# Your Favorite All-Time Country Music Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583 "2010-07-30T15:02:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/61 "2010-07-31T02:18:47Z")
My absolute favourite is Dolly Parton’s ‘Travelin’ Thru’ (nominated for an Academy Award in 2006), but others that come close are: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - ‘Jackson’ Dixie Chicks - ‘Long Time Gone’ Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings & Kris Kristofferson - ‘Highwayman’ Loretta Lynn - ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ June Carter Cash - ‘The Heel’ Dolly Parton - ‘Coat Of Many Colours’ ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/62 "2010-07-31T04:40:07Z")
I don’t have a favorite really – there are just so many good ones. But I’ll pick a Don Williams song for this thread, just because I love him, and nobody else has mentioned him, and he’s so sadly underrated. So, _Good Old Boys Like Me_. A beautiful song that doesn’t talk down to the listener – it is, in fact, exactly what all of those trying-too-hard ‘southern pride’ songs want to be. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/63 "2010-07-31T04:49:43Z")
There’s a handful of country songs I don’t mind hearing. Always liked “Flowers On The Wall”: _Counting flowers on the wall That don’t bother me at all Playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of 51 Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo Now don’t tell me I’ve nothing to do_ Also, “Six Days On The Road” and “El Paso”. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/64 "2010-07-31T05:16:10Z")
Crimanetly! I guess I could have picked just one: Johnny Cash’s version of _Sunday Morning Comin’ Down_. It’s our family anthem. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/65 "2010-07-31T05:35:10Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Crimanetly! I guess I could have picked just one: Johnny Cash’s version of _Sunday Morning Comin’ Down_. It’s our family anthem. Pretty high on my list as well ;). Normally a Johnny Cash tune would probably get the nod, but today I am reminded of Tom T. Hall’s silly and slightly deranged [Sneaky Snake](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7a7rsjtPdQ), which was introduced to me by a fellow student when I was taking herpetology in college. My favorite? Not hardly, really - it’s just a novelty tune. But it always makes me smile. ---
**Author:** ![Acantha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@Acantha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acantha)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/66 "2010-07-31T10:25:55Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > [You Never Even Called Me By My Name](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAOVRkSCWmg) > > David Alan Coe That one is at the top of my list. I also like Crazy, but only the Patsy Cline version Ain’t That Lonely Yet, Dwight Yoakam Neon Moon, Brooks and Dunn Back In The Saddle, Matraca Berg Tryin’ To Get Over You, Vince Gill She’s Got The Rhythm, I’ve Got The Blues, Alan Jackson Lie No Better, Delbert McClinton 2 More Bottles Of Wine, Emmylou Harris ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/67 "2010-07-31T10:36:22Z")
My Maria by Brookes and Dunn. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/68 "2010-07-31T12:09:27Z")
There hasn’t been one mentioned yet that I’d change the station for when it came on. 🙂 To avoid repitition, I’ll add: _Always_ - Kinda borderline, but with Patsy Cline singing it, it’s country _Forty Hour Week_ - Alabama. I come from solid blue collar people, so they’re singing about my family. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38b3RVg7Jpo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38b3RVg7Jpo) _Jambalaya_ - Hank Williams. Just a fun song to sing and dance to. _Hillbilly Highway_ - Steve Earle. Another song about my family [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT-yIYR7vV8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT-yIYR7vV8) _I Walk the Line_ - Johnny Cash. An awsomely simple love song. And there are so many more out there. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/69 "2010-07-31T14:46:18Z")
Modern country (defined as the last 20 years or so): _Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart_ by Randy Travis _Last Dollar (Fly Away)_ by Tim McGraw _Monday Mornin’ Church_ by Alan Jackson _Troubadour_ by George Strait _Cheap Whiskey_ by Patty Loveless Classic country: _Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man_ by Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty _What’s Made Milwaukee Famous_ by Jerry Lee Lewis _Daddy Sang Bass_ - Johnny Cash with June Carter and the Statler Brothers _Y’all Come Back Saloon_ by the Oak Ridge Boys _You Win Again_ by Hank Williams Bluegrass/old timey: _Footprints In The Snow_ by Bill Monroe _Rank Strangers_ by The Stanley Brothers _Way Down The Old Plank Road_ by Uncle Dave Macon _Wildwood Flower_ by Mother Maybelle Carter _Hello Stranger_ by The Carter Family _Waiting For A Train_ by Jimmie Rodgers _Fireball Mail_ by Roy Acuff _Sallie Ann_ by Earl Scruggs with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band _Rollin’ In My Sweet Baby’s Arms_ by Flatt and Scruggs I love country music and bluegrass in particular. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/70 "2010-07-31T15:16:02Z")
Yay! We can list more! [ul][“Folsom Prison Blues”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T7sU3A2m18) - Johnny Cash[/ul] [ul][“Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTmaHvzn1IU) - Johnny Cash and the Carter Family[/ul] [ul][“Always On My Mind”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za8cpM6cGYk) - Elvis Presley[/ul] [ul][“Bed of Roses”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za8cpM6cGYk) - the Statler Brothers[/ul] [ul][“Old Home Place”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK0iMLvCfFM) - J.D. Crowe and the New South[/ul] [ul][“I Sang Dixie”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOV9vDmn4a0) - Dwight Yoakam[/ul] [ul][“Tiger By the Tail”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP2oT7F6DSo) - Buck Owens[/ul] [ul][“Branded Man”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAmpblpSrKI) - Merle Haggard[/ul] [ul][“Golden Ring”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgfh_55Ccu0) - George Jones and Tammy Wynette[/ul] [ul][“Louisiana Woman Mississippi Man”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm5-sZLBPfs) - Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn[/ul] [ul][“Hello Darlin’”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og1QRtcWdEY) - Conway Twitty[/ul] [ul][“Don’t Come Home a-Drinkin’”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAPhgFWTWcg) - Loretta Lynn[/ul] [ul][“(Don’t Take Her) She’s All I Got”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCXwRuRbhxE) - Johnny Paycheck[/ul] [ul][“Leaving Louisiana In the Broad Daylight”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfEqKAAKu9k) - the Oak Ridge Boys[/ul] [ul][“Jolene”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGEubdH8m0s) - Dolly Parton[/ul] [ul][“Joshua”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BwP7gw39fw) - Dolly Parton[/ul] [ul][“Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TprfUdSAHgM) - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition[/ul] [ul][“Green, Green Grass of Home”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKSumihbm_0) - Porter Wagoner[/ul] [ul][“Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvZeYDBY4fw) - Waylon Jennings[/ul] [ul][“Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfBxfltYD0) - Willie Nelson[/ul] [ul][“Go Rest High on That Mountain”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jXrmAKBBTU&feature=avmsc2) - Vince Gill[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/71 "2010-07-31T15:25:22Z")
Crap. Missed the blasted edit window. Here’s the real link for [“Bed of Roses”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE000LFyuik). ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/72 "2010-07-31T15:45:17Z")
Too many to list, here’s a few quick ones: John Anderson - Straight Tequila Night Dierks Bentley - Lot of Leavin Left to Do Clint Black - When My Ship Comes In Blackhawk - Goodbye Says It All Mark Chesnutt - I Just Wanted You To Know Confederate Railroad - Queen of Memphis Joe Diffie - John Deere Green Vince Gill - When I Call Your Name Alan Jackson - You Can’t Have It All Toby Keith - I Shoulda Been A Cowboy Tracy Lawrence - Renegades, Rebels, and Rogues Chris Ledoux - County Fair Clay Walker - Hypnotize the Moon ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/73 "2010-07-31T16:00:02Z")
There are lots of country songs I love, and many more that I like, but for me it comes down to Hank Williams’ **"I’m so Lonesome I could Cry**." To me, his combination of sincerity and simplicity wins me over every time. There’s lots of other Hank (“My Heart Would Know”, “The Angel of Death”, “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive”, “Move it on Over”, “Lovesick Blues”, “Hey, Good Lookin’”, “Your Cheatin’ Heart”, I could go on and on…), but for me that one sums up so much of what was great about his music. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/74 "2010-07-31T17:47:03Z")
Totally going to cop out here, I love about 90% of the ones listed, but I will add my wedding song - “When You Say Nothing At All” - Alison Krauss Also going to add two Martina McBride - “On My Daughter’s Eyes” and “Whatever You Say” ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/75 "2010-07-31T18:29:11Z")
> [@missred](#): > > _I Walk the Line_ - Johnny Cash. An awsomely simple love song. Have you heard the tribute song, “I Walk the Line (Revisited)” by Rodney Crowell (Johnny’s ex son-in-law)? It’s a charmer: “All these long years later it’s still music to my ears I swear it sounds as good right now as anything I hear I’ve seen the Mona Lisa I’ve heard Shakespeare read real fine Just like hearing Johnny Cash Sing ‘I Walk The Line’” ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/76 "2010-07-31T19:25:26Z")
> [@SkeptiJess](#): > > > [@missred](#): > > > > _I Walk the Line_ - Johnny Cash. An awsomely simple love song. > > Have you heard the tribute song, “I Walk the Line (Revisited)” by Rodney Crowell (Johnny’s ex son-in-law)? It’s a charmer: > > “All these long years later it’s still music to my ears > I swear it sounds as good right now as anything I hear > I’ve seen the Mona Lisa > I’ve heard Shakespeare read real fine > Just like hearing Johnny Cash > Sing ‘I Walk The Line’” Yes, I have. I had the privilege of being in the studio (another project) the day Rodney recorded it. Good stuff. Another song that I thought of, Paulette Carlson and Highway 101’s _Whiskey, If You Were a Woman_ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W29U3I9jXi8&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W29U3I9jXi8&feature=related) Her graveled voice is perfect for this number. And speaking of whiskey, how about _Whiskey Lullaby_ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZbN\_nmxAGk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZbN_nmxAGk) Written by Bill Anderson, it also showcases two of my favorite artists, Alison Krauss and Brad Paisley. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/77 "2010-07-31T19:36:18Z")
One more, if Cajun music can be lumped in with country: _Jolie Blon’_ - A Cajun standard, you can’t leave the dance without going around the floor to this one [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGmwnkVegZg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGmwnkVegZg) ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/78 "2010-07-31T23:35:11Z")
tammy wynette - stand by your man ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/79 "2010-08-01T05:48:06Z")
I don’t hear the original Jeanne Pruett version played much lately. Satin Sheets [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZutNGdcqH0) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583/80 "2010-08-01T06:10:57Z")
I like George Jones, Hank Williams, Don Williams, and Glen Campbell. They all have favorites of mine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-country-music-song/548583.md?page=5)