Lyr Req: honkey tonk angel

Subject: Lyr Req: honkey tonk angel
From: Wullie
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 06:15 AM

want to annoy a purist at the folk club can anyone get me the words
Thanks Wullie

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: honkey tonk angel
From: GUEST,HughM
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 07:52 AM

Sorry, no, but I think the title may be "The wild Side of Life".

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: honkey tonk angel
From: GUEST,Hootenanny
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 08:00 AM

"Wild Side of Life" it is indeed. The lyrics along with many other country/bluegrass type material is at www.bluegrasslyrics.com

Happy hunting

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: honkey tonk angel
From: masato sakurai
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 08:04 AM

Wullie, click here (Lyr Req: Honky Tonk Angels).

~Masato

Subject: Lyr Add: SONG OF SONGS
From: GUEST,gene
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 03:10 PM

SONG OF SONGS
Recorded by Boxcar Willie and Willie Nelson
Written by Vern Stovall, Bill Palmer & Lloene Martin (Boxcar Willie)

Note. To the tune of I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES

[1] How I love that old melody they're [4] playing
I [5] heard it in so many different [1] songs
It made stars out of country music [4] singers
And some-[5] how it just keeps playin' [1] on.

Oh! I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
Seems to me it's been around since time began
It was there with our soldiers during wartime
And right today, we still hear it, now and then.

Roy Acuff was young country singer
His records were just starting to be heard
That old tune took him right up to stardom
On The Wings Of The Great Speckled Bird.

Hank Thompson is a country music legend
He sang western swing and songs of peace and strife
That same tune gave old Hank the break he needed
On a record called The Wild Side Of Life.

A young girl made the world stop and listen
Kitty Wells was that young singer's name
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
That melody rang clear as country rain.

Oh! those notes must come straight out of heaven
In so many different songs they were the same
I know someday they'll be etched in gold forever
And placed in the Country Music Hall Of Fame.

TAG:
And placed in the Couunry Music Hall Of Fame.

SOURCE: BOXCAR WILLIE/BOXCAR WILLIE; 1986 MCA Records MCA 39052

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: honkey tonk angel
From: Bev and Jerry
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 02:13 AM

Also the tune of "The Great Speckled Bird", isn't it?

Bev and Jerry

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: honkey tonk angel
From: Wullie
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 05:46 AM

Thanks all, for the replies!

Sorry about the title, shows my ignorance on country music!

Wullie.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: honkey tonk angel
From: Micca
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 06:13 AM

Then of course their is the parody that Johnny Cash did called "Flushed from the bathroom of your Heart" which I added a few verses to and should p*** off the purists totally

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: honkey tonk angel
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 06:20 AM

Rats! I thought this thread was about the song as recorded by Cliff Richard!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: honkey tonk angel
From: GUEST,Auldtimer
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 12:19 PM

Honkey Tonk Angel/The wild Side of Life, is a song loved and recorded by many Traditional singers in the past, so why should this upset anyone who likes Traditional song ?. Learning and singing songs to upset other people has been going on for many years and is about as traditional a reason for singing as any, welcome to the club.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: honkey tonk angel
From: Wullie
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 03:50 AM

If it's not from the British Isles this singer doesn't like it being sung. Will Micca send his words please.
Thanks again
Wullie