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Just because you’re old and over the hill on the back side,
You don’t have to stop living, so take one more little ride,
With old Hawg Jaw out there honky tonkin’ on the town.
So let’s you and me have more fun before we go down. Continue reading
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Poems with Conway Twitty songs on all lines is tough, but “I’ll Try“.
Some are so very sad like “Don’t Cry Joni” making us all cry.
Others were as fast as a “Boogie Grass Band” sounding so fine.
He had a lot of songs about love like “Lovin’ On Borrowed Time“. Continue reading
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I wrote a poem with a Jones song on every line back in the Big City,
So I’ll try with My Favorite Memory of Merle’s songs in this ditty,
Perhaps he was happy when he lived at home and his Mama Tried,
To feed him well with her famous Rainbow Stew he never denied. Continue reading
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There was a fine TV show that was always so very right for me,
Perhaps because of my very deep roots into good old country.
The show made me laugh and forget all of my worldly woes,
Giving me a bad case of “Hee Haw” fever for more of the show. Continue reading
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There’s an old ballroom in Tulsa where the history just rains.
Where all the old country stars once played right on North Main.
With a very large hardwood ballroom dance floor called Cain’s.
I love that the place has been kept much longer than my reign. Continue reading
Urban Cowboy
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Occasionally a movie comes along that has a big influence on us.
We liked what we saw and wanted to try the stuff, a real must.
This poem describes the big impact the movie “Urban Cowboy”
Had on our lives back in the early 1980’s as changes we deployed. Continue reading
Lines From Songs
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This poem examines some special lines from songs of the past,
The lines have a special meaning so within in me they did last.
Perhaps these lines may not mean too much to others out there,
But if you read this, at least you can see that you don’t care. Continue reading
I wondered what it would “Take Me” to write a poem completely,
With a Jones song title on every line with the “Choices” that be,
I decided to try and “The Race Is On” to get it done real soon
With me working like “White Lightning” to think of the tunes. Continue reading