / Other Character]

Waiting for me. Wait until I'd finished working the claim so when they jumped me they'd be sure to get all the gold there was. Haven't knowed quite what to do since. Except to go through the motions of digging so that have time to think Of a way out.

[Foy Willing]

You mean you've been here pretending to work for a whole week?

[Scotty / Other Character]

It couldn't do much else, or they'd have come to the shack and got me. Maybe waylaid Little Hoof and me as we crossed the desert.

[Foy Willing]

Scotty, if you want to start back in the morning, we'll ride with you and see that you get through. Faith. Sure will, Scott.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Well, I think it may be a wood, boy. Mighty great.

[Foy Willing]

Well, let's count on it, then. Well, boys, I reckon it's about time we're bedding down for the night, don't you?

[Scotty / Other Character]

Still awake, boy?

[Foy Willing]

Just woke up. Don't know why. I usually sleep straight through. Funny thing.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Kind of hard for me to go to sleep this evening. See, tomorrow will be sort of like a dream come true for Little Hoof and me.

[Foy Willing]

Yeah, I imagine it will.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Must be two, three thousand dollars there my whole lifetime before I never made more than enough to buy beans and bacon.

[Foy Willing]

Wish you're mighty glad for you, Scotty.

[Scotty / Other Character]

You know what I'm going to do for you? I'm going to live like a king. A real royal king. First, I'll fix things so Little Hoof has a patch of grazing land all to herself where she can eat fresh, juicy grass from sun up to dark every day of the week. Won't have to do no work. So, yeah, I'm going to buy a railroad ticket, get on a train. Made up my mind where I'll go yet but wherever the engine takes us will be all right. When I'm on the train and hungry, I'll set down at a table One with a white cloth covering the top. Tell a fellow to bring me a meal. Train will be roaring along. I'll be sitting there eating choice riddles. Won't that be just fine?

[Foy Willing]

Be great, Scotty.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Tonight I'll go to a hotel. Not a rough boarded hotel, but hotel all made out of stone with carpets on it. The floor order me. Soft bump. Pure white sheep. Pure white. Just like a summer cloud. Let y' all sleep like a baby.

[Foy Willing]

For not many men get what they want out of life, Scotty. Wonderful.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Just wonderful. Awful hard to sleep. Guess maybe I'll get up for a spell.

[Foy Willing]

All right.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Keep my bunny out. Sleep, sire. Is it? Sure pretty of the scene. Where's he going?

[Foy Willing]

Out there.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Oh.

[Foy Willing]

You awake, T.L.

[Scotty / Other Character]

yeah.

[Foy Willing]

I kind of think he went over to see if Little Hoof was all right.

[Scotty / Other Character]

I heard him talking to Little Hook

[Foy Willing]

just before we bedded down. Same as if she was a human being. Yeah, that's Right. You suppose the old fellow's going a little loco? Another thing for you.

[Scotty / Other Character]

I ain't seen any signs of these

[Foy Willing]

here outlaws he's been talking about, have you? Not yet. You know, Al, I don't reckon we ought to spoil things for him by talking. I mean, if he should hear us. Doubt me.

[Scotty / Other Character]

A couple of days to get across this desert, Little Hoof. Another day for me to make arrangings for you. That ain't so long to wait for. Not after all. Easy is good. Long rest knee. Luck's only aching, man. The best thing is putting that soft old nose down Midland. What's that? Little Hoof, Look. Shot. She's been shot. She's dead. Little Hoof. Little Hoof.

[Foy Willing]

Scotty, we thought we heard shooting. Do you know anything about.

[Scotty / Other Character]

He's dead.

[Foy Willing]

Golly.

[Scotty / Other Character]

They done it deliberately. There it was. He's dead.

[Foy Willing]

The dirty rattlers.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Poor old girl.

[Foy Willing]

They shot Little Hoof thinking they could starve you out, Scotty.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Just when I could have given her the reward she had coming for all her work.

[Foy Willing]

Never mind, Scotty. We'll take you across the desert tomorrow just the same. We'll ride double or something, but we'll get you across.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Excuse me, boy, but I don't reckon I can go tomorrow now. I'll have to stay on here until I track down the varmints that shot Little Hoof. That wasn't right. She had a good time coming. They took it away from her.

[Foy Willing]

Wait a minute. Hold it, boys. What's the matter for you?

[Scotty / Other Character]

You see something?

[Foy Willing]

Look down there in that ravine.

[Scotty / Other Character]

A camp. Thank you.

[Foy Willing]

Hush.

[Scotty / Other Character]

But we found them. That's their camp.

[Foy Willing]

But it seems deserted. Fires are out, two horses grazing, nothing else stirring.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Varmints probably rode over to my diggings already, wanting to find out what I plan to do.

[Foy Willing]

Looks to me like the outlaws care a whole lot more for comfort than they do for safety. What do you mean, Al?

[Scotty / Other Character]

Well, look where they made camp.

[Foy Willing]

Down at the end of a ravine up against the side of the mountain. They got only one way of getting in and out. Unless they ride uphill, it sure not. Scotty, I reckon the best thing for us to do is to get on over to the entrance of that ravine and wait there until they come back.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Sir, that's just what we'll do. Waiting for them won't be as much fun as riding them down. But being sure we get them is more important than having fun. In this case, I much probably figured there was only one man to look out for. An old fellow, too. They didn't care much where they camped. Never entered their minds an old fellow might have friends.

[Narrator / Announcer]

Listen, Portia.

[Scotty / Other Character]

That's them.

[Foy Willing]

They're coming back.

[Scotty / Other Character]

They're gonna hammer on my rifle.

[Foy Willing]

Don't move, anybody. Stay right where you are.

[Scotty / Other Character]

You gotta beat on them as they pass, one at a time. Do just what they've done to Little Hoof. Drop them without any warning at all. No, I guess we can't do that. Wouldn't be right. We gotta give him a chance for a fair fight. We gotta be fair, don't we, Foy?

[Foy Willing]

This is your party, Scotty. Anything you say goes.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Well, Hard to decide what. I'll let em pass. Never once attempted to do an unfair thing in my life.

[Foy Willing]

Know how you feel, Scotty?

[Scotty / Other Character]

Could have winged three of em before they'd knowed what was happening. Kept thinking about setting on a moving train, eating supper. Hadn't my mind would have gone to Little Hoof and I'd have dropped some automatic.

[Foy Willing]

Glad you did, Scotty. Fight ought to be clean.

[Scotty / Other Character]

We can start moving up now. We'll close the pocket, then warn them we're there and hope they'll start to fight. I reckon this will do, Al.

[Foy Willing]

Johnny. Take your horses to the left a little. Yep. Don't want to be too bunched up.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Ready?

[Foy Willing]

Ready.

[Scotty / Other Character]

I warn them, then stand a prayer. They'll shoot till they're giving up so they can shoot back. Well, all right. You varmints in there, put your hands up and walk your horses this way.

[Foy Willing]

See anything, Scotty?

[Scotty / Other Character]

One fellow. Road behind that big rock to the left. Can't see nothing else. I got a pose with me. Come on out or we're coming in. They're doing it for you. They're shooting at us. Now we can shoot at them. You fellas keep firing from here. I'll ride around, hit at your sides, drive them out into the open.

[Foy Willing]

I'll go with you, Scotty. Johnny.

[Narrator / Announcer]

Al.

[Foy Willing]

Work your rifles fast. Doesn't matter what you shoot at, so long as it's in their direction. Just make them stay planted, Scotty and I'll attack them from the side.

[Singer / Performer]

We'll do it.

[Scotty / Other Character]

This here's a fair fight, varmint, so I'm warning you. We've rode over, so we're on your left. Got one, boy. I got one another. And I got another. Did you see that, boy? That last one's getting away. He decided to run for it, Al.

[Foy Willing]

Gunny, get that man going up the

[Singer / Performer]

side of the mountain.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Never mind, boy. Never mind. No use to us trying anymore.

[Foy Willing]

Yeah, I Guess you're right.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Probably give him such a bad time. He suffered more than if we put a bullet to his head. Come on. Go back to my shack. About all we can do for her, boys. Well, little Hoof. Always figured I'd be planted deep like this before you was. It's the opposite happened. Hard to tell about such things. Maybe I'll come out this way again though, sometime. Good Lord willing. But first I want to live a life of ease for a while and do the things I told you about. You can understand about that, I guess. Anyway, I'm going into check and I'll pick up my outfit and I'll get along. Sorry you can't have the fresh juicy green grass. Looking forward to by r boys. I'll pick up my stuff.

[Foy Willing]

Go on, Al Johnny. We'll give him a hand.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Sure. Yes. Go head inside, boy. Al Johnny Jack. Ain't exactly a palace, but maybe when I get me that room in a hotel there's a carpet on the floor. He can pay me a visit. Hope began I could. Just a second. Somebody's been here.

[Foy Willing]

Well, they've dumped your stuff, Scotty. They've rifled everything.

[Scotty / Other Character]

My gold. Since my gold is gone.

[Foy Willing]

Take it easy, Scotty.

[Singer / Performer]

Let me look.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Let me. When we assent them for their camp, they must have been here.

[Foy Willing]

Yeah. Must have watched us leave. More than likely that outlaw got away.

[Scotty / Other Character]

He must have been carrying it. Well, guess I won't eat a meal on a moving train after all.

[Foy Willing]

Sure wish you'd change your mind, Scotty.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Why don't you come along, Scotty? Now's your chance. When you can ride back. I reckon I'll stay here. Got enough grub to last a while. Outfit's still in good shape. But if you ever come this way again, take too much trouble, they should bring me a little burra. Man, this kind of work can't get along with that one very well.

[Foy Willing]

We'll bring you a burr, Scotty. Don't you worry your head about that.

[Scotty / Other Character]

Don't you worry about me Deep down inside my heart they don't think I ever believed that really. Shrieking though. Stone hotel with carpets on the floor. Fancy store clothes. Deep down my heart I knew wouldn't exist. Bye, boys. Thank you. Pleasant glide, Sig.

[Foy Willing]

So long.

[Narrator / Announcer]

Did you ever wonder where the soft soothing melodies of cowboy songs originated? Well, according to a legend of the old west, many of them grew from the cow puncher's efforts to soothe and reassure the hero herd of cattle over which he stood guard. Through the long nights range. Cattle were especially nervous at night, and to guard against the stampede, the cowboy would sing a low, quiet song or a ballad to let the cattle know that a friendly guardian was close by. The bakers of Weber's Bread enjoy recreating the atmosphere of the Old west on the All Star Western Theater, just as they take pride in supplying your neighborhood with delicious Weber's Bread. Weber's Bread is good bread and has long been favored because of its firm, even texture and distinctive flavor. Serve Weber's Bread for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and for in between snacks. You'll like it. Look for that good Weber's Bread in the familiar blue gingham wrapper next time you visit your neighborhood groceries.

[Foy Willing]

Every week the writers of the Purple Sage and I choose what we believe

[Narrator / Announcer]

is a truly great song of the west.

[Foy Willing]

And this week we've chosen Twilight on the Trail. Here it is.

[Singer / Performer]

When it's twilight on the trail and I jog along the world is like a dream and the ripple of the scream is my soul.

[Narrator / Announcer]

When it's twilight on the train and

[Singer / Performer]

I rest once more My ceiling in the sky and the grass on which I lie is my flow. Never ever have a neighbor in my jeans Never ever have a debt to fame Till I understand what real contentment means Yes, I was born that way when it's twilight on the trail

[Narrator / Announcer]

and

[Singer / Performer]

my voice is still Please plant this heart of mine Underneath the lonesome pine on the hill when it's twilight on the train. Under a western moon

[Narrator / Announcer]

from hollywood, you've heard your all star western theater, a vm bear production starring america's great western singers, boy willing and the riders of of the purple sage. The script was by ray wilson. Direction by tom hargis. This is terry o' sullivan speaking. This program came to you from columbia square, j nx los angeles, the voice of hollywood.

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[Andrew Rines]

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