Wyley Ward recently presented a program to the historical society on “The History of Agriculture in Covington County.” One introductory sentence he uttered stuck with me. For some reason, now every time I wake up in the night to what used to be news or crime, he has it now tuned to the Grit Channel – cowboys and Indians, John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in movies like “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon!” My husband usually keeps the television on all night set to the Forensic Channel. Lyrics by Bob Wills begin like this: “If ever I set off of the trail and the Indians, they don’t find me, I’ll make my way straight back again to the girl I left behind me…” The first printed text appeared in Dublin in 1791. There are variations of the words like most folk songs handed down by word of mouth. The tune was eventually imported to America, and Hollywood loved it for background music in the old cowboy movies. It is an English folk song traditionally played when soldiers left for war. “The Girl I Left Behind Me” is a tune we often hear in the old cowboy movies.
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