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An honest expression of his feelings for his future wife and his longing for his Alberta prairie life
There’s a Love Knot in my Lariat
  • Year Inducted: 2007
  • Written In: 1937
Songwriters
Wilf Carter Songwriter
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Artists
Slim Whitman
Alberta Slim
Frank Ifield
Judy Coder and Pride of the Prairie: Western Sky
Randy Hollar
Roger Tibbs
Brett Kissel
Teresa Endres
There’s a Love Knot in My Lariat is widely acknowledged as one of Wilf Carter’s signature tunes and is an honest expression of his feelings for his future wife and muse, Bobbie Bryan, and his longing for his Alberta prairie life.

Commonly known as ‘The Yodeling Cowboy,’ Carter was admired for his simple, straightforward singing and guitar style and wrote several hundred songs, known for their cowboy, hobo and prairie imagery.

Carter’s well-documented inspiration for There’s a Love Knot in My Lariat came to him when he was walking to work at CBS Studios in his chaps in New York City. In just one day, he wrote the song and performed it on air. Subsequently, it became his theme song.

Country music star Slim Whitman, who has covered several of Wilf Carter’s songs during his career, had considerable success in the United Kingdom with his version of There’s a Love Knot in My Lariat. Alberta Slim also sang this song during his first radio stint in Regina in the early 1930’s.

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There's a Love Knot in My Lariat - performed by Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans
"There's a Love Knot in My Lariat" was performed by Canadian country music band Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans at the 2007 CSHF Induction Ceremony.
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