Saddest country song?

Howard Tate · Post by **Howard Tate** » 11 Jan 2006 10:45 am

Softly as I leave you, by Elvis Presley.

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Jason Powers · Post by **Jason Powers** » 11 Jan 2006 11:13 am

Knoxville Girl-Wilburn Brothers (also the Louvin Brothers)
Veil Of White Lace-Mel Tillis
Cold, Cold Hands-Johnny Bush
Little Rosa-Webb Pierce, Red Sovine

Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 11 Jan 2006 11:20 am

How Far is Heaven Kitty Wells

Smokey Fennell · Post by **Smokey Fennell** » 11 Jan 2006 11:25 am

The saddest one for me is "Down To Seeds and Stems" - Commander Cody. I sing this one and I always get choked up when it comes to "Well, my dog died just yesterday and left me all alone."

John Ummel · Post by **John Ummel** » 11 Jan 2006 11:38 am

Keith Whitley singing "Tell Laurie I Love Her"...

Charley Adair · Post by **Charley Adair** » 11 Jan 2006 11:55 am

"Country Bumpkin" & "Chisled In Stone"
I've lived those songs. Not a good feeling.

Daryl Singletery does "You Aint Heard Nothin Yet"[This message was edited by Charley Adair on 11 January 2006 at 12:07 PM.]

Chuck Hall · Post by **Chuck Hall** » 11 Jan 2006 12:17 pm

Gotta be Chisled in Stone by Verne. I lost a wife to breast cancer 15 years ago and could not play that song without breaking down for a couple of years after.

Billy Murdoch · Post by **Billy Murdoch** » 11 Jan 2006 12:26 pm

Ferlin Husky (Simon crumb)
The Drunken Driver

Rick Garrett · Post by **Rick Garrett** » 11 Jan 2006 12:32 pm

Cold Cold Heart by Hank Williams has GOT to be the saddest bluest song I ever heard. He stopped loving her today is right up there too.

Rick

JW Day · Post by **JW Day** » 11 Jan 2006 12:47 pm

I was just listening to an old song by Walter Brennen called Ole' Rivers and Me, or at least I think that was the name. The label has worn off from many years of use. May not be the saddest, but it could come close

Jason Schofield · Post by **Jason Schofield** » 11 Jan 2006 1:07 pm

I vote for:
These Days (I Barely Get By) George Jones
If We Make It Through December Merle Haggard

saddest song of all time not country..
The Little Boy That Santa Clause Forgot Nat King Cole

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 11 Jan 2006 1:53 pm

"Wake Up" --Merle. That song will make ya blubber!

Dave White · Post by **Dave White** » 11 Jan 2006 3:31 pm

"What Made Miluakee Famous (Made a Loser Out of Me)" Jerry Lee Lewis
"Mama Tried" Merle Haggard
"Sunday Morning Coming Down" Johnny Cash Version
"The Time Machine" Collin Raye (This one alway gets to me after a few beers).

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 11 Jan 2006 3:40 pm

Willie Roy, the Cripple Boy - Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper

A Mother's prayer - Blue Sky Boys?

The Grand Tour - George Jones

He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones

White Dove - Stanley Brothers

There Stands the Glass - Web Pierce

And of course, Down to Seeds and Stems Again.

What are we doing? This could go on and on. It's like asking which New Yorker walks the fastest, which coal in New Castle is blackest, which hill in San Francisco is the steepest, which Hollywood star has the best sun tan, which hound dog is the laziest, which section of the Mississippi River is the muddiest, which hill in Kentucky is the greenest, which woman has the most headaches...I better stop there.

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 11 Jan 2006 4:35 pm

Vince Gill... "When I Call Your Name"
or Dwight's "Johnson's Love".
and... George Jones' "A Picture Of Me Without You"[This message was edited by Skip Edwards on 11 January 2006 at 04:36 PM.]

Andy Greatrix · Post by **Andy Greatrix** » 11 Jan 2006 5:12 pm

"Here's a Toast To Mamma" by Charlie Louvin.

James Cann · Post by **James Cann** » 11 Jan 2006 6:16 pm

Now as before (when this thread ran a year or so ago), "Sandy Sends Her Best" - Waylon Jennings.

Give it a listen, and try not to agree![This message was edited by James Cann on 02 February 2006 at 11:17 AM.]

Mike Winter · Post by **Mike Winter** » 11 Jan 2006 8:29 pm

One that comes to my mind right now is "My Baby's Gone," originally done I think by The Louvin Brothers. My favorite version is the one on Bakersfield Bound by Chris Hillman and Herb Pederson...with Jay Dee on steel.

In a non-country vein, though, how about "It Makes No Difference" by The Band?

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Mike Winter · Post by **Mike Winter** » 11 Jan 2006 8:36 pm

James -- A little bit of an aside.

"Sandy Sends Her Best" brings back memories. It was about 8 years after my divorce, and I was driving down the road listening to a Waylon CD that I had put together. That song came on, and for whatever reason, big ole tears welled up in my eyes. We had all moved on, remarried, were all good friends, kids were doing great, etc., but somehow the lyrics, together with the instrumentation, had struck a nerve. That sort of thing doesn't happen to me very often, but that day it did. A truly GREAT song.

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Ray Riley · Post by **Ray Riley** » 11 Jan 2006 10:22 pm

The Late Roy Acuff and " Don"t Make Me Go To Bed and I'll Be Good" "Charlies Picture" by Porter Waggoner

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Dan Beller-McKenna · Post by **Dan Beller-McKenna** » 12 Jan 2006 10:52 am

How about the last verse of the Louvin Brothers' "When I Stop Dreaming"?

You may teach the flowers to bloom in the snow,
You may take a pepple and teach it to grow,
You may teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds,
But you can't teach my heart to forget.

Now THAT'S a broken heart!

Dan

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Craig Mckinnon · Post by **Craig Mckinnon** » 12 Jan 2006 11:50 am

"The Deepening Snow" sang by Johnny Bush with Dickey Overby on steel. Also the song "Jeannies Afraid of the Dark" which I believe was done by Porter Wagoner although I have only heard the Robbie Fulks cover.

Dick Wood · Post by **Dick Wood** » 12 Jan 2006 11:52 am

While not a song per se, My vote is for Paid In Full by Jimmy Dean. Absolutely one of the all time best tear jerkers.

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Calvin Walley · Post by **Calvin Walley** » 12 Jan 2006 4:58 pm

gotta vote for " teddy bear "

Megan Morrison · Post by **Megan Morrison** » 12 Jan 2006 5:55 pm

My vote goes for The Grand Tour, George Jones.