Time for a Country Music Thread

some johnny

All Over Again
Johnny Cash

Every time I look at you I fall in love, all over again
Every time I think of you it all begins, all over again

One little dream at night and I can dream all day
It only takes a memory to thrill me
One little kiss from you and I just fly away
Pour me out your love until you fill me

I wanna fall in love beginning from the start, all over again
Show me how you stole away my heart, all over again

One little dream at night and I can dream all day
It only takes a memory to thrill me
One little kiss from you and I just fly away
Pour me out your love until you fill me

I wanna fall in love beginning from the start, all over again
Show me how you stole away my heart, all over again

All over again, All over again, All over again, All over again
All Over Again


If I Were A Carpenter
Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash: If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?
June Carter: If you were a carpenter,
And I were a lady,
I'd marry you anyway.
I'd have your baby.

Johnny:If a tinker was my trade,
Would I still find you?
June: I'd be carryin' the pots you made,
Followin' behind you.

Together: Save your love through loneliness,
Save your love though sorrow,
Johnny: I'd give you my onliness,
Together: Give me your tomorrow.

Johnny:If I were a miller
At a mill wheel grinding,
Would you miss your colored blouse,
And your soft shoes shining?
June: If you were a miller,
At mill wheel grinding,
I'd not miss my color blouse
And my soft shoes shining.

Together: Save your love through loneliness,
Save your love though sorrow,
Johnny: I'd give you my onliness,
Together: Give me your tomorrow.

Johnny: If I worked my hands in wood,
Would you still love me?
June: I'd answer you, "Yes I would."
Johnny: And would you not be above me?

Johnny:If I were a carpenter,
And you were a lady,
June:I'd marry you anyway, I'd have your baby.

Together: Save your love through loneliness,
Save your love though sorrow,
Johnny: I'd give you my onliness,
Together: Give me your tomorrow.

some more johnny

A Little At A Time
Johnny Cash

Stop lovin' me, a little at a time
Let me lose you, a little at a time
Walk away slow like you don't want to go
Leave me, a little at a time

For my benefit, try to cry a little bit
For old times sake, give me a slow heartbreak
I'll put a fight, but I'll be alright
If you stop lovin' me, a little at a time

Hurt me, a little at a time
Turn me a way, a little at a time
Walk away slow like you don't want to go
Leave me, a little at a time

For my benefit, try to cry a little bit
For old times sake, give me a slow heartbreak
I'll put a fight, but I'll be alright
If you stop lovin' me, a little at a time


While I've Got It On My Mind
Johnny Cash

Layin' round home with the ball game on
Feelin' fairly fine
Blackberry jam is cookin in the pan
And the jam and the cook is mine

I like the honey from, my hives at home
And berries from my own vine
And I like to get my lovin'
While I got it on my mind

My dog is a sleep at my bare feet
It's a good day for layin' around
Just her and me, and saturday
Everybody's gone to town

We've been workin' hard, and she get's tired
And that put's me in a bind
'Cause I like to get my lovin'
While I got it on my mind

The she looks at me, and I can see that old familiar look
And the jam is sweet, while she lowers the heat, to give it time to cook
Then I lock the door, and across the floor,comes a queen of womankind
Yeah, I like to get my lovin, while I got it on my mind

Now boys don't you be a ramblin' free, and leavin the girls to cry
'Cause the nights are cold, and there ain't no gold, that'll ever satisfy
And there ain't no joy, that'll come to you boy, like the kind I've known at times
When I go right on in there and love her, while I got it on my mind

Yeah, I like to get my lovin, while I got it on my mind

ahhh...the man in black.

I have a version of Carpenter by Dolly Parton and Joe Nichols that is very powerful also.

I'm Gonna Hire A Wino
David Frizzell

I came crawling home last night, like many nights before:
I finally made it to my feet as she opened up the door.
And she said, "You're not gonna do this anymore."

She said: "I'm gonna' hire a wino to decorate our home,
"So you'll feel more at ease here, and you won't have to roam.
"We'll take out the dining room table, and put a bar along that wall.
"And a neon sign, to point the way, to our bathroom down the hall."

She said: "Just bring your Friday paycheck, and I'll cash them all right here.
"And I'll keep on tap - for all your friends, their favorite kinds of beer.
"And for you, I'll always keep in stock, those soft aluminum cans.
"And when you're feeling macho, you can crush them like a man."

She said: "We'll rip out all the carpet, and put sawdust on the floor.
"Serve hard boiled eggs and pretzels, and I won't cook no more.
"There'll be Monday night football, on T.V. above the bar.
"And a pay phone in the hallway, when your friends can't find their car."

She said: "I'm gonna' hire a wino to decorate our home,
"So you'll feel more at ease here, and you won't have to roam.
"We'll take out the dining room table, and put a bar along that wall.
"And a neon sign, to point the way, to our bathroom down the hall."

She said: "You'll get friendly service, and for added atmosphere.
"I'll slip on something sexy, and I'll cut it clear to here.
"Then you can slap my bottom, every time you tell a joke.
"Just as long as you keep tipping, well, I'll laugh until you're broke."

She said: "Instead of family quarrels, we'll have a bar-room brawl,
"When the Ham's bear say's its closing time, you won't have far to crawl.
"And when you run out of money, you'll have me to thank.
"You can sleep it off next morning, when I'm putting it in the bank."

She said: "I'm gonna' hire a wino, to decorate our home,
"So you can feel more at ease here, and you won't have to roam.
"When you and your friends get off from work, and have a powerful thirst.
"There won't be any reason, why you can't stop off here first."

She said: "I'm gonna' hire a wino to decorate our home,
"So you'll feel more at ease here, and you won't have to roam.
"We'll take out the dining room table, and put a bar along that wall.
"And a neon sign, to point the way, to our bathroom down the hall."

Let's do some bar songs-

Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox


Well I ain't afraid of die'n,It's the though of being dead
I wanna go on being me once my eulogys been read
Don't spread my ashes out to sea, don't lay me down to rest
You can put my mind to ease if you fill my last request

Prop me up beside the jukebox when I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
Fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox when I die

Just make your next selection and while your still iin line
You can pay you last respects one quarter at a time

Prop me up beside the jukebox when I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
fill my boots up with sand put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox when I die

Oh prop me up beside the jukebox when I die

I'm game. P, I bet you know how we sing along to this one.

Family Tradition
Hank Williams Jr.

Country music singers
have always been a real close family
but lately some of my kin folks
have disowned a few others and me
i guess its because
i kinda changed my direction
i guess i went and broke the family tradition

they get on me wanna know Hank
why do you drink?
(Hank) why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
over and over
everybody made my prediction
so if i get stoned
I'm just carryin'
on an old family tradition

I am very proud
of my daddys name
although his kinda music
and mine ain't exactly the same
stop and think it over
put yourself in my position
if i get stoned and sing all night long
it's a family tradition

Don't ask me Hank
why do you drink?
(Hank) why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
If I'm down in a Honky-Tonk
Some ol' slicks tryin to give me corrections
I'll say leave me alone
I'm singin all night long
it's a family tradition

Lordy, I have loved some ladies
and I have loved Jim Beam
and they both tried to kill me
in 1973
when that doctor asked me
Son how did you get in this condition
I said hey sawbones I'm just carryin on
an old family tradition

So don't ask me Hank
why do you drink?
(Hank) why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs you wrote?
Stop and think it over
Try and put yourself in my unique position
If I get stoned and sing all night long
It's a family tradition!

Hee hee...sure do

I Love This Bar
Toby Keith

We got winners, we got losers
Chain smokers and boozers
And we got yuppies, we got bikers
We got thristy hitchhikers
And the girls next door dress up like movie stars

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this bar

We got cowboys, we got truckers
Broken-hearted fools and suckers
And we got hustlers, we got fighters
Early birds and all-nighters
And the veterans talk about their battle scars

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this bar

[Chorus:]
I love this bar
It's my kind of place
Just walkin' through the front door
Puts a big smile on my face
It ain't too far, come as you are
Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this bar

I've seen short skirts, we got high-techs
Blue-collar boys and rednecks
And we got lovers, lots of lookers
And I've even seen dancing girls and hookers
And we like to drink our beer from a mason jar

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this bar
Yes I do

I like my truck (I like my truck)
I like my girlfriend (I like my girlfriend)
I like to take her out to dinner
I like a movie now and then

But I love this bar
It's my kind of place
Just trollin' around the dance floor
Puts a big smile on my face
No cover charge, come as you are
Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this bar
Hmm, hmm, hmm I just love this old bar

Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young - Faron Young
[Words and Music by Joe Allison]

I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory

I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory
Don't want slow walkin' or sad singin'
Let 'em have a jubilee
I wanna leave a lot of happy women
A-thinkin' pretty thoughts of me
I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory

I got a hot-rod car and a cowboy suit
And I really do get around
I got a little black book and the gals look cute
And I know the name of ev'ry spot in town
I wanna find 'em, fool 'em, leave 'em
An' let 'em do the same to me
I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory

I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory
I'm a wampus cat let me grab my hat
And baby come aiong with me
We're gonna do some fancy steppin'
We're really goin' on a spree
I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory

Now you may not approve of the things I do
But it really don't bother me
But don't ever think you can tie me down
I'm gonna stay footloose and fancy free
So jump back, make tracks, move out
An' let the pretty gals at me
I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory

Bummin' Around

Got an old slouch hat got my roll on my shoulder
I'm as free as the breeze and I'll do as I please just a bummin' around
I've got a million friends don't feel any older
I've got nothin' to lose not even the blues just a bummin' around
Whenever troubles start to bothering me
I grab my coat my old slouch hat and hit the road you see
I ain't got a dime don't care where I'm goin'
I'm as free as the breeze and I'll do as I please just a bummin' around
[ piano - fiddle ]
I've got an old slouch hat...
Just a bummin' around

Little Old Wine Drinker Me

I'm prayin' for rain in California
So the grapes can grow and they can make more wine
And I'm sittin' in a honky in Chicago
With a broken heart and a woman on my mind

I've asked the man behind the bar for the jukebox
And the music takes me back to Tennessee
When they ask who's the fool in the corner cryin'
I say, little ole wine drinker me

I came here last week from down in Nashville
'Cause my baby left for Florida on a train
I thought I'd get a job and just forget her
But in Chicago, a broken heart is still the same

I've asked the man behind the bar for the jukebox
And the music takes me back to Tennessee
When they ask who's the fool in the corner cryin'
I say, little ole wine drinker me
I say, little ole wine drinker me

I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES - Hank Snow

T'would been better for us both if we'd never
In this wide wicked world never met
For the pleasures we've both seen together
I'm sure love, I'll never forget
For you once told me dear, that you loved me
and I thought that we would never part
But, a link in the chain has been broken
Leaving me with a sad and aching heart

(CHORUS)
Oh, I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes
Who is sailing afar o'er the sea
And I'm thinking tonight of her only
And I wonder if she ever thinks of me

When the cold, cold shadows fall around me
Won't you come love and share just one kiss
And say to the strangers around me
With lies you have brought on my tears

(CHORUS)

Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go)
Boudleaux Bryant

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May 1969 Bob Dylan
SELF PORTRAIT

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Why must you always try to make me over
Take me as i am or let me go
White lilies never grow on stalks of clover
Take me as i am or let me go.

You're tryin' to reshape me in a mold love
In the image of someone you used to know
But i won't be a-standin' for an old love
Take me as i am or let me go.

You tried to change me ever since you've met me
Take me as i am or let me go
If you can't overlook my faults, forget me
Take me as i am or let me go.

You're tryin' to reshape me in a mold love
In the image of someone you used to know
But i won't be a-standin' for an old love
Take me as i am or let me go.

Old Shep

Recorded by Hank Snow

When I was a lad
And old Shep was a pup
Over hills and meadows we'd stray
Just a boy and his dog
We were both full of fun
We grew up together that way

I remember the time at the old swimmin' hole
When I would have drowned beyond doubt
But old Shep was right there
To the rescue he came
He jumped in and then pulled me out

As the years fast did roll
Old Shep he grew old
His eyes were fast growing dim
And one day the doctor looked at me and said
I can do no more for your dog

With hands that were trembling
I picked up my gun
And aimed it at Shep's faithful head
I just couldn't do it
I wanted to run
I wish they would shoot me instead

He came to my side
And looked up at me
And laid his old head on my knee
I had struck the best friend that a man ever had
I cried so I scarcely could see

Old Shep he has gone
Where the good doggies go
And no more with old Shep will I roam
But if dogs have a heaven
There's one thing I know
Old Shep has a wonderful home

Edgar,

Your taste in music is sublime. I've enjoyed every one of your contributions, and made notes to myself to include many of those forgotten songs into the roster of the upcoming campfire season with good friends and family.

Ty

tycoon
You honor me. Thanks.

The Year That Clayton Delaney Died...Tom T. Hall

I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
They said for the last two weeks that he suffered and cried
It made a big impression on me, although I was a barefoot kid
They said he got religion at the end and I'm glad that he did.

Clayton was the best guitar picker in our town
I thought he was a hero and I used to follow Clayton around
I often wondered why Clayton, who seemed so good to me
Never took his guitar and made it down in Tenn-o-see.

Well. Daddy said he drank a lot, but I could never understand
I knew he used to pick up in Ohio with a five piece band
Clayton used to tell me, "Son you better put that old guitar away,
There ain't no money in it, it'll lead you to an early grave."

I guess if I'd admit it, Clayton taught me how to drink booze
I can see him half-stoned a-pickin' out the love sick blues
When Clayton died I made him a promise, I was gonna carry on somehow
I'd give a hundred dollars if he could only see me now.

I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
Nobody ever knew it but I went out in the woods and I cried
Well, I know there's a lotta big preachers that know a lot more than I do
But it could be that the good Lord likes a little pickin' too
Yeah, I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died.

Blue Yodel #4 - Bill Monroe

She's long she's tall, she six feet from the ground
She's long she's tall, she six feet from the ground
She tailor made, lord she ain't no hand me down
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee

She got eyes like diamonds, lord her teeth shine just the same
She got eyes like diamonds and her teeth shine just the same
She got sweet ruby lips, and a hair like a horse's mane
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee

Every time I see you mama, you're always on the street
Every time I see you mama, you're always on the street
You hang out on the corner, like a police on his beat
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee

Every time I need you mama, lord I always find you're gone
Every time I need you mama, lord I always find you're gone
Listen hear sweet mama, I'm gonna put your air brakes on
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee

Cry cry darling
That's what I'll do If you should leave me with the blues
Cry cry darling
That's all I do cause you're the one that's in my heart

For me there'll be no moonlight
Cry Cry Darling - Bill Monroe

If ever we should part
Cry cry darling, that's all I do
Cause you're the one that's in my heart

Cry cry darling
My eyes will cry and never dry if you should go
Cry cry darling
When shadows creep I'll just weep all night I know

You know how much I'd miss you
If ever we should part
Cry cry darling
That's all I do cause you're the one that's in my heart

yay for the person who decided to start this thread! i love really old country music. it's just so representative of a different time period. there's this one really amazing song called kaw-liga - it's one of those that everyone's heard - tho they may not know the title. it's a classic so a bunch of people have performed it - but most notably are Hank Williams and Mary Robbins. good stuff!!!

Listen to Kaw-Liga by Marty Robbins : Edit [Moderator]: Link removed