Bonanza Theme Song

Bonanza theme song lyrics.
Bonanza theme song. We chased lady luck till we finally struck bonanza with a gun and a rope and a hatful of hope we planted our family tree we got ahold of a potful of gold bonanza with a. With a gun and a rope and a hat full of hope planted a family tree. This famous score was written for the 1959 1973 american television series bonanza. Welcome to the ponderosa my friends for an evening of songs and stories about the american west a land of legend of romance of fri.
Lorne greene and the cast recorded versions of the song with lyrics. In 1963 cash took another stab at a tv western theme song by cowriting and recording bonanza this time he and friend johnny western wrote their own lyrics to the musical theme composed by jay livingston and ray evans for the television series bonanza cash s version was never used on the tv series about the cartwright family starring lorne greene pernell roberts dan blocker and. This is a video tribute to the wonderful actors of bonanza. This is among the best known television themes of all time variation.
The bonanza theme song was written by jay livingston and ray evans. The producers did. We got hold of a pot full of gold bonanza. This was the way the original pilot episode of bonanza was shot in 1959.
Different variations of the song were used in the show s fourteen season run with the exception of the 12th and the 13th seasons where a theme song entitled the big bonanza was used. We chased lady luck til we finally struck bonanza.