Dear Sun Spots: I have magazines for your writer. Call 225-2644. Thanks for all the help you give to us all. My older brother and I are looking for the words to a song we used to sing as children. All we can remember is “A little red patch on the seat of his trousers.” Anyone remember this little song? – Remembering, Turner.
Answer: “Little Red Patch On The Seat Of My Trousers” was sung by Wilf Carter, a Canadian singer and yodeler, also known as Montana Slim. Sun Spots couldn’t track down the lyrics; perhaps a reader will remember them and send them to the column.
Carter was born on Dec. 18, 1904, and passed away at the age of 91 in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Dec. 5, 1996.
According to Wikipedia, in 1923, after working as a lumberjack and singing with hobos in boxcars, Carter moved to Calgary, Alberta, where he found work as a cowboy. He made extra money singing and playing his guitar at dances and performing for tourist parties. He soon developed his own yodeling style, sometimes called an “echo yodel” or a “three-in-one.”
In 1988, Carter recorded his last album, “What Ever Happened to All Those Years.” In 1991, at age 86, he performed his last tour, “The Last Round-up Tour,” with shows throughout Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba. He retired the following year, due to his loss of hearing.
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