<P> In 1951 , Foy Willing wrote a song titled `` Happy Trails '' for the Republic Pictures movie , Spoilers of the Plains , starring Roy Rogers with Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage . Subsequently , the first three notes of Foy 's song and the title were used by Dale Evans in writing her version of `` Happy Trails '' for both the original The Roy Rogers Show and the short - lived The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show , which aired on ABC in 1962 . Dale 's is the version that is popularly played and sung today , albeit without giving credit to Foy Willing . </P>
<P> In 1951 , Foy Willing wrote a song titled `` Happy Trails '' for the Republic Pictures movie , Spoilers of the Plains , starring Roy Rogers with Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage . Subsequently , the first three notes of Foy 's song and the title were used by Dale Evans in writing her version of `` Happy Trails '' for both the original The Roy Rogers Show and the short - lived The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show , which aired on ABC in 1962 . Dale 's is the version that is popularly played and sung today , albeit without giving credit to Foy Willing . </P>
happy trails to you is a line from the theme song to which 1950s tv western series
happy trails to you is a line from the theme song to which 1950s tv western series
The Roy Rogers Show
The Roy Rogers Show