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Streets of Laredo
bitlocker
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Jim Reeves was great but Eddie Arnold was great, also.
I did my pilot training at the now long-closed Laredo AFB. So I have not only walked but flown the streets of Laredo.
Did you spy a young cowboy all dressed in white linen?
I spied some sky cowboys all dressed in sage Nomex.
What about Knights in white satin ?
Never reaching the end?
An online search for "Streets of Laredo" produces the interesting history of this song that goes back more than 100 years. A century later, still a great song.
Letters I've written
Never meaning to send
And then there is the classy version:
The Smothers Brothers - Laredo - YouTube
Brad Steele
The Kingston Trio had a version as well.
We irreverent student pilots called the city "Lard-oh" because of the size of most of the inhabitants. It was only about 98% Mexican back then, with many stores having signs that bragged "Habla English". On the positive side, there was Whattaburger, and at the time, their burgers were truly the size of Buick hubcaps. One of my first memories upon arriving in my car was a radio commercial all in Spanish touting what I later learned was a beer. It very loudly proclaimed, "Carta Blanca! Bien Fria!" Those were the first Spanish words I learned.
Ah yes, Carta Blanca. That is what we drank in Matamoros and Reynosa when I was in Nav school at Harlingen in 1961.