Favorite "Story Songs"Tell us your Favorite "Songs That Tell a Story".Freeper Canteen 9~7~12`

[fatima]

~Favorite Story Song's~





Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky

She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby"
All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy
'Cause she walks around town with a suitcase in her hand
Looking for a mysterious dark-haired man

In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn
Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on
Then a man of low degree stood by her side
And promised her he'd take her for his bride

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky





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Sammy Davis Jnr "Mr Bojangles"

I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you
In worn out shoes
Silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants
The old soft shoe

He jumped so high
He jumped so high
Then he'd lightly touched down

Mr Bojangles
Mr Bojangles
Mr Bojangles
Dance

I met him in a cell in New Orleans I was
Down and out
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
As he spoke right out

He talked of life
He talked of life
He lightly slapped his leg instead

He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick
Across the cell
He grabbed his pants for a better stance
He jumped so high
He clicked his heels

He let go a laugh
He let go a laugh
Shook back his clothes all around

Mr Bojangles
Mr Bojangles
Mr Bojangles
Dance

We danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs
Throughout the south
We spoke in tears of fifteen years
How his dog and him
They travelled about

His dog up and died
He up and died
After twenty years he still grieves

They said I dance now at every chance and honky tonks
For drinks and tips
But most the time I spend behind these county bars
Cause I drinks a bit

He shook his head and as he shook his head
I heard someone ask please

Mr Bojangles
Mr Bojangles
Mr Bojangles
Dance

Mr Bojangles
Mr Bojangles
Mr Bojangles









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[MEG33]

Happy TGIF To The Canteen

*HUGS*
Have A Great Weekend

[Dante3]

Thanks.

[Publius]

Schubert: "Gretch at the Spinning Wheel"

[tomkow6]

Hey, Seven!

What's this stuff about your man PUTIN, flying around with the birds in Russa?

[Churchillspirit]

You are amazing...thanks Fatima! (Hugs)

[beachn4fun]

awwww, what a cute story.

Memory tugs at the heart, huh?

[Fiji Hill]

Johnny Horton--Sink The Bismarck

I line this version of Sink the Bismarck by Homer & Jethro.

"We didn't sink the Bismarck, no matter what they say,
For when we saw the German ship, we sailed the other way."

[MHGinTN]

Truly! And that boy created many memories during his childhood. Great kid. Fantastic father now.

[rlmorel]

fatima, thanks for that link. Never seen it before.

The song moves me.

[bert]

Robert Mitchum Watch Robert Mitchum videos on MTV.com

Robert Mitchum
The Ballad Of Thunder Road lyrics

Songwriters: MITCHUM, ROBERT / RAYE, DON

Now let me tell the story, I can tell it all
About the mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol
His daddy made the whiskey, son, he drove the load
When his engine roared,
They called the highway thunder road.
Sometimes into ashville, sometimes memphis town
The revenoors chased him but they couldn’t run him
Down
Each time they thought they had him,
His engine would explode
He’d go by like they were standin’ still on thunder
Road.
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/r/robert_mitchum/the_ballad_of_thunder_road.html ]
[Chorus]
And there was thunder, thunder over thunder road
Thunder was his engine, and white lightning was his
Load
There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the devil’s thirst
The law they swore they’d get him, but the devil got
Him first.
On the first of april, nineteen fifty-four
A federal man sent word he’d better make his run no
More
He said two hundred agents were coverin’ the state
Whichever road he tried to take, they’d get him sure as
Fate.
Son, his daddy told him, make this run your last
Your tank is filled with hundred-proof,
You’re all tuned up and gassed
Now, don’t take any chances, if you can’t get through
I’d rather have you back again than all that mountain
Dew

[Chorus]

Roarin’ out of harlan, revving’ up his mill
He shot the gap at cumberland,
And screamed by maynordsville
With g-men on his taillights, roadblocks up ahead
The mountain boy took roads that even angels feared
To tread.
Blazing’ right through knoxville, out on kingston pike
Then right outside of Beardon, there they made the fatal
Strike
He left the road at ninety, that’s all there is to say
The devil got the moonshine and the mountain boy
That day

[warsaw44]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrcvttiQ_wI

The Blue Nile - Easter Parade.

Haunting.

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[fatima]

Hi Bert ((((Hugs)))

Ballad Of Thunder Road-—Robert Mitchum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkP_FQIADI

[fatima]

Thanks warsaw44 ((((Hugs))))

[fatima]

Hiya blackie ((((Hugs))))

[fatima]

Thanks Lurkina.n.Learnin ((((Hugs))))

[Pharmboy]

Thanks so much Kathy...I usually wait for Christmas to listen to this, but I enjoyed the version you posted.

The store was on Abingdon Street in Peoria, and the whole song was based on actual events. If you want to learn more about this affecting song, click here.

[fatima]

Thanks Sir Francis Dashwood ((((Hugs))))

[fatima]

Thanks Doug ((((Hugs))))

[fatima]

Hi MHGinTN ((((Hugs))))

Bobby Goldsboro - Honey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59BZxgohr9g