Twilight On The Trail
music by louis alter / lyrics by sidney d. mitchell
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TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL - LOUISE MASSEY AND THE WESTERNERS
TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL (SCREEN SONGS) 1937
TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL (SCREEN SONGS) 1937
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Louis Alter had his first break into show business at the age of 13 as a piano player in theaters playing silent movies. By the late 1920's he was writing songs for Broadway shows and films. In 1936 he composed the song Twilight On The Trail for the film The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine. The songs lyrics were written by Sydney D. Mitchell. The two also wrote A Melody From The Sky for the film - that song was nominated for a 1937 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Meanwhile, Twilight On The Trail became a popular hit and a classic recorded over the years by numerous musicians. The song basis and song for a 1937 installment of Fleischer's Screen Songs series, where the song is performed by Louise Massey and The Westerners - featuring Curt Massey. In 1941 the song also inspired a 1941 film Twilight On The Trail.
more on Curt Massey > HERE |
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1936
TED WEEMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA (with PERRY COMO) |
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1936
BING CROSBY |
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1946
GENE AUTRY |
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1946
JOHNNY BOND |
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19??
SONS OF THE PIONEERS |
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195?
WILFRID THOMAS |
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19??
MILLS BROTHERS |
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1957
JANE FROMAN |
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1958
PERRY COMO |
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19??
DEAN MARTIN |
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1959
BING CROSBY |
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20??
JOHNNY CASH |
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1959
JIMMIE RODGERS |
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1960
SAM COOKE |
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1962
KEN CARSON AND HIS CHORALTERS |
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19??
THE CANDOLI BROTHERS SEXTET |
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1962
NAT KING COLE |
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1963
CLINT EASTWOOD |
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1966
LORNE GREENE |
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1998
DON EDWARDS |
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2010
SLIM WHITMAN |
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2014
SADDLE PALS |
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KARAOKE VERSION |
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TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL
When it's twilight on the trail,
And I jog along,
The world is like a dream
And the ripple of the stream is my song
When it's twilight on the trail,
And I rest once more,
My ceiling is the sky
And the grass on which I lie is my floor . . .
Never ever have a nickel in my jeans,
Never ever have a debt to pay,
Still I understand what real contentment means,
Guess I was born that way . . .
When it's twilight on the trail,
And my voice is still,
Please plant this heart of mine
Underneath the lonesome pine on the hill . . .
Underneath the lonesome pine on the hill . . .
When it's twilight on the trail . . .
When it's twilight on the trail,
And I jog along,
The world is like a dream
And the ripple of the stream is my song
When it's twilight on the trail,
And I rest once more,
My ceiling is the sky
And the grass on which I lie is my floor . . .
Never ever have a nickel in my jeans,
Never ever have a debt to pay,
Still I understand what real contentment means,
Guess I was born that way . . .
When it's twilight on the trail,
And my voice is still,
Please plant this heart of mine
Underneath the lonesome pine on the hill . . .
Underneath the lonesome pine on the hill . . .
When it's twilight on the trail . . .
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