classic country

Pictures ( the Statler Brothers )

Here's the picture that we took in Cincinnati The time we saw that big league baseball game Here's the picture that we took in Printer's Alley Down in Nashville when we met old what's his name Here's one of me in my old '60 Chevy …

Play Guitar Play ( Conway Twitty )

Play guitar play take me back to yesterday Let me see cotton growing in the fields Let me hear my momma calling look a yonder y'all who's coming Down the road he's coming home but they know I never will I left them living with …

Po Folks ( Bill Anderson )

There's a whole lot of people looking down their noses at me Cause I didn't come from a wealthy family There were ten of us living in a two room shack On the banks of the river by the railroad tracks We kept chickens in …

Poor Little John ( Roger Miller )

Little John lived on a mountainside Never thought much about taking on a bride Finally he upped till he married one day She didn´t like the country so she done runned away Poor little john Poor Little John Your momma used to love you but …

Pop A Top Again ( Jim Ed Brown )

Pop A Top Again I've just got time for one more round Set 'em up my friend Then I'll be gone and you can let Some other fool set down I'd like for you to listen to A joke I heard today From a woman …

Pure Love ( Ronnie Milsap )

Pure love baby it's pure love Milk and honey and Captain Krunch and you in the morning Pure love baby it's pure love Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love I wake up with sunshine Laying beside me And bluebirds singing right outside my …

Queen Of The House ( Jody Miller )

Up every day at six bacon and eggs to fix Four kids from 1 to 4 pretty soon there'll be one more I got four floors to wax and scrub And there's a dirty old ring in the tub I'll get a maid some day …

Rainbow At Midnight ( Ernest Tubb )

After the war was over I was coming home to you I saw a rainbow at midnight Out on the ocean blue The stars in heaven were shining The moon gave its light from above I saw your face in this rainbow And it made …

Rainy Day Woman ( Waylon Jennings )

Oh rainy day woman I never seem to see you for the good time or the sunshine You have been a friend of mine rainy day woman That woman of mine she ain't happy Till she finds something wrong and someone to blame If it …

Rainy Night In Georgia ( Conway Twitty, Sam Moore )

Hovering by my suitcase Trying to find a warm place to spend the night Heavy raindrops falling Seems I hear your voice a-calling it´s alright A rainy night in Georgia A rainy night in Georgia Lord I believe it´s raining all over the world Feel …

Randy ( Dolly Parton )

Randy in your eyes I see the promise of a future The promise of a love like I have never known Randy cradled in your arms I feel like I'm in heaven And heaven knows I've needed someone like you for so long So Randy …

Rawhide ( Frankie Laine, The Blues Brothers )

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rawhide Keep Rollin' rollin' rollin', though the streams are swollen keep them doggies rollin', Rawhide! Through rain and wind and weather, hell bent for leather, wishin' my gal was by my side. All …

Reasons to Quit ( Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson )

Reasons to quit the smoke and beer don't do me like before And I'm hardly ever sober and my old friends Don't come round much anymore Reasons to quit the low is always lower than the high And the reasons for quitting don't outnumber all …

Red Bandana ( Merle Haggard )

We left home when were barely past eleven-teen We've been back and fourth and all around through hail and rain I've loved you half of your life and I´ll keep on loving you But I can't change and live the way you want me to …

Red Headed Stranger ( Willie Nelson )

The red-headed stranger from Blue Rock, Montana Rode into town one day And under his knees was a raging black stallion And walking behind was a bay The red-headed stranger had eyes like thunder And lips that were sad and tight His little lost love …

Red River Valley ( Marty Robbins )

From this valley they say you are leaving We shall miss your bright eyes and sweet smile For you take with you all of the sunshine That has brighten our pathway a while Come and sit by my side if you love me Do not …

Remember Me ( Willie Nelson )

You told me once you were mine alone forever And I was yours till the end of eternity But all those vows are broken now and I will never Be the same except in memory Remember me when the candle lights are gleaming Remember me …

Rest Your Love On Me ( Conway Twitty )

Maybe you don’t know me any more than I know you And I wouldn’t blame you if you walked away I’ve been watching you all evening With those teardrops in your eyes And it touches me much more than I can say You know I …

Return To Me ( Marty Robbins )

Return to me oh my dear I'm so lonely Hurry back hurry back oh my love hurry back I am yours Return to me for my heart wants you only Hurry home hurry home won't you please hurry home to my heart My darling if …

Rhinestone Cowboy ( Glen Campbell )

[] [] I've been walkin' these streets so long Singin' the same old song I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway [] Where hustle's the name of the game And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain [] …

Ribbon Of Darkness ( Marty Robbins )

Ribbon of darkness over me since my true love walked out the door Tears I never had before ribbon of darkness over me Clouds are gathering over my head they chill the day and hide the sun And shroud the night when day is done …

Ride Me Down Easy ( Bobby Bare )

Hey ride me down easy Lord ride me on down Leave word in the dust where I lay Say I'm easy come easy go And easy to love when I stay The highway she's hotter than nine kinds of hell The rides they as scarce …

Riding With Private Malone ( David Ball )

I was just out of the service thumbing through the classifieds When an ad that said old Chevy somehow caught my eye The Lady didn't know the year or even if it ran But I had that thousand dollars in my hand It was way …

Ridin My Thumb to Mexico ( Johnny Rodriguez )

This old highway seems so lonesome when you're going where you've been And a lonesome song can make you cry time and time again If I had listened to a friend of mine ten years ago today I'd have a better job than what I've …

Right or Wrong ( Bob Wills )

Right or w-rong I'll always love you Though you're gone I can't forget Right or wrong I'll keep on dreaming Still I wake with the same old regret All along I knew I'd lose you Though I prayed that you'd be true In your heart …

Ring of fire ( Johnny Cash )

Love is a burning thing and it makes a fiery ring Bound by wild desire I fell into a ring of fire I fell in to a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down and the flames went higher and it burns, burns …

Rock And Roll Hotel ( Bobby Bare )

If you ever get down to Nashville way And you're looking for a laid back place to stay You ain't got too much money to pay I know a spot that's got to blow you away Just ring the bell on the Rock and Roll …

Rocky Top ( Lynn Anderson )

Wish that I was on old Rocky Top down in the Tennessee hills Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top ain't no telephone bills Once I had a man on Rocky Top half bear the other half cat Wild as a mink but sweet as …

Rodeo Romeo ( Moe Bandy )

He’ll dust off his hat clean out his old pickup truck He’s going playing when he should be praying for luck Cause tomorrow he’s riding the meanest bull he’ll ever see But tonight he’ll forget all about it He’s heading for some cowgirls dream He’s …

Roly Poly ( Bob Wills )

ROLY POLY eatin' corn n' 'taters Hungry ev'ry minute of the day ROLY POLY gnawin' on a biscuit Long as he can chew it it's OK He can eat an apple pie An' never even bat an eye He likes everything from soup to hay …

Room Full of Roses ( Mickey Gilley )

If I sent a rose to you For every time you made me blue You'd have a room full of ro—ses If I sent a rose of white For every time I cried all night You'd have a room full of roses And if you …

Rose in Paradise ( Waylon Jennings )

She was a flower for the taking Her beauty cut just like a knife He was a banker from Macon He swore he'd love her all his life He bought her a mansion on the hillside With a formal garden and a lot a land …

Rose Marie ( Slim Whitman )

Oh Rose my Rose Marie Oh Rose Marie I love you I'm always dreaming of you No [F G7]matter what I do I can't forget you Sometimes I wish that I'd never met you And yet if I should lose you T'would mean my very …

Rough On The Living ( Bobby Bare )

His picture was in all the papers They said that a legend had passed The late evening news did a special report And swore that his memory would last They're playing his records all weekend Praising the life that he lived Nashville is rough on …

Ruby ( Kenny Rogers )

You've painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair. Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere? The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down Oh Ru-----by----- Don't Take your love to town It wasn't me that started that …

Ruby Ann ( Marty Robbins )

I said hello to the man who tried to win your hand a long time ago I tried a smile as he talked of the days when he was your beau But I could see he was a shaming me When he talked of his …

Running Bear ( Sonny James )

On the bank of a river Stood Running Bear young Indian Brave On the other side of the water Stood his lovely Indian maid Little White Dove was-a her name Such a lovely sight to see But their tribes fought with each other So their …

Running Gun ( Marty Robbins )

I rode out of Kansas City going south to Mexico I was running dodging danger left the girl that I love so Far behind lay Kansas City and the past that I had earned Twenty notches on my six gun marked the lessons I had …

Rye Whiskey ( Tex Ritter )

Jack O' Diamonds Jack O' Diamonds and I know you of old You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold It's a whiskey you villain you've been my downfall You've kicked me you've cuffed me but I loves you for all It's a whiskey …

Salute To A Switchblade ( Tom T. Hall )

Me and Yates an army buddy of mine Were doing three years in Germany at the time We came upon these Frauleins in the bar Yates said darf isch zee be-gleit-en they said ya And darf isch zee be-gleit-en means can we sit with you …

Same Old Me ( George Jones )

With time my face has wrinkled But my blue eye still sparkle with the love I felt for you the day we met And to me you're just as lovely As the first time I saw you Times have changed but Our love hasn't yet …

Sam Hill ( Jimmy Dean )

There's a certain hill outside of town called Sam Hill And a certain guy used to go there every day They said a certain girl lived up in Sam Hill Aw a pretty girl not hep to city ways This certain guy would come down …

San Antonio Rose ( Bob Wills )

[C C7]Deep within my heart lies a mel-ody A song of old San Antone Where in dreams I live with a mem-ory Beneath the stars all alone It was there I found beside the Alamo Enchantment strange as the blue up above A moonlit pass …

San Antonio Stroll ( Tanya Tucker )

When I was a child down in South Caroline Soon's the Saturday sun went on down My folks and sister would go and leave me home all alone Going to that big square dance in town Well my old radio would play that old opry …

Satisfied Mind ( Porter Wagoner )

How many ti-mes have you heard someone say If I had his money I would do things my way But little they know that it's so hard to find One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind Once I was living in fortune and …

Sawmill ( Mel Tillis )

Well once I was a slave at the sawmill Talk about a poor boy talk about a poor boy Never saw a dollar bill My work was so hard at the sawmill Think about a poor boy think about a poor boy When you go …

Say It Again ( Don Williams )

Oh all I needed was one look One magic moment was all it took From that moment I loved you so Now that I've found you I'm never gonna let you go So come on say it say it again It sounds so good say …

Say Its Not You ( George Jones )

Darling there's talk around town Bout a girl who spreads love around With soft lips and eyes crystal blue Darling say it's not you They say that she comes in alone And stays till self respect is gone And each night she leaves with someone …

Scarlet Fever ( Kenny Rogers )

I stood outside the Lucky Star staring at the flashing sign It read come on in and watch young Scarlet's body come alive Let her dance for you and cast her spell You'll swear you can believe her Be careful not to catch the scarlet …

Sea Of Heartbreak ( Don Gibson )

The lights in the harbor don't shine for me I'm like a lost ship lost on the sea The sea of heartbreak lost love and loneliness Memories of your caress so divine how I wish You were mine again my dear I'm on a sea …