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Fun Autry Fact:

When he was a young man, Gene received an offer from a professional baseball team to become a player. Gene turned down the offer because it would have meant a fifty-dollar-a-month pay cut from his telegrapher's job.

Watch a Gene Autry Video Clip

In the Jailhouse Now
from Prairie Moon (1938)


Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette sing the Jimmie Rodgers classic "In the Jailhouse Now" from the 1938 Republic Pictures movie Prairie Moon.

Composed by Jimmie Rodgers

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