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Johnny Horton – Sink The Bismarck
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“Sink the Bismarck” by Johnny Horton and Tillman Franks was released as a single in 1960.
Inspired by the movie of the same name, this is a 4/4 march that tells the tale of the
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Johnny Horton – Out In New Mexico
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OUT IN NEW MEXICO / WRITER JOHNNY HORTON / It was in the town of Griffin In the year of '83 It was there an old cow-puncher Stepped up and said to me How do you do, young fellow
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Johnny Horton – First Train Headin' South
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I didn't know my baby loved me so until that letter come to let me know / Now I pack my bags and then I'll go and catch the first train I see headin'south / If I got this letter in
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Johnny Horton – Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
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The fiddles're squeekin' the guitars're speakin' / The piano plays a jelly-roll / The man on the drum is out from dumb / And the bass man he plays from his soul / The tables're
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Johnny Horton – North To Alaska
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[Chorus] / Way up north (North to Alaska) / Way up north (North to Alaska) / North to Alaska / We're goin' north, the rush is on / North to Alaska / We're goin' north, the rush is
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Johnny Horton – I’m A One-Woman Man
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[Verse 1] / If you told me that you love me I would feel so proud / If you let me hold you honey I'd holler out loud / I'll never love another even if I can / Oh, come to me baby I
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Johnny Horton – Hank And Joe And Me
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HANK AND JOE AND ME / (Johnny Cash) / « © '59 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP » / In the desert where we searched for gold the days're hot the nights're cold
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Johnny Horton – I'm Coming Home
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Get your face all pretty and your hair done right / Cause we're gonna do the town tonight / Well I'm comin' into town and right on time I still got your lovin' on my mind / I'm a
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Johnny Horton – The Battle of New Orleans
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“The Battle of New Orleans” by Jimmy Driftwood appears on the Johnny Horton album, The Spectacular Johnny Horton (1959).
This is a story song in the first person by one of the
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Johnny Horton – I Love You Baby
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I love you baby, I don't mean maybe / You drive me crazy / Well, I'm begging you on my hands and knees / Keep a loving me, baby please / I've been with you both night and day
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Johnny Horton – The Woman I Need
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Oh, the woman I got is sweet indeed / But the woman I got ain't the woman I need / 'Cause the woman I need she gotta want a big time / Gotta be like me and have a honky tonk mind
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Johnny Horton – Mansion You Stole
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The mansion I own has captured your heart / You said it was love dear but you lied from the start / I wanted true love but you wanted my gold / Someday you'll be sorry for the lies
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Johnny Horton – Sleepy-Eyed John
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Well a-way down yonder on the Candy Creek / I whittled out a fiddle from my wagon seat / I fiddled my fiddle and I rubbed my bow / Play a little tune wherever I go / Sleepy-eyed
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Johnny Horton – The Electrified Donkey
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Oh, well, I bought me a donkey, about four foot tall / To plough my cotton in the early fall / He's runnin' around, it was an awful sin / I had to build a fence to keep my donkey
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Johnny Horton – Ole Slew Foot
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High on the mountain tell me what you see / Bear tracks bear tracks lookin' back at me / Better get your rifle boy before it's too late / Cause the bear's got a little pig and
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Johnny Horton – Evil Hearted Me
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Well, when the sun rose this morning / I was feeling mighty bad / My baby said; "good morning" / Hell, it made me mad / Because I was evil, evil hearted me / I'm down right evil
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Johnny Horton – Whispering Pines
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The snowflakes fall as winter comes / And time just seems to fly / Is it the loneliness in me / That makes me want to cry? / My heart is sad like a morning dove / That's lost its
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Johnny Horton – Big Wheels Rollin’
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I left my sweetheart a long time ago / She cried and she pleaded and begged me not to go / We had a quarrel and I started to roam / Big wheels big wheels carry me home / Oh big
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Johnny Horton – I’m Ready, If You’re Willing
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There's abig bright moon above and the night's just made for love / Baby I'm ready if you're willing / If that twinkle in your eye is a darin' me to try baby I'm ready if you'
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Johnny Horton – John Paul Jones
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[Verse 1] / When John Paul Jones was a little boy he pointed to the sea / Said "When I get to be a man, a fightin' man I'll be / I'll leave my mark on the ocean and my name in
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Johnny Horton – They Shined Up Rudolph's Nose
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[Verse 1] / Rudolph's nose was frosty and it didn't get much light / Santa had his little elves to shine it up so bright / Prancer and the others, are dancing to and fro / They
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Johnny Horton – Rock Island Line
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ROCK ISLAND LINE (Johnny's version) / Now this here's the story about the Rock Island Line / Now the Rock Island Line she run down into New Orleans / Just before you get into New
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Johnny Horton – Jim Bridger
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[Verse 1] / Once there was a mountain man who couldn't write his name / Yet, he deserves the front row seat in History's Hall of Fame / He forgot more about the Indians than we
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Johnny Horton – Sinking Of The Reuben James
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[Chorus] / What were their names, tell me what were their names? / Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James? / [Verse 1] / Have you heard of a ship called that good Reuben
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Johnny Horton – Same Old Tale That The Crow Told Me
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Well a tom cat sittin’ on a bale of hay / And a bulldog a-sittin’ on the ground / I went and fetched the bulldog’s tail / And they went around and around and around / They went
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Johnny Horton – Comanche (The Brave Horse)
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[Verse 1] / The battle was over at Custer's last stand / And Taps were sounding for all the brave men / While one lone survivor wounded and weak / Comanche the brave horse, lay at
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Genius Lists – Songs Based on Historical Events
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This Genius project helps connect music to historical events
Many times, we listen to a song, not ever knowing it was based on an actual event in history. The list includes a very
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Johnny Horton – Hot In The Sugarcane Field
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Way down in Trinidad the country / That's where the sugarcane she grow high / The boss he come and he say to me Johnny, say / "What's the reason you cry?" say / I want a my baby, I
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Johnny Horton – Young Abe Lincoln
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[Verse 1] / Well, he lived in a cabin way down by the creek / He ran through the dust in his bare feet / But they didn't know that one fine day / That he would rule this U.S.A
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Johnny Horton – Let's Take The Long Way Home
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Let's take the long way home tonight / Maybe I can hold you tight / That old moon may be shinin' bright / Let's take the long way home tonight / Cos it ain't no fun to go straight
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