classic country

Cajun Baby ( Hank Williams Jr. )

Way down yonder in the Bayou country in dear old Louisan That's where lives my Cajun baby the fairest one in the land Her teeth are white and pearly hair black as coal I wouldn't trade my Cajun baby for the world's gold Way down …

Candy Kisses ( George Morgan )

Candy kisses wrapped in paper Mean more to you than any of mine Candy kisses wrapped in paper You'd rather have them any old time You don't mean it when you whisper Those sweet love words in my ear Candy kisses wrapped in paper Mean …

Can I See You Tonight ( Tanya Tucker )

I don't know where to start now that we're fallen apart How can we talk to heart to heart you're so far away what can I say I've tried to under-stand but things got so out of hand Held out as long as I can …

Can I Sleep in Your Arms ( Willie Nelson )

Can I sleep in your arms tonight lady It's so cold lying here all alone And I have no holds to hold on you I assure you I'll do you no wrong Don't know why but the one I love left me Left me lonely …

Carolyn ( Merle Haggard )

Carolyn let me tell you what I've heard about a man today He didn't come home from work and he went away Till he came to a city bright in the night time like day There they say he met up with some women dressed …

Carroll County Accident ( Porter Wagoner )

Carroll County's pointed out as kind of square The biggest thing that happens is the county fair I guess that's why it seemed like such a big event What we all call the Carroll County accident The wreck was on the highway just inside the …

Cattle Call ( Eddy Arnold )

W-oo h-oo w-oo o-oo ti de W-oo h-oo o-oo o-op I de de W-oo h-oo w-oo o-oo ti de Yod-el od-el lo ti de The cattle are prowling the coyotes are howling Way out where the doggies bawl Where spurs are a-jingling a cowboy is …

Charlie's Shoes ( Billy Walker, Ray Wix )

I'd like to be in Charlie's shoes that's what I always said Cause he had you and every-thing tied with a golden thread Then Charlie left and went away and when I got the news It wasn't long till I was walking round in Charlie's …

Cherokee Fiddle ( Johnny Lee )

When the train pulled into the station He rolled up his sleeve and rosined up his bow Fiddle upside down Orange Blossom Special Cause if you wanna make a living you gotta put on a good show When he´d smell the smoke and the cinders …

Chill Factor ( Merle Haggard )

Seems like every November when the weather gets bad I start to remember all the good times we had The long nights get longer I wish an friend would come by The forecast is zero and the chill factors high You know the chill factors …

China Doll ( Slim Whitman )

I'm tired of crying and all your lying That's why I'm buying a China doll Her eyes are bluer her faults are fewer Her lips are truer my China doll I'd rather have a doll of clay That I could call my own Than someone …

Chiseled In Stone ( Vern Gosdin )

You ran crying to the bedroom I ran off to the bar Another piece of heaven gone to hell The words we spoke in anger just tore my world apart And I sat there feeling sorry for myself Then that old man sat down beside …

Chug-a-lug ( Roger Miller )

Chug-a-lug Chug-a-lug Make you wanna holler hideho Burns your tummy don't you know Chug-a-lug Chug-a-lug Grape wine in a mason jar Homemade and brought to school By a friend of mine after class Me and him and this other fool Decide that we'll drink up …

City Lights ( Ray Price )

A bright array of city lights As far as I can see The great white way shines through the night On lonely guys like me The cabaret's and honky tonks Their flashing signs invite A broken heart to lose itself In the glow of city …

City of New Orleans ( Willie Nelson, Arlo Guthrie, ... )

Riding on the city of New Orleans Illinois central Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Three conductors and twenty five sacks of mail All along the southbound Odyssey The train pulls out of Kankakee And rolls along the houses farms and fields …

Close Up The Honky Tonks ( Buck Owens )

She's in some honky tonk tonight I know She's dancing where the music's loud and lights are low In a crowded bar she likes to hang around And as long as there's a honky tonk she'll never settle down So close up the honky tonks …

Coat Of Many Colors ( Dolly Parton )

Back through the years I go wonderin' once again Back to the seasons of my youth I recall a box of rags that someone gave us And how my momma put the rags to use There were rags of many colors Every piece was small …

Cold Cold Heart ( Hank Williams )

I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt …

Cold Dark Waters ( Porter Wagoner )

In tomorrow's newspaper you'll read about me But they won't tell the story I know For they'll only say he plunged yesterday To the cold dark waters below I guess it all started the day we first met You promised that you'd love me so …

Comanche (The Brave Horse) ( Johnny Horton )

The battle was over at Custer's last stand And taps were sounding for all the brave men While one lone survivor wounded and weak Comanche the Brave Horse lay at the General's feet Comanche you fought hard Comanche you tried You were a good soldier …

Come Early Morning ( Don Williams )

I've been a walking walking in the moonlight Tripping in the starlight Lord and I'm feeling down Walking in the shadows sneaking down the side road Come early morning I'll be there at the edge of town I was a-thinking thinking bout a good thing …

Come On Home And Have Your Next Affair With Me ( Stonewall Jackson )

So your last affair turned out to be a loser And you turned out to be used instead of user Maybe now you know how much it hurts to have love set you free So come on home and have your next affair with me …

Come On In ( Martina McBride, Patsy Cline )

Come on in and sit right down and make yourself at home If I had one wish I wish I could Go back to my old neighborhood Where the good folks they all love you as their own Then I'd go over to my neighbor's …

Come Sundown ( Bobby Bare )

I heard the front door closing softly As I wakened from my sleep With the last touch of her lips Lord Like a whisper on my cheek And I cursed the sun for rising For the worst Lord is yet to come Cause this morning …

Commercial Affection ( Mel Tillis )

I was lonely I guess the night that we met In a tavern down on old Broadway And there were tears in her eyes And she whispered a sigh Stranger please take me out of here But it was only commercial affection Cause a fool …

Counterfeit Love ( Johnny Horton )

Your counterfeit love that you falsi-fied With a broken vow and a million lies And a million lies and a million lies When I want to love you You're always so cold But others tell me You're so warm to hold But your counterfeit love …

Count On Me ( the Statler Brothers )

I can tell by looking you got feelings in your heart You´re hoping no one else can see But you can´t hide feelings from someone who cares Open up and let it out and count on me Count on me (for doing my share) Count …

Country Boy ( Little Jimmy Dickens )

Now I'm just a simple guy But there's one thing sure as shooting I hate those folks that think that they're So doggone high fluting I'd be the same in Hollywood Or right in my own kitchen I believe in fussing when you're mad And …

Country Bumpkin ( Cal Smith )

He walked up to the bar and parked his Lanky frame upon a tall barstool And with a long soft southern drawl said I'll just have a glass of anything that's cool A barroom girl with hard and knowing eyes Slowly looked him up and …

Country Girl ( Dottie West )

I was born a country girl I will die a country girl My world is made of blue skies and sunshine Green fields and butterflies I'm so glad I'm a country girl Birds sing good morning country girl And I sleep to the sounds of …

Country Is ( Tom T. Hall )

Country is sitting on the back porch Listen to the whippoorwills late in the day Country is minding your business Helping a stranger if he comes your way Country is living in the city Knowing your people knowing your kind Country is what you make …

Country Sunshine ( Dottie West, Bill Davis, ... )

I was raised on country sun-shine green grass beneath my feet Running through fields of daisies a wading through the creek You love me and it's inviting to go where life is more exciting But I was raised on country sunshine I was raised on …

Coward Of The County ( Kenny Rogers )

Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county. He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong. His mama named him Tommy, the folks just called him yellow, but something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong. He was only ten years …

Cowgirls Don't Cry ( Brooks & Dunn )

Her daddy gave her, her first pony. Then taught her to ride. She climbed high in that saddle. Fell I don't know how many times. He taught her a lesson that she learned. Maybe a little too well. Cowgirls don't cry. Ride, baby, ride. Lessons …

Crazy ( Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline )

Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted And then someday you'd leave me for somebody new Oooh, duru, duru, duru, Worry, why do I let myself worry? Ahh, …

Crazy Dreams ( Patsy Cline )

I had a dream last night that I held you And you still seemed as handsome to me But when I awoke I found you missing It's just another Crazy Dream for me Crazy Dreams linger on As I face an empty dawn With no …

Cross the Brazos at Waco ( Billy Walker )

On the Chisolm Trail it was midnight Carmella was strong on his mind Because of the life he had chosen Carmella had left him behind Too long he had been El Bandito Carmella had left him alone But today someone brought a message She had …

Cry Cry Again ( Tammy Wynette )

I put my little girl to bed with teardrops in her eyes All day I've tried to comfort her and louder were her cries I left her there to say her prayers and stepped outside the door The prayer I heard was one I knew …

Crying My Heart Out Over You ( Ricky Skaggs )

Off somewhere the music´s playing soft and low And another holds the one that I love so I was blind I could not see That you meant the world to me But like a fool I stood and watched you go Now I´m crying my …

Crying Time ( Buck Owens )

Oh it's crying time again your gonna leave me I can see that far away look in your eyes I can tell by the way you hold me darling That it won't be long before its crying time Now they say that absence makes the …

Crystal Chandeliers ( Charlie Pride )

All the crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall The marble statuettes are standing stately in the hall But will the timely crowd that has you laughing loud help you dry your tears When the new wears off of your crystal chandeliers I …

Cup Of Loneliness ( George Jones, Burl Stephens )

I see Christian pilgrims so redeemed from sin Called out of darkness a new life to begin Were you ever in the valley when the way is dark and dim Did you ever drink the cup of loneliness with Him Did you ever have them …

Daddy ( Donna Fargo )

Well I'm finally gonna write you that letter That was owed you for a long long time I can't say much for me But I do hope that ya'll are doing fine Well how is Berry and Virginia Are they still living down on the …

Daddy Frank ( Merle Haggard )

Daddy Frank played the guitar and the French harp Sister played the ringing tambourine Mama couldn't hear our pretty music She read our lips and helped the family sing That little band was all a part of living And our only means of living at …

Daddy Sang Bass ( Johnny Cash )

I remember when I was a lad Times were hard and things were bad But there's a silver linin' behind every cloud Just poor people that's all we were Tryin' to make a livin' out of blackland dirt But we'd get together in a family …

Daddy What If ( Bobby Bare, Bobby Bare Jr. )

Daddy what if the sun stop shining What would happen then If the sun stopped shining you'd be so surprised You'd stare at the heavens with wide open eyes And the wind would carry your light to the skies And the sun would start shining …

Dang Me ( Roger Miller )

Boo boo boo boo boo boo boo bam Baaa boo boo bam boom boo boo boo boo bam Baaa boo boo boom bum boo boo boo boo boo Well here I sit a high a getting ideas Ain't nothing but a fool would live like …

Daytime Friends ( Kenny Rogers )

And he'll tell her he's working late again But she knows too well there's something going on She's been neglected and she needs a friend So her trembling fingers dial the telephone Lord it hurts her doing this again He's the best friend that her …

Death At The Bar ( Kitty Wells, Jack Anglin )

Listen drunkards to the story I tell There´s evil in a place where there´s whiskey to sell When down the whiskey road you´ve traveled to far Drunkards you´ll meet death at the bar Why the misery of death in sin When Jesus is pleading for …

Delta Dawn ( Tanya Tucker )

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 …