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





*Video*

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*

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I knows the real redneck country and I knows the real metal rock too...

So does David Coe with Pantera here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0jk2wK-fSQ

[Dante3]

"Ballad of Tom Dooley" (there are also two recent novels about this true case)

"Engine No. 9" by Hamper McBee
"Barbara Allen"
"Long Black Veil"
"Tennessee Women's Prison" Wanda Jackson

[Kathy in Alaska]

novemberslady!!

[doug from upland]

WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE -— a Clinton history lesson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0ho_pDH2fU

[MHGinTN]

Oops! That was maybe Bobby Russell that did Saturday Morning Confusion. ... But Goldsboro’s ‘Honey’ still dampens these old eyes.

[Dante3]

"Ballad of Tom Dooley" (there are also two recent novels about this true case)

"Engine No. 9" by Hamper McBee
"Barbara Allen"
"Long Black Veil"
"Tennessee Women's Prison" Wanda Jackson

[fatima]

Hi Delhi Rebels ((((Hugs))))

Harry Chapin - Corey’s Coming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqZ-rkuUGKE

[Publius]

Gustav Mahler: "Reveille"

Best accompanied by a painting by Goya.

[Teotwawki]

Long Tall Glasses - Leo Sayer
One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash

[fatima]

Hiya Fiji Hill ((((Hugs))))

[Jemian]

Also,

The Green Mountain Boys,
The Whistling, Gypsy Rover, and
Rikety, Tikety, Tin,

all sung by The Womenfolk.

[Publius]

The Searchers: "Love Potion #9"

[fatima]

Thanks for your help everyone with the Troop thread.Gotta run but will be back tom.God bless,Fatima

[Billthedrill]

Roads To Moscow by Al Stewart. Known to bring WWII vets to tears. Ferocious 12-string work.

Two broken Tigers on fire in the night,
Flicker their souls to the wind,
We wait in the lines for the final approach to begin.

[Michael.SF.]

Excellent choice, as are many other Guy Clark songs.

Another of my favorites of his: Let Him Roll.

BTW, if you search out Johnny Cash's video of this song Cameo appearnces are made by: Guy Clark, Joe Ely and I believe Jimmy Dale Gilmore.

[Kathy in Alaska]

w h !!
Thanks, unique, for the woohoo!!

fatima.....#50!!
GSWarrior.....#100!!
Luv.....#150!!
Kartographer.....#200!!

[Publius]

Noel Harrison: "A Young Girl of 16"

Translated from the French.

[Fiji Hill]

“De’ Titanic” by Leadbelly

You can hear Ledbelly tell his version of the Titanic story here.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Snake Farm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jNWPUFNA2U

[workerbee]

Adding on to #191 --

how could I forget:

There Goes My Life Kenny Chesney
I Go Back Kenny Chesney
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot
If You're Reading This Tim McGraw