DUST
>From the film "Under Western Stars" (1938)
(Johnny Marvin)


Roy Rogers (Film Soundtrack) - 1938**
Gene Autry - 1938
Roy Rogers & the Sons Of The Pioneers 
(feat. in the film "Under California Stars") - 1948
Jimmy Wakely - 1950

**This was the first song from a "B" Western 
ever to be nominated for an Academy Award.


Dust, dust, dust in the skies
Dust on the trail, dust in my eyes
Dust, dust, can't see the sun
Can't find my way, the dust has won

The cattle and the sheep, bedded down to sleep 
Seem to realize their fate
The vultures in the sky know the time is nigh 
Will they fly away or wait

Oh Lord, please ease my pain
Oh Lord, where is your rain and sunshine 
Dust, dust, must it be, can this be eternity 

Here was a home, where the buffalo roamed
Where the deer, and the antelope played
Here was a place where the cattle would graze
Where corn and alfalfa once waved

Where are the ranchers, the cowpunching crowd
What has become of the rain
Out of the blue came a threatening cloud
Causing this awful change

Oh Lord, please ease my pain
Oh Lord, where is your rain and sunshine 
Dust, dust, must it be, can this be eternity 
Oh Lord, have mercy on poor me



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2016)





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Gene Autry   1938


Dust, dust, dust in the sky,
Dust on the trail, dust in my eyes.
Dust, dust, can't see the sun,
Can't find my way, the dust has won!

Cattle and the sheep,
Bedded down to sleep,
Seem to realise their fate;
Vultures in the sky
Know the time is nigh,
Will they fly away, away?

Oh Lord, please ease my pain,
Oh Lord, where is your rain and sunshine?

Dust, dust, must I be?
Can this be eternity?
Oh Lord, have mercy on poor me!

Dust, dust, dust in the sky,
Dust on the trail, dust in my eyes.
Dust, dust, can't see the sun,
Can't find my way, the dust has won!

Cattle and the sheep,
Bedded down to sleep,
Seem to realise their fate;
Vultures in the sky
Know the time is nigh,
Will they fly away, away?

Oh Lord, please ease my pain,
Oh Lord, where is your rain and sunshine?

Dust, dust, must I be?
Can this be eternity?
Oh Lord, have mercy on poor me!






(Contributed by Peter Akers - September 2009)