Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: wordfella
Date: 24 Nov 12 - 08:51 AM

"Pink shoes and tan shoelaces;
             A polkadot vest, and, man-o-man!
             He(? I?) wore Pink shoes and tan shoelaces..."

Tan shoes. Pink shoelaces. Recorded by Dodie Stevens, Words and Music by Mickie Grant.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: GUEST,999
Date: 24 Nov 12 - 02:15 AM

Lyrics here.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Nov 12 - 07:57 PM

Hung it upside down in the barn until it dried then smoked in a corn cob pipe.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: Tannywheeler
Date: 30 Sep 04 - 07:52 PM

So, who did "Pink shoes and tan shoelaces;
             A polkadot vest, and, man-o-man!
             He(? I?) wore Pink shoes and tan shoelaces..."
You start quoting old lyrics and the subconcious dredges up all sorts of bits and pieces. I think the bit I've just remembered was classified as "rockabilly".

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 08:16 AM

REDNECK! (THE REDNECK NATIONAL ANTHEM) was written by Mitchell Torok and Ramona Redd.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: 12-stringer
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 01:08 AM

Mrrzy:

What you're looking for is a song from the 70s by Vernon Oxford. Title is "Rednecks (The Redneck National Anthem)." I remember that one well, having heard it often on the jukebox while quaffing cold Falls City. Maybe if I had a cold Falls City right now I could remember the lyrics myself!

This site claims to have chords and, I suppose, lyrics, but you have to register to view them. (They say it's free and painless.)

http://country.totaltabs.com/bands.asp?id=1430

A google search for "Vernon Oxford" and "redneck national anthem" will also turn up a place or two where you can hear snippets of the record, and maybe even buy one if you're so inclined.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 07:57 PM

of course..... another senior moment I'm afraid.....

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: pdq
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 05:47 PM

Ray Wylie Hubbard wrote "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother", although Jerry Jeff Walker's version is better known.

The late Johnny Russell wrote and sang "Rednecks, White Socks & Blue Ribbon Beer". He is best known for "Act Naturally" as done by The Beatles and Buck Owens. Russell also penned "The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp", "Making Plans", and "Catfish John".

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 04:38 PM

Then there was Jerry Jeff Walker singing
Up against the wall you Redneck mutha'

and was it Tom Russell?

Red neck, white socks and blue ribbon beer

great songs.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: Tannywheeler
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 12:21 PM

Ah, Randy Newman -- a name to conjure with. Talk about wordsmiths. He's darn good at what he does. Beneficial to us all if he can keep on keepin' on for a long time to come.   Tw

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 11:51 AM

I prefer the song Rednecks by Randy Newman with the immortal lines in the chorus.
"We don't know our arse from a hole in the ground"
Giok

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 25 Sep 04 - 10:48 AM

A quick 'google' finds the album I was raised on a farm by Wild Bill Pitre, one track entitled "I Don't Give a Damn"
Some connection?

Nigel

Subject: Lyr Req: The Redneck National Anthem
From: Mrrzy
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 03:01 PM

I used to have this somewhere by someone, a male, country singer... He introduces it as the redneck national anthem, not sure what it's called, but I didn't find it in the DT or the Forum... What I recall goes like this here:
I'm a redneck, don't give a darn
I'm a redneck, raised on a farm
I'm a redneck, wearing old blue jeans
I'm a redneck, (...) honky tonk queens
I'm a redneck

I'm a redneck, wearing big silver buckles
I'm a redneck, got scars on my knuckles
I'm a redneck, (something)
I'm a redneck, (something else

Love those dance hall women and that grinding honkytonk band
Groove on Willie and Waylan, I was born to wave a sixpack in my hand

I'm a redneck, (something)
I'm a redneck, (something)
I'm a redneck, born in Austin
I'm a redneck, banned in Boston
I'm a redneck (redneck!)

Love those...

Anybody? Thanks!