--part1_f5240e6e.251cbfc6_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_f5240e6e.251cbfc6_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yc05.mx.aol.com (rly-yc05.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.37]) by air-yc02.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:31:56 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yc05.mx.aol.com (v61.9) with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:31:41 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA03453; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:29:14 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:29:14 -0700 (PDT) From: "Bill Lindsey" <blcci@ih2000.net> Old-To: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Tenaha,Timpson,Bobo,and Blair Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:40:55 -0500 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <199909232117171.SM00149@blcci> Resent-Message-ID: <YOYZ3C.A.t1.5Hu63@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4963 X-Loop: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com When I was a young lad ,my dad,Willie Lindsey, from Shelby county was always saying Tenaha,Timpson,Bobo,and Blair.Up until after he had passed away in 1963,I thought that he just made it up but someone once told me that it was a song that Tex Ritter once sung.Does anyone know if this is true and if it is, do you know all of the lyrics?. Also does anyone know why Tex Ritter would write a song about four small towns in Shelby county? Was he from there?I also wonder if anyone still has one of these old recordings I might listen to. Thanks-------------Bill Lindsey --part1_f5240e6e.251cbfc6_boundary--