# what's the name of that song... help me here

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**Created:** [August 30, 2000, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-song-help-me-here/31408 "2000-08-30T21:43:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![ignatiusjreilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-song-help-me-here/31408/1 "2000-08-30T21:43:01Z")

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I heard an old country song once when I was in college and the chorus went something like

“you’re as sweet as strawberry wine,  
you’re as \_\_\_\_\_\_ as \_\_\_\_\_\_”

I want to say it was Merle Haggard or Tom T Hall, because it was kind of a lazy drunken sort of song, but I can’t seem to find the right song anywhere on the Net. And it’s definitely not the Deanna Carter song, which keeps getting pulled up whenever I enter “strawberry wine” into a search engine or napster.

Does anyone have any idea? I realize this is kind of vague…

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**Author:** ![Havoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Havoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Havoc)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-song-help-me-here/31408/2 "2000-08-30T22:28:04Z")

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A quick search of the net for the above lyrics you provided sent me to [http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/young-friends/andy/andy-29](http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/young-friends/andy/andy-29) .

Buried deep in there is a mention that the following lyrics are by George Jones:

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> You’re as smoo-ooth as Tennessee whiskey  
> You’re as sweet as strawberry wine  
> You’re as warm as a glass of brandy  
> And I stay stoned on your love all the time.

Despite further efforts, I still can’t find the name of the song.

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**Author:** ![ignatiusjreilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2000, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-song-help-me-here/31408/3 "2000-08-30T22:29:28Z")

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That’s the song - if it’s George Jones, I might be able to figure the rest out…

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-that-song-help-me-here/31408/4 "2000-08-31T02:42:13Z")

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I believe the song title is _Tennessee Whiskey_, but I could be wrong.