"Across the Alley from the Alamo" is a song written in 1946 by Joe Greene, which has become a jazz standard.
Greene's whimsical lyrics (reputed to have been inspired by a dream),[1] concern a Navajo Indian and his pinto pony.
[4] It also features on albums such as Ella Fitzgerald's Live at Mister Kelly's (1958)[5] and Patti Austin's The Real Me (1988).
[7] It was also recorded by The Skyrockets Orchestra with vocalist Dick James in 1948, by The Holy Modal Rounders on their 1975 album Alleged in Their Own Time, by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in 1968 and Asleep at the Wheel in 1985.
This song can be heard in the 2021 film Don't Look Up featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence.