FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops: YeeHaw! ~ 18 October 2025

The Canteen Crew and FRiend

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

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Tunes For Our Troops

~ The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents: YeeHaw!

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Warning: Not all music may be appropriate for children!
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Tunes For The Troops
 

 


This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops,
Veterans, Allies & their families!

Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen DJs provide throughout the thread.
Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops!

All music is removed on Monday.
Thanks to all the DJs for their time & effort
providing entertainment for the Troops!

*Canteen Mission Statement*

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

 

 

Patsy Montana & KMBC Texas Rangers–I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart	John Michael Montgomery - Sold
Montgomery Gentry – My Town	The Sons of The Pioneers – Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Texas Jim Robertson - Riding Old Paint (and Leading Old Dan)	Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys - Sing Song Kitty
Stringbean - Hillbilly Fever	George Strait & Alan Jackson -Murder on The Music Row
Terri Clark - Girls Lie Too	Reba McEntire - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

[PROCON]

IT'S FRIDAY!!

LET'S ROCK THE CANTEEN WITH

TUNES FOR OUR TROOPS!!

LET'S GET THIS SHOW OFF THE GROUND!!

[Fiji Hill]

Wah Hoo--Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers (1936)

[Fiji Hill]

Everybody's Truckin'--The Modern Mountaineers (1937)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...hope your week has gone well.

More rain and wind here.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Fiji Hill]

Here's the Queen of Country Western Music!

Hollywood Square Dance--Vera Lynn with Anne Shelton (1950)

Her name is mentioned in this tune.

Let's Harmonize--Vera Lynn with Anne Shelton (1950)

[Fiji Hill]

A Home on the Range--Vernon Dalhart (1927)

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Tunes For Our Troops: YeeHaw! ~

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Honoring those who have served before.

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NOTE: CANTEEN MUSIC
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for the enjoyment of our troops and visitors.

[Fiji Hill]

My great aunt, who lived in Montrose, Colo. loved to play this song on the organ. She lived for more than a century.

Moonlight on the Colorado--Dick Robertson & His Collegians (1930)

[Songcraft]

"Mountain Dew" - The Stanley Brothers

[Fiji Hill]

My mother loved to sing this song.

When the Bloom Is on the Sage--The Beverly Hillbillies (1930)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Fiji...fabulous old country. ((HUGS))

[Fiji Hill]

This tune dates back to 1860.

Wildwood Flower--The Carter Family (1929)

[Fiji Hill]

Good evening, Kathy. Great theme tonight.

[Songcraft]

"I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Some Day)" - John Anderson

[left that other site]

Country and Gospel Kiss:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyiGHFGCf2U

(Hank Williams)

[Fiji Hill]

If you become a senior citizen, do so with caution.

Old and In the Way--Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers (1928)

[Beowulf9]

I did not know there was a group called The Beverly Hillbillies, how interesting!

Nice song :) Good voice :)

[Fiji Hill]

The House of the Rising Sun--The Carolina Tarheels (1933)