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.
Mexicali Rose
from Mexicali Rose (1939)
Singing Cowboy Gene Autry sings his hit song "Mexicali Rose" from his movie Mexicali Rose from Republic Pictures (1939).
Composed by Helen Stone and Jack B. Tenney
Published by M. M. Cole
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