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









*Video*

[BwanaNdege]

“Dittos”!

[Publius]

The Traveling Wilburys: "Tweeter and the Monkey Man"

[Kathy in Alaska]

Permission Granted!

[SMGFan]

Gilligan’s Island intro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR7qxtgCgY

The Ballad Of Jed Clampett - Lester Flatt ,Earl Scruggs (1962)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_XAPku7SgE

[republicanbred]

Though I can’t stand his politics,I love the stories his music tells. This Jimmy Buffett song is one of my favorites...
“He Went to Paris”

...”Through eighty-six years of perpetual motion
If he likes you he’ll smile and he’ll say
Jimmy, some of it’s magic, some of it’s tragic
But I had a good life all the way.”

[fatima]

Hi
Jimmy4Toes ((((Hugs))))

Rush 2112
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQEgZNqa8jE

[catnipman]

“The Ballad of John Henry” and “The Ballad of Ira Hayes”.

[Irenic]

Sylvia's Mother

House Of The Rising Sun

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

Teen angel

Running Bear

Ode to Billie Joe

Fancy

[henkster]

I’ll break the rules and go with an Album that told a story:

The Who, Quadrophenia. Do I still get a hug?

[Delhi Rebels]

Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate

I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last, never meant to last

[sheikdetailfeather]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TljIfAjx-eI

[fatima]

Thanks aberaussie ((((Hugs)))

Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOZPBUu7Fro

[Publius]

Franz Schubert: "Group from Hell"

[ConservativeStatement]

“Timothy” by the Buoys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNdvKvbxYQ

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[Fiji Hill]

Here are some disaster songs

• Casey Jones--Billy Murray & the American Quartet, 1910 (1900 train wreck)

• The Wreck of the Old 97--Vernon Dalhart, 1924 (1903 train wreck)

• The Storm That Struck Miami--Fiddlin' John Carson (1926 hurricane)

• The Mississippi Flood--Vernon Dalhart, 1927 (1927 flood)

• Dusty Skies--Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 1941 (1930-1939 drought)

• The Wreck of the Titanic--Jeff Calhoun (Vernon Dalhrt), 1927 (1912 shipwreck)

• Little Marian Parker--Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart), 1928 (1927 kidnap-murder)

• The Wreck of the Shenandoah--Vernon Dalhart, 1925 (1925 airship crash)

• The Terrible Mississippi Flood--Arthur Fields, 1927 (1927 flood)

• Dust--The Sons of the Pioneers (with Roy Rogers), 1938 (1930-1939 drought)

[pops88]

“Black Diamond Bay - Bob Dylan”

I loved this song and nice to see someone post Bob Dylan. Another favorite was “Sara,” but I loved almost all of his music. So much good music posted about on this thread. Here’s a new one I like thanks to driving my daughter to school. I finally quit crying when I hear it because I’ve heard it so many times-

A Silent Film - Danny, Dakota & the Wishing Well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jktx9Ro60cI

[fatima]

Hiya Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ((((Hugs))))

The Wind Cries Mary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tQGA1eAbMM

[Publius]

J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: "Last Kiss"

[SMGFan]

I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSGWoXDFM64