"I was standing by my window. On one cold and cloudy day. And I saw the hearse come rolling. For to carry my mother away."

"I hurt myself today To see if I still feel, I focus on the pain, The only thing that's real"

I wandered so aimless life filled with sin, I wouldn't let my dear Savior in.

Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night,

Praise the Lord I saw the light.

"See the alligators all a waitin' nearby, Sooner or later they know I'm gonna try."

"I was standing by my window. On one cold and cloudy day. And I saw the hearse come rolling. For to carry my mother away."

Awesome song. :thumb:

"Stand by your man"

 

And

 

"You ain't woman enough to take my man"

"In 1814 we took a little trip

Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip.

We took a little bacon and we took a little beans

And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans."

 

Always loved this as a kid!

A couple more Johnny Horton's...

 

"In May of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun

The Germans had the biggest ship that had the biggest guns

The Bismark was the fastest ship that ever sailed the seas

On her deck were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees"

 

"Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92,

With George Pratt, his partner, and brother, Billy, too.

They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold.

Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome."

 

"When Honest Abe heard the news about your fall

The folks thought he'd call a great vict'ry ball

But he asked the band to play the song Dixie"

This one certainly isn't the most famous, but it might be one of the best:

 

From Confederate Railroad's song, "Trashy Women"

 

You should've seen the looks on the faces of my Dad and Mom,

When I showed up at the door with a date for the senior prom.

They said: "Well, pardon us, son, she ain't no kid.

That's a cocktail waitress in a Dolly Parton wig."

I said: "I know it, dad. Ain't she cool, That's the kind I dig."

Hank, why do you drink?

Hank, why do you roll smoke?

Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?

 

She was hotter than a two dollar pistol, she was the finest thing around.

 

One of my favorites-- Don't cry for me when I'm gone, just put a quarter in the jukebox and sing me back home.

Going back a ways..."Your cheatin' heart will tell on you..."

From my wedding:

 

Every time ours eyes meet, this feeling inside me

Is almost more that I can take......

This one certainly isn't the most famous, but it might be one of the best:

 

From Confederate Railroad's song, "Trashy Women"

 

You should've seen the looks on the faces of my Dad and Mom,

When I showed up at the door with a date for the senior prom.

They said: "Well, pardon us, son, she ain't no kid.

That's a cocktail waitress in a Dolly Parton wig."

I said: "I know it, dad. Ain't she cool, That's the kind I dig."

 

Great song!!

Great song!!

Probably my 3rd favorite of theirs (behind Daddy Never was the Cadillac Kind & Queen of Memphis).

"Picking up hookers instead of my pen, I let the words of my youth slip away."

Love me some Waylon!!!