SING ME BACK HOME
(Merle Haggard)

Merle Haggard - 1967
The Harden Trio - 1968
Carl Butler - 1968
Ernest Tubb - 1968
The Everly Brothers - 1968
Conway Twitty - 1968
The Byrds - 1969
Buck Owens - 1969
Porter Wagoner - 1969
Ian Matthews - 1971
The Grateful Dead - 1971
The Seldom Scene - 1973
The Flying Burrito Brothers - 1974
Gram Parsons - 1976
Alabama - 1994
The Chesterfield Kings - 1994
Billy Ray Cyrus - 1996
Matt Schwartz - 2000

Also recorded by:
Jonboy Langford & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts;
Virgil Shaw; Tex, Don & Charlie; Nashville West;
Joan Baez; Brian Coll; Keith Richards; Bob Dylan;
Joe Stanky & His Cadets; Big Tom & The Mainliners;
Great Western Squares; Joel Harrison; The Jayhawks.


The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
I stood up to say goodbye, like all the rest
I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
Let my guitar playin' friend do my request

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

I recall last Sunday mornin', a choir came off the street
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
I heard him tell the singers, there's a song my mamma sang
Could I hear it once before you move along

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


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As recorded by Iain Matthews:


The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
I stood up to say goodbye, like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden just before they reached my cell
Let my guitar playin' friend do my request

Let him sing me back home, the song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Just take me away, turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die

I recall last Sunday mornin', When a choir from down the street
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
And I heard him tell the singers, there's a song my Daddy knew
Can I hear it once before you move along

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

(Instrumental Break)

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


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