Saddest country song?

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Saddest country song?

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Mines gotta be "Mama Take me Home" by George Jones.
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Post by Sonny Priddy »

Midnight. By Red Foley. & I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. By Hank Williams. SONNY.

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Chisled in Stone by Verne Gosdin. A suicide waiting to happen.

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Post by George Rozak »

It's a tossup between these two for me:

"Raggedy Ann" by Little Jimmy Dickens

"Little Rosa" by Red Sovine




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I sang Dixie by Dwight Y.
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Post by Eric West »

In my Next Life. Merle H.

The Way you See Me. James Clayton Day.

A few more I guess but those are about the tops for me.

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Down To Seeds And Stems Again
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Post by Dave Van Allen »

some of my faves:

"What kind of god do you think that you are" Ernest Tubb

The Last Letter- Floyd Tilman; Ray Price

Chisled in Stone....

Pardon me, I've got someone to kill - Paycheck

Cryin Time - Buck; Ray Charles

I'm so Lonesome I could cry - Hank

Just one more - George Jones

The way you see me -J Day

One for my Baby- Sinatra
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Post by David L. Donald »

Sing Me Back Home
or
He Stopped Loving Her Today
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Post by Bryan Knox »

Hands down....

TEDDY BEAR -Red Sovine sniff-sniff

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Post by Chris LeDrew »

"Apartment # 9", Charlie Pride's version, is a tearjerker.
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"I see a darkness" by Will Oldham.
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Post by Billy Wilson »

Gotta have the party songs in there too.
Farewell Party and Going Away Party.
"Dreams don't make noise when they die'
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Post by Colin Goss »

How about Tom Tall's "Hill above the city"?
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Post by Tony Farr »

How about, "Daddy I'll Go Get The Toolbox and You Can Fix Our Broken Home" by Stonewall Jackson.
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Post by Erv Niehaus »

"Wreck on the Highway" I think by Roy Acuff.
There are words: "and nobody prayed". How sad. Image
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Post by Luke Morell »

Charlie Louvin- I Think I'll Go Somewhere and Cry Myself To Sleep
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I've never had a saddness come over me like the first time I heard "Save a horse, Ride a cowboy". I cried for days staring at pictures of George, Merle, Buck ... Image
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Post by Blake Hawkins »

For my $.02...its: "The Long Black Veil."

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Post by Tony Harris »

How about "Old Shep" or "Old Doc Brown"(has moved upstairs)" ?
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Post by Jeff Garden »

"It's Been a Good Year for the Roses" - George Jones
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Post by Duane McKay »

You are all exactly right! We love all these songs......some, we hadn't thought of for awhile! Du
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Post by Bobby Lee »

"My Son Calls Another Man Daddy" by Hank Williams.
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Bobby Lee ... thank God for DNA!
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Got a letter from my kid today
They let me read a line or two...
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