Mighta gone fishin'
I got to thinkin' it over
The road to the river
Is a mighty long way. . .



A lyric written by the late great Smiley Burnette (1911-1967), Gene Autry's sidekick in more than sixty singin' cowboy films. That's what I'm up to today--

Must be the season
No rhyme, no reason
I'm taking it easy
It's my lazy day. . .

Gene Autry himself sang this song in a 1949 film called RIDERS OF THE WHISPERING PINES, but I learned it from Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard's delightfully laconic 1982 recording.

And don't bother callin'
Cause I ain't comin'
Just get you on by me
Stay out of my way
A little deep thinkin'
Might drive me to drinkin'
I'm takin' it easy
It's my lazy day.

Smiley Burnette was also the sidekick of Charles Starrett (The Durango Kid) while Autry was away fighting in WWII, the author of a whole slew of songs, and a prodigious musician, said to be able to play over one hundred different instruments.

Anyway, today I'm pullin' a Smiley Burnette. It's Saturday, there's a promise of rain in the air, got nothing pressing to do. . .so it's my lazy day. Hope y'all can have one too!