Biggest Saddest TearJerkin' Country songs ever?

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 4 Dec 2004 11:28 pm

How about Merle's "Wakeup", and Henson Cargil's "Silence on the line", also covered by Chris Ledeux? What are your favorites?

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 5 Dec 2004 12:18 am

Porter & Dolly's "Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark" - that's really sad!

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Graham · Post by **Graham** » 5 Dec 2004 3:14 am

Think I Would have to go with Hermann Lammers Meyer - They Stole My Steel Guitar.

Don't get no sadder than that!

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Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 5 Dec 2004 3:27 am

I did a demo session for Jimmy Peppers (BMI) this summer. One of the songs is a "sad" one. "If I can't Be Your Number One". The hook in the song is "If I can't be your number one then number two on you".

If you don't recognize the name, he was the drummer in the mid 60's for Ferlin Husky, with Terry Bethel on steel and Jimmy Capps on lead. He was George Jones' band manager in the late 60/70's area and was the producer on the last Mel Street album. He has about 130 songs listed on the BMI site and has had several hits including Jack Greene's "Love Takes Good Care Of Me", both Dottie West and Tammy Wynette recorded his "Forever Yours" and George Jones songs "Playing Possum" and "Tonight I Just Don't Give A Damn". Jimmy is semi-retired (musician's seem to never fully retire) and lives near me. Jimmy was our drummer when we toured with Tommy Cash two years ago.

Barbara Hennerman · Post by **Barbara Hennerman** » 5 Dec 2004 3:53 am

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ROBERT MYERS · Post by **ROBERT MYERS** » 5 Dec 2004 4:46 am

How about "Raggedy Ann" or "Rose's for Momma"

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Pat Jenkins · Post by **Pat Jenkins** » 5 Dec 2004 5:59 am

Ferlin Husky-Room For A Boy, Never Used

Pat

Kevin Macneil Brown · Post by **Kevin Macneil Brown** » 5 Dec 2004 6:35 am

"The Last Letter", especially the way Jack Greene delivered it with the Texas Troubadours. That'd make granite shed a tear

Charles French · Post by **Charles French** » 5 Dec 2004 6:43 am

Soldiers Last Letter-E.T.
I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling-Bill Monroe

Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 5 Dec 2004 6:47 am

How Far is Heaven Kitty Wells

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Tony Farr · Post by **Tony Farr** » 5 Dec 2004 7:53 am

Stonewall Jackson, "Daddy I'll Go Get The Tool Box, And You Can Fix Our Broken Home"

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 5 Dec 2004 8:20 am

Bob Gallion "Six Pall Bearers"

"...Maybe it's better but I don't understand
why God would take the woman and leave the children and a man...

...Down to the graveyard where the weeping willows weep
Six pall bearers crying and my baby lies asleep"

Archie Nicol · Post by **Archie Nicol** » 5 Dec 2004 8:26 am

Every slow tune done by Jimmy Day.

Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 5 Dec 2004 9:22 am

'Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me?' ---Ray Price/Willie Nelson { Buddy Emmons on steel}

Greg Simmons · Post by **Greg Simmons** » 5 Dec 2004 10:27 am

Buddy Miller's "Garage Sale", on the Hightone Compiliation 'Points West - New Horizons In Country Music'

He saw the sign "Garage Sale" in the better part of town,
The crowd was thick and noisy, he took a look around.
Everything was marked so low we could not believe our eyes,
When our arms were full we asked the man, "figure up the price".

"You two must be newlyweds", he said without a smile,
And feeling strange I said we were, he studied us awhile.
And in a voice that seemed to falter he said "Come over here with me",
"Yeah, I'll show you some of our old things that you can have for free".

"You can take the table, I don't eat the way I did before,
And the king sized bed we barely used, I don't sleep much anymore.
I've tried to sell these memories that bring me to despair,
But someone would have to buy my mind we live forever there."

We didn't know just what to do as he offered rugs and chairs,
Until at last he said, "Take anything that you find anywhere.
And take these remnants of a broken home and give them one that lasts,
And while you collect your future, I'm disposing of my past."

"You can take the table, I don't eat the way I did before,
And the king sized bed we barely used, I don't sleep much anymore.
I've tried to sell these memories that bring me to despair,
But someone would have to buy my mind we live forever there.

But someone would have to find my mind... we live...forever...there."[This message was edited by Greg Simmons on 06 December 2004 at 12:43 PM.]

Don LaCourse · Post by **Don LaCourse** » 5 Dec 2004 10:33 am

Air mail to heaven, Carl Smith

Post by **Joey Ace** » 5 Dec 2004 10:38 am

"Mama Hated Diesels" - Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airman, Bobby Black on Steel

Colm Chomicky · Post by **Colm Chomicky** » 5 Dec 2004 10:52 am

I'll vote for "Mama hated Diesels" also.

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 5 Dec 2004 11:11 am

Speaking of the Commander, how 'bout "Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues"?

Jack Francis · Post by **Jack Francis** » 5 Dec 2004 11:19 am

"HE STOPPED LOVIN' HER TODAY"

Ol' George get's my vote.

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 5 Dec 2004 12:08 pm

The saddest country song I've EVER heard just has to be: "I've Got Tears in my ears, From Lyin' on my back, in my bed while I cry over You"...... by Homer Haynes & Jethro Burns, et al.

James Cann · Post by **James Cann** » 5 Dec 2004 12:42 pm

"Sandy Sends Her Best" - Waylon Jennings. This one's a real wrench![This message was edited by James Cann on 07 December 2004 at 08:12 PM.]

Archie Nicol · Post by **Archie Nicol** » 5 Dec 2004 2:45 pm

`Mama Hated Diesels`. Don't worry 'bout it, just a song somebody made up, no big deal.
`Seeds And Stems`. Get those hankies and sponges at ready.
Do you think they were not taking things too seriously?

Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 5 Dec 2004 3:01 pm

I did a demo session for Jimmy Peppers (BMI) this summer. One of the songs is a "sad" one. "If I can't Be Your Number One". The hook in the song is "If I can't be your number one then number two on you".

Was this the old Roger Miller song that he did on his TV show back in the late 60's?