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





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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









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[MHGinTN]

Thanks, just writing about it brought the tune back into my head and I realized the voice wasn’t Goldsboro’s. Appreciate the correction though.

[Kathy in Alaska]

gorush!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

wastedyears!!

[Publius]

Vicki Lawrence: "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"

[Fiji Hill]

Hold the Line--the Weavers (1950)--The story of the 1949 Peekskill riots--a view from left field.

[Dante3]

“I Sang Dixie” - Dwight Yoakum

[MHGinTN]

Funny story from about the time that song came out.

We had just bought our first house, a split foyer, and the first Saturday in that house I was kind of afraid my son —who was only four— would have trouble finding little firends on the cul de sac. I had been out of town all week and awoke Saturday morning to the TV in the downsatirs den blaring. Went to the kitchen and could not find any cereal or milk! Down in the den, my son had two little girls with him on the floor feasting on cereals and watching cartoons. He was a cute little guy ...

[DuncanWaring]

Said to be a biography of Alexander Solzhenitsyn (sp?).

[Publius]

Pete Seeger: "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy"

[HiTech RedNeck]

http://soundcloud.com/daniel-levy-6/demo-01-rednecksbuiltamerica

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and rest well, fatima...((HUGS))...I can help when I get home. Thank you!!!

[Delhi Rebels]

That line about taking the neighborhood to the show and the money tree just stuck in my head somehow. It’s been there since I can remember.

[Kathy in Alaska]

jaz!!

[Slicksadick]

Bob Seger, Against the Wind.
Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue.

[Publius]

The Beatles: "Eleanor Rigby"

[Pharmboy]

Songwriters: FOGELBERG, DAN
Met my old lover in the
grocery store
The snow was falling Christmas Eve
I stole behind her in the
frozen foods
And I touched her on the sleeve
She didn’t recognize the
face at first
But then her eyes flew
open wide
She went to hug me and she
spilled her purse
And we laughed until we cried.
We took her groceries to the
checkout stand
The food was totalled up and
bagged
We stood there lost in our
embarrassment
As the conversation dragged.
We went to have ourselves
a drink or two
But couldn’t find an open bar
We bought a six-pack at
the liquor store
And we drank it in her car.
We drank a toast to
innocence
We drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond
the emptiness
But neither one knew how.
She said she’d married her
an architect
Who kept her warm and safe
and dry
She would have liked to say she
loved the man
But she didn’t like to lie.
I said the years had been a
friend to her
And that her eyes were still
as blue
But in those eyes I wasn’t
sure if I saw
Doubt or gratitude.
She said she saw me in the
record stores
And that I must be doing well
I said the audience was
heavenly
But the traveling was hell.
We drank a toast to
innocence
We drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond
the emptiness
But neither one knew how.
We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to time
Reliving in our eloquence
Another ‘auld lang syne’...
The beer was empty and our
tongues were tired
And running out of things to say
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
And I watched her drive away.
Just for a moment I was
back at school
And felt that old familiar pain
And as I turned to make
my way back home
The snow turned into rain —

[luvie]

LOL! Who knew! Thanks, Kathy! :)

[Publius]

Phil Ochs: "Crucifixion"

[just deserts]

Skynard - Curtis Lowe
Emerson Lake and Palmer - Benny the Bouncer
Frank Zappa - Cosmik Debris

[Fiji Hill]

Sloop John B--Blind Blake Higgs, 1952

Stack O Lee (aka Stagger Lee)--Archibald, 1950

Saturday Night Fish Fry--Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, 1949