{"id":1796,"date":"2019-02-15T08:26:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T08:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2019-02-14T13:30:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T13:30:22","slug":"song-of-the-week-blood-on-the-saddle-by-tex-ritter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=1796","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Blood on the Saddle&#8221; by Tex Ritter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is &#8220;Blood on the Saddle&#8221; by Tex Ritter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j-ERitO9qeM\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I went for a walk in the snowy countryside with my friend Fabian the other weekend. Fabian knows more about music than most people, and at some point he asked me if I knew this song. When I said I didn&#8217;t he started singing it, and then told me Tex Ritter&#8217;s version was particularly good. 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This is &#8220;Blood on the Saddle&#8221; by Tex Ritter: I went for a walk in the snowy countryside with my friend Fabian the other weekend. 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