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









*Video*

[Kartographer]

Marty Robbins - Big Iron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGmUsJvRv7U

El Paso By Marty Robbins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T9OeN3t37Y

MARTY ROBBINS - EL PASO CITY 1976

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k6obdf4yDU

[PubliusMM]

Big Bad John, by Jimmy Dean, before the sausage...

[fatima]

Hiya jazusamo ((((Hugs)))

[vipervomit]

Ballad of the Green Berets.

[ExTxMarine]

Heck, MOST of Marty Robbins songs were really good story narratives just matched to music.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Fatima, I know this is a bit of a vanity, but here's one I co-wrote with my buddy Ronnie Houser. Of course hardly anybody knows it.

The Little Boy

[Publius]

The Beatles: "She's Leaving Home"

[Lloyd227]

For a Dancer - Jackson Browne

[Hot Tabasco]

"Cross the Green Mountain" by Bob Dylan

"Going Home" by Mary Fahl

Both from the "Gods and Generals" movie soundtrack......

Listen to them in the dark and let your imagination whisk you away to that place and time. Both are breathtaking and haunting and so appropriate to that movie.........

[fatima]

Thanks
A_Former_Democrat,you get double ((((Hugs)))((((Hugs)))

Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZt5Q-u4crc

[dfwgator]

Telegraph Road - Dire Straits

[PowderMonkey]

My theme song:

Well, I went home with the waitress
The way I always do
How was I to know
She was with the Russians, too

I was gambling in Havana
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns and money
Dad, get me out of this

I'm the innocent bystander
Somehow I got stuck
Between the rock and the hard place
And I'm down on my luck
And I'm down on my luck
And I'm down on my luck

Now I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan
Send lawyers, guns and money...

"Lawyers, Guns, and Money" - Warren Zevon

[DuncanWaring]

“Telegraph Road” by Dire Straits.

Most anything by Tom T. Hall.

[Publius]

The Beatles: "A Day in the Life"

[PubliusMM]

And...

Ballad of the Green Beret, SSgt Barry Sadler

[fatima]

Thanks oust the louse ((((Hugs)))))

[FatherofFive]

Grace. One of the most beautiful songs ever.

Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett was an Irish artist and cartoonist who was active in the Irish Republican movement. She is remembered for marrying Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Jail only a few hours before he was executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising.

As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jaill
I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say we've failed?
From our school days they have told us we must yearn for liberty
Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me

Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger
There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye

Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand
The love I shared for these brave men, the love for my dear land
But when Padrick called me to his side down in the GPO
I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go

Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger
There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye

Now as the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking too
On this May morn as I walk out, my thoughts will be of you
And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone will know
I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose.

Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger
There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye
For we must say goodbye

[Fresh Wind]

Bob Dylan-Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC9_phZdqW4

[Publius]

The Moody Blues: "Dear Diary"

[Delhi Rebels]

Harry Chapin - Cat’s In The Cradle

And "Taxi"...and "Mr. Tanner"...and "WOLD"...and "Cory's Coming"...and...