Please feel free to talk, I for one am very much intrigued!
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Alias Smith and Jones was a good one from. the 70’s (sort of light hearted Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid theme)
William Tell Overture.
But who thinks of someone else as soon as they hear it?
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I don’t think the Duke would agree with that!
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Ah yes, Burl Ives. My sister and I used to really enjoy him singing, ‘The Big Rock Candy Mountains’ on BBC radio Children’s Hour.
I remember the name of ‘Gene Autry’ as being another Cowboy hero.
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That’s not a waste, more of an investment, go find the George Best quote 
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Hi Ho Silverrrrrrrr…Kimusabi…
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Tonto know that Kimosabi
Never ever have a woman
Tonto sometime stop and wonder
What the trip with the great white brother
Maybe masked man he a poofter
Try it on with surly Tonto
Let me say to mister lawman
Tonto doesn’t mind
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My thoughts too … The Lone Ranger aka Clayton Moore & Jay Silverheels 
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You poor, poor men flailing about under the heavy and debilitating influence of - testosterone. 
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It’s actually quite a story.
When my great-grandfather, Henry was about seven, his family, along with his younger brother, were moving from Texas to Arkansas in an open wagon. Near Magnolia, Arkansas, they were attacked by two carpetbaggers, and great-great grandpa was shot and killed. The murderers then robbed the family of the visible money they had and whatever else they could grab. With no other choice, his mother continued the journey, and they managed to make it to the hill country of Arkansas where other relatives lived.
What she didn’t know is that the boys vowed retribution, and they spent a good amount over the next few years of time tracking them down. My mom told me that she heard Henry, even as a very old man, say that he could remember every detail of those men’s faces.
One fall week, they rode their horses back to Magnolia and killed both of them.
That whole experience made Henry fiercely on the side of law and order, so he made his way west where he became a marshal in Texas and Oklahoma.
As for the arm shooting, my mom told me that he got into a shootout after they caught a horse thief. Henry said he looked down and part of his arm was severed, leaving it hanging by tendons and ligaments. Still dealing with the thief , he used a knife and cut the rest of it off. My mom said that used to joke that he felt bad that he never gave his arm a funeral. When she was little, my mom was creeped out by it because he would sometimes ask her if she wanted to feel his stump. She did not 
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To say that it was quite a story is being rather understated if you’ll forgive me for saying so!
It should be made into a film
Tough people your ancestors, thanks for sharing!
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Wasn’t it insulting to Tonto to call his companion The Lone Ranger?
Like he didn’t exist.
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I couldn’t sleep and thought of some more: The Cisco Kid,Bonanza,Bronco Lane,Cheyenne,The Range Rider,Wells Fargo,Boots and Saddles,Laramie,Wagon Train,The Virginian,Champion the Wonder Horse,Fury,and my favourite Maverick (with James Garner)
It’s a wonder they had time for anything else in the schedules.
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Yes,but he was one of the good guys though.Which was quite progressive for the time. 
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He was called the Lone Range because in the story, he was the sole survivor from a group of 6 Texas Rangers who were ambushed at Bryant’s Gap. It was later into the story that Tonto discovers the sole survivor and nurses him, John Reid back to health. They then teamed up with Tonto naming Reid Kemo Sabe which means trusted scout.
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I remember watching the Cisco Kid. The end of each adventure always ended the same way. Cisco, with a smile, would lean into his sidekick ‘Pancho’ and say, “Oh Pancho” - Pancho would reply similarly with, “Oh Cisco” 
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