So Long Pal
{{Infobox song
| name = So Long Pal
| cover =
| alt =
| published = {{Start date|1942|4|3}} copyrighted Albert Poindexter, Troup, Texas{{Cite book|last=Library of Congress. Copyright Office.|url=http://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig373libr|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 1 Music New Series Vol 37 Pt 3|date=1942|publisher=U.S. Govt. Print. Off.|others=United States Copyright Office|language=English}}
| type = single
| artist = Al Dexter and His Troopers
| album =
| B-side = Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry
| released = February 6, 1944
| recorded = March 18, 1942{{cite web |title=Al Dexter |url=http://countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.com/search/label/Dexter%20Al |website=countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.com |access-date=16 July 2021}}
| studio = CBS Columbia Square Studio, Hollywood, California{{Cite book|last=Russell|first=Tony|title=Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0195139895|location=New York|pages=315}}
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| genre = Country (Hillbilly)
| length =
| label = Okeh 6718
| writer = Al Dexter
| producer =
| prev_title = Pistol Packin' Mama / Rosalita
| prev_year = 1943
| next_title = I'm Losing My Mind Over You
| next_year = 1945
}}
"So Long Pal" is a 1944 song by Al Dexter and His Troopers. The song was the follow-up to Al Dexter's two-sided hit, "Pistol Packin' Mama"/"Rosalita". It was recorded on March 18, 1942, along with "Rosalita" and the b-side "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry". "So Long Pal" stayed at the number one position on the Folk Juke Box chart for thirteen weeks in 1944.{{cite web |title=Billboard-1944-09-23 YB pg 366 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Billboard-1944-09-23&pg=PA192 |website=google books |year = 1944|access-date=16 July 2021}} The B-side would also hit number one on the same chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=104}}