[Karen W. (OP)]

I have several I like...

"Close to You"
"Precious and Few"
"Time in a Bottle"
"Bet Ya By Golly Wow"
"If"
"Only You"
"Operator"
"Love is in the air"
"Cherish"
"Love me tender"
"Crazy"



Karen

[Carolyn]

All time favorite is
Shameless by Garth Brooks

But only because when ashley was little, she would sing along.  She would sing I'm Shavin.  She was so cute.

Carolyn

[Karen W. (OP)]

I don't know that one but have liked some garths songs!

Karen

[Gaia]

It's got to be The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.  

Written by Ewan MacColl in 1957 for his wife Peggy Seeger, and sung by her as a tribute to him after he died. They were both folk singers and she is Pete Seeger's sister and a mean banjo player! There have been several cover versions but I like Peggy Seegar's best, I heard her sing it live, it is so very beautiful and such a haunting tune.

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the night and the empty skies my love
To the night and the empty skies

The first time ever I kissed your mouth
I felt the earth turn in my hand
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command my love
That was there at my command

The first time ever I lay with you
And felt your heart beat close to mine
I thought our joy would fill the earth
And would last 'till the end of time my love
And would last 'till the end of time

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the night and the empty skies my love
To the night and the empty skies

Gaia  xxx

[Karen W. (OP)]

Gaia, That is one of my favorites I forgot about that one, and you have the words! It is a beautiful song and I agree about that rendition..Gives me goosebumps thinking of it!

Karen

[Carolyn]

This is also one of my favorites.  I hardly ever listen to country anymore, but I still get teary eyed when I hear this one.


Country Bumpkin
Cal Smith
Words and Music by Don Wayne

(peak Billboard position # 1 in 1974)

He walked into the bar and parked his lanky frame upon a tall barstool
And with a long soft Southern drawl said
"I'll just have a glass of anything that's cool"
A barroom girl with hard and knowing eyes slowly looked him up and down
And she thought "I wonder how on earth
That country bumpkin found his way to town"

She said "Hello, country bumpkin"
"How's the frost out on the pumpkin?"
"I've seen some sights but, man, you're somethin'"
"Where'd ya come from, country bumpkin?"

It was just a short year later in a bed of joy-filled tears yet death-like pain
Into this wondrous world of many wonders one more wonder came
That same woman's face was wrapped up
In a raptured look of love and tenderness
As she marveled at the soft and warm and cuddly boy-child feeding at her breast

And she said "Hello, country bumpkin"
"Fresh as frost out on the pumpkin"
"I've seen some sights but, babe, you're somethin'"
"Mamma loves her country bumpkin"

Forty years of hard work later in a simple, quiet and peaceful country place
The heavy hand of time had not erased
The raptured wonder from the woman's face
She was lying on her deathbed knowing fully well her race was nearly run
But she softly smiled and looked into the sad eyes of her husband and her son

And she said "So long, country bumpkin"
"The frost is gone now from on the pumpkin"
"I've seen some sights and life's been somethin'"
"See you later, country bumpkin"

She said "So long, country bumpkin"
"The frost is gone now from on the pumpkin"
FADE
"I've seen some sights and life's been somethin'"

Also love Ann Murrays version of Danny's Song.  It reminds me so much of my life with Corky.

Carolyn

[Karen W. (OP)]

Me too on both counts!!

Karen