“Foolish Questions” by Johnny Cash Release year: 1984. The ability to capture a moment in time and write it to be a heartbreak song, a love song, or a noveltyContinue readingFoolish Questions
It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’
“It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’” is a song by “The Red-Headed Music Maker”, singer and instrumentalist Wendell Hall (1896–1969). Hall’s 1923 recording of it was a hit in theContinue readingIt Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’
Guide me, O thou Great Jehovah
“Guide me, O thou Great Jehovah” was written by William Williams in 1745. (CWM RHONDDA in Welsh) It has been used for worship in congregations around the globe and acrossContinue readingGuide me, O thou Great Jehovah
Hard Travlin
Hard Travlin by Woody Guthrie This is a song about the hard traveling of the working people, not the moonstruck mystic traveling of the professional vacationist. Song about a manContinue readingHard Travlin
Chilly Winds
Chilly Winds’ is a song most people love. ‘Chilly Winds’ was written by John Stewart and “Papa” John Phillips. There was a song with the same title and –partly- similarContinue readingChilly Winds
Cotton-Eyed Joe
“Cotton-Eyed Joe” (also known as “Cotton-Eye Joe”) is a traditional American country folk song popular at various times throughout the United States and Canada, although today it is most commonlyContinue readingCotton-Eyed Joe
Charming Betsy
“Charming Betsy” is very old and an excellent example of a song shared by both black and white traditions. For a discussion of it in the white tradition see GeneContinue readingCharming Betsy
City Folks call Us Poor
“City Folks call Us Poor” was Written by Larry Sparks. He (born September 25, 1947) is an American Bluegrass singer and guitarist. He was the winner of the 2004 andContinue readingCity Folks call Us Poor
I Still Miss Someone
“I Still Miss Someone” is a song co-written by Johnny Cash and his nephew Roy Cash, Jr and originally recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. He first recordedContinue readingI Still Miss Someone
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” is a song with words by Jessie Brown Pounds and music by John Sylvester Fearis written in 1897. The song gained huge popularity when it wasContinue readingBeautiful Isle of Somewhere