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What are your fave storysongs?
Posted on 12/22/23 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 12/22/23 at 12:36 pm
Heard my buddy play this song recently and was mesmerized. It's a masterpiece of storytelling through song and how to be evocative but brief as well.
The writing here takes you through a whole story in 2 short verses and a modified chorus. To me, it's pretty much perfect.
What are your thoughts, favorite story songs?
Simon Crutchfield's Grave
Now I remember very well a tale my daddy used to tell
About old Simon Crutchfield and a friend
Now Mary was his pretty wife and they loved every breath of life
Before they took ol' Riley Harper in
Now Simon plowed and worked the fields and Mary cooked their meals
While Riley kept an eye out on the place
Still no one knows just when this episode came to an end
They only knew of Simon Crutchfield's grave.
Mary Crutchfield (Mary Crutchfield)
You should be ashamed
Get on your knees and pray your soul be saved
Riley Harper (Riley Harper)
If the devil is to blame
Why can't you drive by Simon Crutchfield's grave?
In the year of eighteen sixty four, a blizzard came across the moor
And all the crops were sold out, none was saved
And the only way to get to town was a wagon road that wound around
And through the woods past Simon Crutchfield's grave
Now some folks say that they lay there at least six months or more
Before an old fur trapper found their bones
He claimed they wrote their epitaphs on the cabin floor
Just the way it reads today on crumbled stone
Mary Crutchfield (Mary Crutchfield)
Here lies Mary Crutchfield
Cause she betrayed the love that Simon gave
Riley Harper (Riley Harper)
Here lies Riley Harper
Cause he couldn't drive by Simon Crutchfield's grave.
The Rarely Herd also did a good version
The Rarely Herd-Simon Crutchfield's Grave
The writing here takes you through a whole story in 2 short verses and a modified chorus. To me, it's pretty much perfect.
What are your thoughts, favorite story songs?
Simon Crutchfield's Grave
Now I remember very well a tale my daddy used to tell
About old Simon Crutchfield and a friend
Now Mary was his pretty wife and they loved every breath of life
Before they took ol' Riley Harper in
Now Simon plowed and worked the fields and Mary cooked their meals
While Riley kept an eye out on the place
Still no one knows just when this episode came to an end
They only knew of Simon Crutchfield's grave.
Mary Crutchfield (Mary Crutchfield)
You should be ashamed
Get on your knees and pray your soul be saved
Riley Harper (Riley Harper)
If the devil is to blame
Why can't you drive by Simon Crutchfield's grave?
In the year of eighteen sixty four, a blizzard came across the moor
And all the crops were sold out, none was saved
And the only way to get to town was a wagon road that wound around
And through the woods past Simon Crutchfield's grave
Now some folks say that they lay there at least six months or more
Before an old fur trapper found their bones
He claimed they wrote their epitaphs on the cabin floor
Just the way it reads today on crumbled stone
Mary Crutchfield (Mary Crutchfield)
Here lies Mary Crutchfield
Cause she betrayed the love that Simon gave
Riley Harper (Riley Harper)
Here lies Riley Harper
Cause he couldn't drive by Simon Crutchfield's grave.
The Rarely Herd also did a good version
The Rarely Herd-Simon Crutchfield's Grave
This post was edited on 12/22/23 at 10:46 pm
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Posted on 12/24/23 at 10:44 am to fr33manator
Springsteen - Highway Patrolman
Squeeze - Up the Junction
Squeeze - Up the Junction
Posted on 12/24/23 at 11:47 am to fr33manator
Edmund Fitzgerald
Legend of the Wooly Swamp??
Legend of the Wooly Swamp??
Posted on 12/24/23 at 12:15 pm to fr33manator
Spike -TPHB
Posted on 12/24/23 at 12:18 pm to fr33manator
Donald & Lydia by John Prine
Posted on 12/24/23 at 1:00 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 12/24/23 at 1:46 pm to fr33manator
Breakfast in Hell - Slaid Cleaves
Posted on 12/24/23 at 2:44 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 12/24/23 at 3:35 pm to fr33manator
little sadie
Tom Dooley
hurricane
drifters escape
lonesome death of Hattie Carroll
Peggy-O
stagger lee
the boy who wouldn’t hoe corn
Tom Dooley
hurricane
drifters escape
lonesome death of Hattie Carroll
Peggy-O
stagger lee
the boy who wouldn’t hoe corn
Posted on 12/24/23 at 3:58 pm to fr33manator
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Ode to Billy Joe
Long Black Veil
Ode to Billy Joe
Long Black Veil
Posted on 12/24/23 at 7:39 pm to fr33manator
The red headed stranger from Blue Rock, Montana
Rode into town one day
And under his knees was a ragin' black stallion
And walkin' behind was a bay
The red headed stranger had eyes like the thunder
And his lips, they were sad and tight
His little lost love lay asleep on the hillside
And his heart was heavy as night
Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin' his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again
A yellow haired lady leaned out of her window
An' watched as he passed her way
She drew back in fear at the sight of the stallion
But cast greedy eyes on the bay
But how could she know that this dancin' bay pony
Meant more to him than life
For this was the horse that his little lost darlin'
Had ridden when she was his wife
Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin' his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again
The yellow haired lady came down to the tavern
An' looked up the stranger there
He bought her a drink, an' he gave her some money
He just didn't seem to care
She followed him out as he saddled his stallion
An' laughed as she grabbed at the bay
He shot her so quick, they had no time to warn her
She never heard anyone say
Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin' his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again
The yellow haired lady was buried at sunset
The stranger went free, of course
For you can't hang a man for killin' a woman
Who's tryin' to steal your horse
This is the tale of the red headed stranger
And if he should pass your way
Stay out of the path of the ragin' black stallion
And don't lay a hand on the bay
Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin' his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again
Rode into town one day
And under his knees was a ragin' black stallion
And walkin' behind was a bay
The red headed stranger had eyes like the thunder
And his lips, they were sad and tight
His little lost love lay asleep on the hillside
And his heart was heavy as night
Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin' his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again
A yellow haired lady leaned out of her window
An' watched as he passed her way
She drew back in fear at the sight of the stallion
But cast greedy eyes on the bay
But how could she know that this dancin' bay pony
Meant more to him than life
For this was the horse that his little lost darlin'
Had ridden when she was his wife
Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin' his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again
The yellow haired lady came down to the tavern
An' looked up the stranger there
He bought her a drink, an' he gave her some money
He just didn't seem to care
She followed him out as he saddled his stallion
An' laughed as she grabbed at the bay
He shot her so quick, they had no time to warn her
She never heard anyone say
Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin' his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again
The yellow haired lady was buried at sunset
The stranger went free, of course
For you can't hang a man for killin' a woman
Who's tryin' to steal your horse
This is the tale of the red headed stranger
And if he should pass your way
Stay out of the path of the ragin' black stallion
And don't lay a hand on the bay
Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin' his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again
Posted on 12/24/23 at 7:46 pm to cgrand
quote:Yes and also "Brown Eyed Woman" & "Jack Straw" are good ones too that come to mind. Stories set to music are really in the Dead's wheelhouse
Peggy-O
However The Band's "The Night they Drove Ole Dixie Down" might be close to the top as well
Posted on 12/24/23 at 8:00 pm to fr33manator
Mr Shorty by Marty Robins
Posted on 12/24/23 at 9:06 pm to fr33manator
Uneasy rider
Posted on 12/24/23 at 9:22 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 12/24/23 at 9:37 pm to cgrand
quote:
the boy who wouldn’t hoe corn
I haven't thought about this in a long time. Great song.
I'll add:
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
Seneca Creek
This post was edited on 12/24/23 at 10:02 pm
Posted on 12/24/23 at 9:40 pm to fr33manator
In no particular order.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
El Paso
Della and the Dealer
Red Barchetta
Wildfire
The Gambler
Pacho and Lefty
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
El Paso
Della and the Dealer
Red Barchetta
Wildfire
The Gambler
Pacho and Lefty
Posted on 12/24/23 at 10:02 pm to johnqpublic
Big Iron
Saginaw, Michigan
Big Bad John
Saginaw, Michigan
Big Bad John
Posted on 12/24/23 at 10:14 pm to fr33manator
Tangled Up in Blue
Ballad of John and Yoko
Ballad of John and Yoko
Posted on 12/25/23 at 7:53 am to midlothianlsu
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