Posted on 07/09/2015 5:43:15 PM PDT by Michael.SF.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asxrMSVrJ08
Blake Shelton - Ol’ Red
Well I caught my wife with another man
And it cost me ninety nine
On a prison farm in Georgia
Close to the Florida line
Well I’d been here for two long years
I finally made the warden my friend
And so he sentenced me to a life of ease
Taking care of Ol Red
Now Ol’ Red he’s the damnedest dog that I’ve ever seen
Got a nose that can smell a two day trail
He’s a four legged tracking machine
You can consider yourself mighty lucky
To get past the gators and the quicksand beds
But all these years that I’ve been here
Ain’t nobody got past Red
[chorus]
And the warden sang
Come on somebody
Why don’t you run
Ol’ Red’s itchin’ to have a little fun
Get my lantern
Get my gun
Red’ll have you treed before the mornin’ comes
The theme from “Dukes of Hazzard”: “Good Ol’ Boys”
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))
Mom update? Did you get to talk to her? Pain management any better?
Prayers continue for both of you.
Thanks, aomagrat.
A Short Life of Trouble
Railroad Bill
Another song with soooo many covers.
This version is great: Long Black Veil - Chieftans w/ Mick Jagger
“Hail to the Chief.” currently...
The old home town looks the same
As I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my mama and my papa
Down the road I look and there runs Mary
Hair of gold and the lips like cherries
Its good to touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, theyll all come to meet me
Arms reachin, smiling sweetly
Oh, its good to touch the green, green grass of home
The old house is still standing
Though the paint is cracked and dry
And theres that old oak tree that I used to play on
Yeah, down the lane Ill walk with my sweet Mary
Hair of gold and the lips like cherries
Its good to touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, theyll all come to meet me
Arms reachin, smiling sweetly
Oh, its good to touch the green, green grass of home
Then I awake and look around me
At four gray walls that surround me
And I realize I was only dreamin
Theres a guard and theres a sad old padre
Arm and arm well walk at daybreak again
Ill touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, theyll all come to see me
In the shade of that old tree
As I lay me in the green, green grass of home
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Green, Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5CdDpe87eM
It is from some crap French prison movie, but it has a haunting sound to it (you have to give it a chance, not 30 seconds):
Mack the Knife Jimmie Dale Gilmore aka Smokey in the Big Lebowski
Yes, that’s it! Thank you! ;-)
LOL, well, maybe he was 19?
“As I lay me in the green, green grass of home”
Last line should be: “As (THEY) lay me in the green, green grass of home”
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