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Post by fireball43 on Jul 30, 2011 1:44:39 GMT -5
Song: Things have gone to pieces
Artist: George Jones
Oh, the faucet started drippin' in the kitchen,
And last night your picture fell down from the wall.
Today the boss said: "Sorry, I can't use you any more."
And tonight the light bulb went out in the hall.
Things have gone to pieces since you left me.
Nothing turns out half right now, it seems.
There ain't nothing in my pocket, but three nickels and a dime,
But I'm holding to the pieces of my dream.
Somebody threw a baseball through my window,
And the arm fell off my favorite chair again.
The man called me today and said he'd haul my things away,
If I didn't get my payments made by ten.
Things have gone to pieces since you left me.
Nothing turns out half right now, it seems.
There ain't nothing in my pocket, but three nickels and a dime,
But I'm holding to the pieces of my dream.
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Post by revilo on Jul 30, 2011 6:24:38 GMT -5
Good song by a great singer. I hadn't heard that one before. Thanks for finding it for us. I really like the high and tight haircut, he looks like Sergeant Carter from Gomer Pyle. Shame they don't make country music like that any more.
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Post by fireball43 on Jul 30, 2011 12:55:54 GMT -5
Artist: Hank Locklin
Song: Country Hall Of Fame
(I agree revilo. I'll be sitting in the lunchroom at school listening to my ipod or mp3, and people ask me what im listening too, i reply, and they get dumbfounded. Who's George Jones? or Who's Hank Locklin, or Who's Porter Wagoner? I just tell em' they are the best Country still has to offer, because when they sang it came from the heart, not for money.)
I was roaming round in Nashville in the state of Tennessee
For I love that country music it's as soulful as can be
I have gathered their the records for I cherished every name
So I found myself a standing in the Country Hall of Fame
My heart beat somewhat faster as I walked in through the door
For I heard the sound of voices I had often heard before
A happy kind of sadness brought a teardrop to my eye
Now I'll tell you what I saw there and I'm sure that you'll see why
Jimmie Rodgers' railroad lantern and his faithful old guitar
I could hear that old blue yodel coming from somewhere afar
Roy Acuff in bronze likeness with that great Fred Rose his friend
And I heard that Wabash Cannonball somewhere around the bend
The guitar of Eddy Arnold memories of Cattle Call
Chet Atkins will be with him when the work's all done this fall
From the autoharp of Maybelle Wildwood Flower seems to ring
Riley Puckett and Gid Tanner how they all could pick and sing
I could hear George Hay announcin' as I stood there in the room
I could hear Tex Ritter singing his classic song High Noon
Minnie Pearl so glad to be there and Hank Snow keeps Movin' On
May the Lord bless those still living and the ones who's joined his throne
Cowboy Copas Hankshaw Hawkins Gentleman Jim and Patsy Cline
Rod Bradsfield Ira Louvin these stars will always shine
Ernest Tubb and great Red Foley and Hank Williams bless his name
Though some are gone they'll live forever in the Country Hall of Fame
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Post by fireball43 on Jul 31, 2011 13:26:03 GMT -5
Artist: Jimmie Rodgers (30's Country Artist)
Song: Waiting For A Train
(Digging through family records and stories, my Grandpa told me about two months before he died that his uncle's, my great-great uncle, name was Buddy Rodgers. He said somewhere through the line, it is doccumented we are related to the founding father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers. He had an album of Jimmie Rodgers just playing his guitar, and he used to play some Jimmie Rodgers when he would play his guitar when I visited.)
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Post by revilo on Aug 1, 2011 20:06:50 GMT -5
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Post by fireball43 on Aug 2, 2011 14:50:11 GMT -5
Song: Running Bear (During his 17 #1 hit streak on the charts.)
Artist: Sonny James (The Southern Gentleman)
On the bank of the river stood Running Bear, young Indian brave
On the other side of the river stood his lovely Indian maid
Little White Dove was her name, such a lovely sight to see
But their tribes fought with each other, so their love could never be
CHORUS:
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love big as the sky
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love that couldn't die
He couldn't swim the raging river 'cause the river was too wide
He couldn't reach the Little White Dove waiting on the other side
In the moonlight he could see her throwing kisses 'cross the waves
Her little heart was beating faster waiting for her Indian brave
CHORUS
Running Bear dove in the water, Little White Dove did the same
And they swam out to each other through the swirling stream they came
As their hands touched and their lips met, the raging river pulled them down
Now they'll always be together in their happy hunting ground
CHORUS
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Post by pettycash on Aug 3, 2011 8:28:18 GMT -5
With this being Pocono week, I always enjoy this song I found a year or two ago by a singer-songwriter named Mark Miklos.
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Post by fireball43 on May 8, 2012 16:53:18 GMT -5
I got my internet back today, and I wanted to update to the "Song Of The Day" thread. Here is one of my all time favorite gospel songs, "When God Dips His Love In My Heart".
Song: When God Dips His Love In My Heart
Artist: Hank Williams
When God dips His pen of love in my heart
And writes my soul the message He wants me to know
His spirit all divine fills this sinful soul of mine
When God dips His love in my heart
I said I wouldn't tell it to a living soul
How He brought salvation when He made me whole
But I found I couldn't hide
Such love as Jesus did impart
It makes me laugh and it makes me cry
Sets my sinful soul on fire
When God dips His love in my heart
He walked every step up Calvary's ragged way
And He gave His life completely to bring a better day
My life was lost in sinned but in love He took me in
His blood washed all my sins away
I said I wouldn't tell it to a living soul
How He brought salvation when He made me whole
But I found I couldn't hide
Such love as Jesus did impart
It makes me laugh and it makes me cry
Sets my sinful soul on fire
When God dips His love in my heart
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Post by fireball43 on May 9, 2012 15:02:43 GMT -5
Here's a 1954 Classic By Ray Price, called "Release me".
Song: Release Me
Artist: Ray Price
(I have television performance and studio version)
Lyrics:
Please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin
Release me and let me love again
Oh, I have found a new love dear
And I'll always want her near
Her lips are warm while yours are cold
Release me darling, let me go
Please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
To waste our life would be a sin
Release me and let me love again
Please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin
Release me and let me love again
Let me love
Let me love
Let me love again
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Post by fireball43 on May 10, 2012 17:02:15 GMT -5
This song is from one of the best brother duos in Country Music in my opinion. They have a harmony that sounds so good with Country And Gospel, and those brothers are The Louvin Brothers.
The song is "Are You Afraid To Die?", a song I had heard on IHeartRadio's Louvin Brothers station.
Artist: The Louvin Brothers
Song: Are You Afraid To Die
Lyrics:
Are you a stranger to God
Carried away with your pride
Tell me sinner did you ever stop to think
Are you afraid to die
Are you afraid
Are you unsaved
Are you afraid to die
Call on him while he's near
Moments are swift passing by
Will you seek him where he may be found
Are you afraid to die
Are you too wicked to cry
Would you to God's bosom fly
Soon he's coming like a thief in the night
Are you afraid to die
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Post by fireball43 on May 11, 2012 14:46:46 GMT -5
The song of the day is one that everyone associates with Johnny Cash. The man who wrote and sung it, his name was Glen Sherley, a prisoner at Folsom Prison. Johnny Cash performed the song at Folsom and told the crowd it was Glen Sherley's song. Glen Sherley's was given an opportunity but life in prison had changed him, and although he had a brief, successful tenure in Country Music, his lifestyle put him working on a cattle farm, before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on May 11th, 1978. The song is "Greystone Chapel."
Artist: Glen Sherley
Song: Greystone Chapel
Lyrics:
There's a grey stone chapel here at Folsom,
a house of worship in this den of sin.
You wouldn't think that God had a place here at Folsom,
but he saved the soul of many lost men.
Now this grey stone chapel here at Folsom,
stands a hundred years old made of granite rock.
It takes a ring of keys to move here at Folsom,
but the door to the house of God is never locked.
Inside the walls of prison my body may be
but the Lord has set my soul free.
There are men here that don't ever worship.
There are men here who scoff at the ones who pray.
But I've got down on my knees in that grey stone chapel,
and I've thanked the Lord for helping me each day.
Now this grey stone chapel here at Folsom,
it has a touch of God's hand on every stone.
It's a flower of light in a field of darkness,
and it's given me the stregth to carry on.
Inside the walls of prison my body may be,
but my Lord has set my soul free.
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Post by fireball43 on Jun 22, 2012 15:39:31 GMT -5
I was listening to a television performace of "Still" by Bill Anderson when I found this song. I heard it and instantly I liked this one alot. Two of the greats of Country Music, Bill Anderson and Roy Acuff.
(Music Video and Live Grand Ole Opry Version)
Title: I Wonder If God Likes Country Music
Artist: Bill Anderson and Roy Acuff
Lyrics;
One night we were out on tour,
Getting ready to do a show.
It wasn't anything special,
Just another one night stand.
When I looked over my guitar,
And there stood an old man.
His cowboy clothes were frayed and worn,
An' his boots were far from new.
He said: "I'd like to sit in with your band.
"You see I'm a country singer too."
Well, we just all had a big laugh.
And when I looked back at the old man,
There was a tear in his eye.
I told the band to cool it 'cause I didn't want to see him cry.
He reached down an' he took my guitar,
With a determined look on his face.
But then as he started to play an' sing,
A look of sadness took it's place.
He said: "I've sang my songs from Maine to California.
"Seen the world through the window of a car.
"I never saved a dime back when I made one.
"'Cause I always thought some day I'd be a star."
"But now my voice is cracked and no one wants me.
"My wife gave up on me years ago.
"It's been so long my kids don't even know me.
"And pickin' and singin' is the only life I've known."
And then he sang: "I wonder if God likes country music.
"Will there be a place up there to sing my songs?
"Will he make my fingers nimble like they used to be,
"So I can play the chords and sing along?"
("I wonder if God likes country music.")
I just stood there.
("Will there be a place up there,)
None of us really knew what to say.
(To sing my songs?")
He took my old guitar,
("Will he make my fingers nimble,)
And he put it down ever so gently.
("Like they used to be?")
And then as he turned to leave,
("So I can play the chords,)
The band stood up and applauded
("And sing along?")
And I can still hear his words today.
"I wonder if God likes country music.
"Will there be a place up there to sing my songs?
"Will he make my fingers nimble like they used to be,
"So I can play the chords and sing along?"
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Post by fireball43 on Jun 29, 2012 13:34:18 GMT -5
With this week being Kentucky week I picked one of the most famous (if not the most famous) song by the Father of Bluegrass Music, Blue Moon of Kentucky by Bill Monroe.
Lyrics:
Blue moon of Kentucky, keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and proved untrue
Blue moon of Kentucky, keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue
It was on one moonlight night
Stars shining bright
Whisper on high
Love said goodbye
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue
(repeat)
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