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*

[Fiji Hill]

The Story of My Life--Alma Cogan, 1958

The Story of My Life--Dave King, 1958

[Skooz]

El Paso - Marty Robbins

Black Diamond Bay - Bob Dylan

Isus - Bob Dylan

[reasonisfaith]

Kenny Rogers “Coward of the County”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnmfbLiRng&feature=related

This one is even better:

Randy Travis “Three Wooden Crosses”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHPgk-tCaks

[Publius]

America: "A Horse With No Name"

[DuncanWaring]

+1 on “Mr. Tanner”.

[BlueDragon]

Mr. Bojangles was written by Jerry Jeff Walker. I think I prefer one of his versions, or the one by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band that made the charts.

DAVID BROMBERG:
This is really a true story, you know, a lot of people have heard the song, and... Well, at least, Jerry Jeff tells me it's a true... true story.

I played guitar with Jerry Jeff Walker for about two years and we... we did this song every night for two years., and I never got tired of it. Jerry got a little tired of it -- at night, after the clubs would close, we'd do horrible things to it...

'Twas a true story, he... this guy, Bojangles, was a... he was a street dancer in New Orleans, and what he'd do, he'd go from bar to bar and... he'd put money in the juke box, or get somebody else to do it... And then he'd either dance or pantomime the tune. And for that, people would buy him drinks and get him pretty drunk, and then he'd go on to the next bar, and the next one, until it was closing time... and then he'd go on, the next night. After a few nights of this, he'd end up on the corner, and the cops would pick him up and then take him to the drunk tank -- this is where Jerry Jeff met him.

Jerry Jeff wasn't there on a research project -- I mean, the way I got that story, I may have that wrong, but the way I got that is that he propositioned the right woman at the right time and the wrong place -- and her husband, the bartender... called the cops, and they took Jerry to the... Parish jail. And he and this guy just talked for three days in the cell about what've you got...

[Publius]

Kenny Rogers: "The Gambler"

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[reasonisfaith]

Tanya Tucker “What’s Your Mama’s Name Child”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfjraLge1gk

[dfwgator]

A Quick One (While He’s Away) - The Who

[Publius]

Billy Joel: "Piano Man"

[Proud2BeRight]

Dead Man’s Curve. Jan & Dean

It Was a Very Good Year. Sinatra

[republicanbred]

Don Williams... “Good Ole’ Boys Like Me”

“I can still hear the soft southern winds in the live oak trees...”

Such a beautiful song it almost hurts. :)

[Noob1999]

“I am a lineman for the county——

Glen Campbell

[SoFloFreeper]

“He’s Alive” by Don Francisco
link: http://youtu.be/DKxD8WnSYqQ

“Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot
link: http://youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A

“The Sheep and the Goats” by Keith Green
link: http://youtu.be/Exr3GK_8kbU

[Delhi Rebels]

“Fields of Athenry”. Look it up. It’s great.

[BwanaNdege]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB8G0SFmJ1g
Jud Strunk - Daisy a Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv1nTsxNWJ4
Kathy Mattea - Where’ve You Been?

[sheikdetailfeather]

El Paso (Full-Length Version) - Marty Robbins

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

[Publius]

Billy Joel: "Allentown"

[reasonisfaith]

David Ball “Riding With Private Malone”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh1m0eC1004