Complex sentence: The song was written by Smiley Burnette, who had played train engineer Charley Pratt until his death in 1967, and was released as a single in 1964 by Burnette and Rufe Davis, who played conductor Floyd Smoot.
Split into simpler sentences: The song was written by Smiley Burnette, who played train engineer Charley Pratt until his death in 1967. It was released as a single in 1964 by Burnette and Rufe Davis, who played conductor Floyd Smoot.