Lyr Req: Don't Pay the Ransom Honey (D Roberts)

Subject: Don't Pay the Ransom Honey
From:
Date: 13 Jul 00 - 03:38 PM

I'm looking for the lyrics of this song, put out by Nat Stuckey about the middle eighties, to early nineties ?

Any help is appreciated.

Subject: RE: Don't Pay the Ransom Honey
From: Jim I
Date: 13 Jul 00 - 07:56 PM

Never heard of the song but the joke was in one of this weeks Irish papers - the Irish Post or the Irish World

Subject: RE: Don't Pay the Ransom Honey
From: jofield
Date: 13 Jul 00 - 08:33 PM

Boy, I'd like to see this one too. But I think it's way earlier than the '90s -- maybe early '80s.

James.

Subject: RE: Don't Pay the Ransom Honey
From: Joe Offer
Date: 13 Jul 00 - 08:57 PM

Hmmm.. Don't find it listed on Nat Stuckey's Website, http://www.natstuckey.com, or at the Cowpie country lyrics database. Are you sure it's a song?
Ah, here (click) it is on a recording by Don Cox, a song called "Honey Don't Pay the Ransom." Songwriter is named Blazy.

I did find the joke:

Having fallen asleep at his lover's apartment, John knew his wife would kill him if he didn't have a good excuse. So he quickly phones her and shouts, "Don't pay the ransom, honey! I've escaped!!!"

...also in a slightly different form in a daily devotional (click). Durn pastor just don't know how to tell a dirty joke. Can't find the lyrics, but maybe what I found is a good start.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Don't Pay the Ransom Honey
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 13 Jul 00 - 09:23 PM

YEP! JOE! it is an ACTUAL SONG.....and I have Nat Stuckey's version SOMEWHERE?

Will look for it...

Subject: RE: Don't Pay the Ransom Honey
From:
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 12:06 AM

To Joe Offer: The title "Don't pay the ransom" is mentioned in Stuckey's biography. Check Cowpie. To guest Gene: I sure hope you can find the words. Nobody else seems to be able to! Many thanks in advance.

Subject: RE: Don't Pay the Ransom Honey
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 10:31 AM

DON'T PAY THE RANSOM, HONEY
may be an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT song
entering [don t pay the ransom] at
brings up 2 other listings


* ENTER: don t pay the ransom *

Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T PAY THE RANSOM HONEY (D Roberts)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 10:10 PM

Well, Good old Gene sent me an MP3 of the song, with a suggestion that I might like to transcribe and post the lyrics. I'll e-mail the song to the requester.
-Joe Offer-

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DON'T PAY THE RANSOM, HONEY
(Dalton Roberts)

Last night I stopped off for a beer on my way home
And I saw this broken-hearted sweet thing, cryin' all alone
My tender heart was deeply touched at the sight of a woman's tears
So I said, "Hi, there," and pulled up a chair
And I ordered us a couple of beers.

We must have dropped a gallon of brew,
When I looked at my watch, it was half past two
And I suddenly realized I hadn't even called my wife
And knowin' what would happen to me when I got home
I nearly broke my neck gettin' to a phone
And here's what I told her in an effort to save my life.

CHORUS
Don't pay the ransom, honey, I've escaped
Considerin' what I've been through, I'm in good shape
Well, my wrists and ankles are a little sore from the tape,
Don't pay the ransom, honey, I've escaped

Now, if you get tied up somewhere tonight on your way home
In a poker game or with a good-lookin' dame, and it slips your mind to phone
Don't blow your cool like a crazy fool and tell your woman where you've been
Your situation requires imagination, and I've got a suggestion, my friend.
Tell her….

CHORUS

JRO