Expert: Mel Priddle - 11/12/2008

Question
Hello Mel,
 I'm trying to identify a country song, probably from the 40's or 50's that I heard on a television show. All I can give you to go on is, "Cares of the past are behind," and the first word can also be, "tears," fears." It's hard to tell. Also, it sounds like more than one male vocal. However, I need to try to identify this song.

Thanks in Advance,

Ed

Answer
Here you are Ed........


TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS
(Written by Bob Nolan)

The Sons Of The Pioneers - 1934
Gene Autry - 1935
Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orch. (vocal: Kenny Sargent) - 1939
Bing Crosby - 1940

Also recorded by: The Ames Brothers; Eddy Arnold; Moe Bandy;
Mike Barone; Polly Bergen; Bill Black Combo; Curt Boettcher;
Johnny Bond; Pat Boone; Boston Pops Orch.; Cal Collins;
Perry Como; Cowboy Envy; Eddie Dean; Don Everly; Grant Green
Tennessee Ernie Ford; Jan Garber; Gatlin Brothers; Lorne Green;
Merv Griffin; Jim Hendricks; Ferlin Husky; Frank Ifield;
Burl Ives; Herb Jeffries; Barney Kessel; King Curtis; Leo Kottke;
Jim Kweskin; Sleepy LaBeef; Frankie Laine; Turner Layton;
Grady Martin; Meat Puppets; George Melachrino & His Orch.;
Willie Mitchell; Michael Martin Murphy; Michael Nesmith;
Jimmy C. Newman; Patti Page; The Platters; Johnnie Ray;
Riders In The Sky; Riders Of The Purple Sage; Marty Robbins;
Roy Rogers; Leon Russell; Cynthia Sayer; ..... and many others.


I'm a roaming cowboy riding all day long,
Tumbleweeds around me sing their lonely song
Nights underneath the prairie moon
I ride along and sing this tune

See them tumbling down
Pledging their love to the ground
Lonely but free I'll be found
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds

Cares of the past are behind
Nowhere to go but I'll find
Just where the trail will wind
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds

I know when night has gone
That a new world's born at dawn

I'll keep rolling along
Deep in my heart is a song
Here on the range I belong
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds


Glad to be of help. Cheers........Mel.