Quote:

Yep.

"My good ol dog died, and my wife she took offt.
With my best friend,I must saaaaay.
My horse ran away, when the barn it burnt dowwwwn,
and I'm so lonesome todaaaaay"






Don't forget this one -

Sing Me Back Home
By Merle Haggard

The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
And I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
"Let my guitar-playing friend do my request"

Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die

I recall last Sunday morning a choir from 'cross the street
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
And I heard him tell the singers "there's a song my mama sang
Could I hear once before you move along?"

Won't you sing me back home, with the song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die

Sing me back home before I die

Written by Haggard while he was in San Quentin in tribute to his buddy "Rabbit" who was put to death after a prison break Haggard was invited to attend. Haggard stayed behind, and Rabbit killed a state trooper while out on "sabbatical."

Some country singers talk the talk.
Haggard walked the walk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDDyyDjWM_0

Good link to what he was about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f1d1JUxuno
"The Poet of The Common Man"
as good a description as I've ever heard