Saddest country song?

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Brett Day
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"Holes In The Floor Of Heaven" by Steve Wariner is a sad song also his song "I'm Already Taken" is pretty sad. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10
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" THE BLIZZARD BY JIM REEVES...ROSES FOR MAMA.BY RED SOVINE...MOMMY PLEASE STAY HOME WITH ME.BY JIM REEVES..

THESE ARE SOME GREAT SAD SONGS..
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Post by Scott Henderson »

Dont forget some of the newer "B side" songs
like...
Don't tell Mama I was drinking by Gary Allen

and one of my favorites is "My old friend the blues" by Steve Earle

and of course anything Shania does is just plain sad......(sigh) not country but sad..

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Whiskey Lullaby written by Bill Anderson
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Post by Jim Cohen »

How 'bout "You Better Sit Down Kids" by Sonny and Cher?
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Post by Marlin Smoot »

The most sad country song is; one without steel guitar...
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How about Merle's "Long Black Limosine?" That's a tear jerker!

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Post by Donny Hinson »

I always liked "Bringing Mary Home", along with "Little Rosa" and "City of New Orleans", but JW Day's mention of "Old Rivers", by Walter Brennan, brought back some memories, too. Red Sovine had another good one out about an old woman requesting the band to play an old song, but I can only remember a few lines...

<i>"Sing me a sad song,
I won't be here long.
And there's no one to sing
to me an old love song." </i>
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Post by Donna Dodd »

Dan Tyack's version of Will the Circle be Unbroken (Unsanticified Gospel Revival CD) is incredible - a MUST HEAR!!!

Of course, there's Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven

Also like Grand Tour - but wondering why the wife left her clothes hanging in the closet? (How could that be REAL??? Image)

Owen, I love Jody and the Kid, too! - "As surely as the seasons, she's changing to a woman; and, I've lived enough to call myself a man."


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"Roses For Mama" by Red Sovine is a very sad song..
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I always liked Ty Herndon's version of "Don't Tell Mama I Was Drinkin'".
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Deepening Snow
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Post by John Bechtel »

One of my favorite songs, that I'm working on as a (so~so) instrumental is Johnny Darrell's “With Pen In Hand”! The biggest challenge is working out an ending! Johnny's version fades out, humming the melody! Hard to beat that!

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Post by John Bechtel »

Two more of my favorite sad-song recordings are: 1. John Wesley Ryles’ ‘Original’ “Kay” and 2. Curtis Leach’s ‘Original’ “Golden Guitar”! I also like Haggard’s “Sing A Sad Song”!

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"Santa Must Have Lost His Way Last Night"
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I forgot Mac Davis " Whoever Finds This I Love You"
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Post by Larry Garrett »

...and the one by Bill Anderson with Roy Acuff singing "I Wonder If God Likes Country Music"
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Post by Steve Alcott »

You have to come to the Rodeo Bar in NYC during the holiday season to hear it. Western Caravan does a song by our singer, Thirsty Dave Hansen,called "All I'll Get This Year For Christmas is Drunk" It's a weeper, I tell ya what.
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Post by Willis Vanderberg »

I am surprised no one mentioned Faron Youngs song " That little girl of mine "
If that don't make all you dads get a lump in your throat..." If you think your lonely" is right up there too.

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Anybody remember Cowboy Copas singing Tragic Romance?
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I've been learning the steel parts on Gary Allan's version of "Don't Tell Mama I Was Drinkin'" and after the first verse and chorus, there's a high steel part where the steel is really cryin'. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10
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Post by Geoff Cole »

Oft. times I think how sad it is in a world with all it's might
That a man like Trumby met his death
cos he couldn't read or write.
One of Slim Dusty's best.
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