Sweet Laredo Lou

Bob Nolan/E. Morrisey
Original copyright: September 27, 1955

What a lovely how-dee-do!
All my roving days are through.
My heart is hooked and my dogie’s cooked
By Sweet Laredo Lou.

When the moon and she combined
To intimidate my mind,
I tell you, pard, that she threw me hard
And branded my heart, too.

I could not resist her.
(She corralled him in her arms.)
And then when I kissed her…
(…he was roped in by her charms.)
Extraordinary charms!

Such a love I never knew.
Found myself a dream come true.
My horse, my songs and my heart belong
To Sweet Laredo Lou.

This little song was used in the Republic Roy Rogers picture, Night Time in Nevada, the last movie in which Bob Nolan appeared with the Sons of the Pioneers in 1948. The following newspaper clipping tells the story:

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