Hang Down Your Head Tom Doolly

Ina

Ina

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Ok gals and guys, reach back as far as you can, and tell us the first song you can remember. Mine was the Tom Coolly song. I was seven, and could sing it all the way through. It was sad, and I now remember, so was I. Hmmmmmm:confused:
 

There was a song something about "beautiful beautiful brown eyes I'll never love blue eyes again" that my grandmother used to sing and I would get sad because I have blue eyes.
She was so sweet in consoling me.

Earliest song I recall singing was Onward Christian Soldiers.
 

Ina said:
Ok gals and guys, reach back as far as you can, and tell us the first song you can remember. Mine was the Tom Coolly song. I was seven, and could sing it all the way through. It was sad, and I now remember, so was I. Hmmmmmm:confused:
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I remember singing that too and Johnny Horton's Battle of New Orleans.

But the first song I vividly remember knowing and singing was The Rock Island Line and Hot Diggity Dog Diggity. I had little red and bright yellow records.

anybody else remember these?

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Ina, that's funny, because that's the first pop song I can remember knowing all the words to also. Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley.

The second one that sticks in my head is Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe.
 
My Dad used to play Red Wing and Red River Valley on his fiddle and harmonica; so I remember those, and then, Over The Rainbow was a favorite too, when I was little.
 
I can't remember the very first song really, but one that comes to mind is Catch A Falling Star by Perry Como.
 
Okay, I just had a brain fart going back even further to, "How Much is That Doggie in the Window" and "Playmate, Come Out and Play With Me". I must have been about four or five then.


Hey, hey, oh playmate,
Come out and play with me.
You'll bring your dollies three,
Climb up my apple tree.
Cry down my rain barrel,
Slide down my cellar door.
And we'll be jolly friends
Forever more.

How Much is That Doggie in the Window: (Patti Page)

How much is that doggie in the
window
(arf, arf)
The one with the waggley tail
How much is that doggie in the
window
(arf, arf)
I do hope that doggie's for sale​
 
OH, I don't know why, but Mack the Knife has always been one of my favorite songs..I loved Bobby Darin. He and Sandra Dee were the a very romantic couple when I was pre-teen. So sad he died so early. I know they had a bumpy ride in their relationship, but I think they were the loves of each other's lives.
 
Ozarkgal said:
OH, I don't know why, but Mack the Knife has always been one of my favorite songs..I loved Bobby Darin. He and Sandra Dee were the a very romantic couple when I was pre-teen. So sad he died so early. I know they had a bumpy ride in their relationship, but I think they were the loves of each other's lives.
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i loved that song too.

Did you see the movie about Bobby Darin, Kevin Spacey played him and did a bang up job!
 
I remember all the kids songs...London Bridge, etc., but I remember my mom buying Dean Martin's, That's Amore. She played it a lot, along with his other hits.
 
I know you are all chomping at the bit to ask me about Yes we have no bananas. :rolleyes: It was sung by Louie Prima and was one of my favorite songs when I was a little guy.

Ladies and gentlemen I give you, Yes we have no bananas.:sentimental:
 

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I remember those mentioned but I grew up in Texas and in my part of the world hill billy, then later country was what was happening and the first song I remember and could sing all by myself, was Ernest Tubbs singing, "Walking The Floor Over You." Ernest Tubbs grew up not far from my town. He used to hitch hike to WF where his aunt and uncle ran a cafe. He'd bring his guitar and sit on a end stool and sing and play and entertain customers during the lunch run. The Grand Ole Opry and the Louisiana Hayride provided our entertainment over radio.
 
That Guy said:
There was a song something about "beautiful beautiful brown eyes I'll never love blue eyes again" that my grandmother used to sing and I would get sad because I have blue eyes.
She was so sweet in consoling me.......................
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Blast from the Past TG! That got a frequent airing in our house, loved it. Sure it was a wrist slitter but it was kinda beautiful to me, it was to the Uncle who played it often as he could too apparently. I was the only one in the whole family who had brown eyes and I thought it must have been written for me.

It is now an earworm in my head, thanks a lot for that, I remember the tune and now the damned words are coming back!

No idea what the earliest one would have been, too many around the same era, but you can bet it was C&W, yours or ours. Actually Ghost Riders in the Sky was probably one that impressed me particularly so I'll go with that.

Though Dad used to whistle Streets of Laredo in the loo if that counts.


Here's Brown Eyes, sure it was a bloke singing the version I remember but do remember this one too.

 
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