Trail Dreamin’
Bob Nolan
Original copyright: September 27, 1955
Sunset, and twilight’s falling.
I’ve been on the range all day.
I realize I’ve been closin’ my eyes
And dreamin’ the hours away.
Refrain:
All through the day in my saddle I sway,
Visions grow as I go trail dreamin’
I see a home on a blue mountain dome,
Love inlaid that I made trail dreamin’.
There’s a rainbow path all lined with stars
And it leads to a gate of moonbeam bars
And it’s welcome I feel till my vision so real
Turns to dust for I’m just trail dreamin’
ABOUT THIS SONG
"Trail Dreamin'" was used in the Columbia picture Spoilers of the Range starring Charles Starrett and the Sons of the Pioneers. This Bob Nolan song is still popular among hikers and riders because of its leisurely pace. It was never commercially recorded until 1963 for RCA but you can find it on the radio transcriptions. Lloyd Perryman's 1963 arrangement is the perfect setting for a little gem of a song.
The song was registered for copyright on March 30, 1940.
SHEET MUSIC
The sheet music is included in Bob Nolan’s Folio of Original Cowboy Classics No. 2, © 1940 by American Music, Inc.
RECORDINGS
SONS OF THE PIONEERS TRANSCRIPTION RECORDINGS
Orthacoustic Symphonies of the Sage, transcription (064054)
NBC Thesaurus transcriptions 1790 side A MS-064054-D (same as Orthacoustic No. 4, side B)
Teleways Radio Productions transcriptions, Nos. 89, 190, and 245 (c. 1947-48)
Lucky U Ranch radio shows (courtesy of Larry Hopper)
- Transcriptions disc TR-117/118 (November 27, 1951)
- Transcriptions disc TR-121/122 (November 28, 1951)
- Transcriptions disc TR-224/225 (February 4, 1952)
- Transcriptions disc TR-419/420 (June 19, 1952)
- Transcriptions disc TR-515/516 (October 13, 1952)
- Transcriptions disc TR-682/683 (February 6, 1953)
Smokey the Bear radio show, episode No. 5 (1956)