Along the Navajo Trail
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Western Song: Along the Navajo Trail

Along the Navajo Trail was the title song and name of the 1945 film of Roy Rogers. It is a country/pop song, written in 1945 by Dick Charles Larry Markes, and Eddie DeLange.

Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers sang the song in the 1945 film Don’t Fence Me In. It was chosen as one of the Top 100 Western Songs of all time by the members of The Western Writers of America.

The version of the song recorded by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters on June 29, 1945, charted at No.2, while the version of Gene Krupa (vocal by Buddy Stewart) and Dinah Shore charted at No. 7.

Popular Recordings

Versions of the song were recorded by many other artists, including:

  • Duane Eddy 
  • Fats Domino 
  • The Honey Dreamers
  • Steve Kuhn and Toshiko Akiyoshi
  • Frankie Laine 
  • Riders in the Sky
  • Roy Rogers 
  • Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
  • Sam Cooke 
  • Hot Club of Cowtown
  • Bobby Sherwood
  • Sam Cooke
  • Cliffie Stone
  • Pete Brady
  • Red Steagall
  • Don Edwards
  • The Quebe Sisters Band
  • Whit Smith & Matt Munisteri
  • The Free Rangers

Along the Navajo Trail In Albums

The song has been released as well in different albums. Here is the list of albums where the song has been included in the tracklist.

  • Especially for You
  • Hell Bent for Leather!
  • Encore
  • Eight Classic Albums
  • Here He Comes Again / A Lot Of Dominos!
  • The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
  • The Essential Recordings

Listen (Roy Rogers Versions)

Along the Navajo Trail Lyrics

Every day, along about evening
When the sunlight's beginning to pale
I ride through the slumbering shadows

Along the Navajo Trail
When it's night and crickets are callin'
And coyotes are makin' a wail
I dream by a smoldering fire
Along the Navajo Trail

I love to lie and listen to the music
When the wind is strummin' a sagebrush guitar
When over yonder hill the moon is climbin'
It always finds me wishin' on a star
Well what a ya know, it's mornin' already
There's the dawnin', so silver and pale
It's time to climb into my saddle
And ride the Navajo Trail

I love to lie and listen to the music
When the wind is strummin' a sagebrush guitar
When over yonder hill the moon is climbin'
It always finds me wishin' on a star
Well what a ya know, it's mornin' already
There's the dawnin', so silver and pale (like a silvery veil)
It's time to climb into my saddle

And ride the Navajo Trail
Ride the Navajo Trail
Ride the Navajo Trail

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