First Tune - Hallalujah, I'm a Bum: Red Horse Ranch

“First Tune - Hallalujah, I'm a Bum” is an episode of Red Horse Ranch, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Dewey and the boys from the Red Horse Ranch follow a rocky trail above Roaring River, searching for the second half of a map. Alabama and the others have learned from a secret writing on the first half that the missing piece lies in an Indian mound atop Lookout Point. Their horses cannot make the climb, so they camp below and go up on foot, singing along the way. At the summit they find the mound already disturbed, with fresh digging, and realize someone else has reached the spot first. The episode is part of the Red Horse Ranch series.

The rocky trail above Roaring River and Lookout Point, a high cliff overlooking the river, near the Red Horse Ranch

Characters: Alabama, Idaho, Cheyenne, Cookie, Dewey, Jack, Ray, Sam

Listen for: The boys discover the Indian mound at the top of Lookout Point has been freshly dug, and they realize someone else has been there first

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.