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. Autry sang it in the 1939 movie ''South of Border,'' and in April 1940 released it on a 78 rpm record. The song would be notably recorded by

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. The song was recorded by Cash at Sun Records probably on December 13, 1956, and released as a

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(Sun 331, with " You Tell Me" on the opposite side) in September 1959,
when he had already left the label for

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Background

According to John M. Alexander's book ''The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash'', the song wasn't released as a single:

Charts

References

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