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Topic: Saddest country song? |
Brett Anderson
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 6:55 pm |
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| Mines gotta be "Mama Take me Home" by George Jones. |
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Sonny Priddy
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Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 7:18 pm
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Midnight. By Red Foley. & I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. By Hank Williams. SONNY.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 7:59 pm
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Chisled in Stone by Verne Gosdin. A suicide waiting to happen.
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George Rozak
From:
Braidwood, Illinois USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 8:13 pm
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It's a tossup between these two for me:
"Raggedy Ann" by Little Jimmy Dickens
"Little Rosa" by Red Sovine
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Sho-Bud: Professional & Fingertip
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 8:22 pm
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| I sang Dixie by Dwight Y. |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 8:46 pm
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In my Next Life. Merle H.
The Way you See Me. James Clayton Day.
A few more I guess but those are about the tops for me.
EJL |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 9:03 pm
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| Down To Seeds And Stems Again |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 9:35 pm
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some of my faves:
"What kind of god do you think that you are" Ernest Tubb
The Last Letter- Floyd Tilman; Ray Price
Chisled in Stone....
Pardon me, I've got someone to kill - Paycheck
Cryin Time - Buck; Ray Charles
I'm so Lonesome I could cry - Hank
Just one more - George Jones
The way you see me -J Day
One for my Baby- Sinatra
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 10:05 pm
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Sing Me Back Home
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He Stopped Loving Her Today |
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Bryan Knox
From:
Gardendale, Alabama...Ya'll come
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 10:15 pm
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Hands down....
TEDDY BEAR -Red Sovine sniff-sniff
b.
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 10:23 pm
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| "Apartment # 9", Charlie Pride's version, is a tearjerker. |
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Martin Abend
From:
Berlin, Germany
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 11:06 pm
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| "I see a darkness" by Will Oldham. |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 11:31 pm
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Gotta have the party songs in there too.
Farewell Party and Going Away Party.
"Dreams don't make noise when they die' |
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Colin Goss
From:
St.Brelade, Island of Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 12:16 am
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| How about Tom Tall's "Hill above the city"? |
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Tony Farr
From:
Madison, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 6:05 am
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| How about, "Daddy I'll Go Get The Toolbox and You Can Fix Our Broken Home" by Stonewall Jackson. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 7:03 am
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"Wreck on the Highway" I think by Roy Acuff.
There are words: "and nobody prayed". How sad.  |
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Luke Morell
From:
Ramsey Illinois, USA Hometown of Tex Williams
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 7:05 am
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| Charlie Louvin- I Think I'll Go Somewhere and Cry Myself To Sleep |
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Savell
From:
Slocomb, AL
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 7:37 am
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I've never had a saddness come over me like the first time I heard "Save a horse, Ride a cowboy". I cried for days staring at pictures of George, Merle, Buck ...  |
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Blake Hawkins
From:
Florida
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 8:09 am
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For my $.02...its: "The Long Black Veil."
Blake |
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Tony Harris
From:
England
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 8:32 am
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| How about "Old Shep" or "Old Doc Brown"(has moved upstairs)" ? |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 8:37 am
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| "It's Been a Good Year for the Roses" - George Jones |
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Duane McKay
From:
Hartsville, Indiana, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 9:15 am
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| You are all exactly right! We love all these songs......some, we hadn't thought of for awhile! Du |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 10:08 am
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| "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy" by Hank Williams. |
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Fred Jack
From:
Bastrop, Texas 78602
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 10:26 am
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| Bobby Lee ... thank God for DNA! |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 10:26 am
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Got a letter from my kid today
They let me read a line or two...
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