need "whiskey" songs
Adam Bernay
There's a country song called, "The Whiskey Ain't Workin Anymore". It's
by Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart.
Adam Bernay
Thumper916
"Since i started drinking again" Dwight Yoakum
Colin McArthur
Heres a couple, courtesy of my page....
The Isla Waters
Andy Stewart & Martin Hadden
(From Silly Wizard: Caledonias Hardy Sons)
I hae' friends, they buy me whisky
Bonnie friends they call my name
But if I should get too drunk for walkin'
Where's the man that would carry me hame
Chorus:
And if I be drunk in the Isla Waters
Through the Thistlewood I must hame
If I be drunk in the Isla Waters
My wee doggie would find me in the Isla Stream
All the day I bless that water
Aye she's bricht an' clear to see
But after hours o' ale hoose laughter
Dark an' still she waits for me
Chorus
Like the fishers line that's broken
Leaves the salmon tae the swell
Many's the nicht you've had me soakin'
Part tae break the lyer's hell
Chorus
All my days I've lived tae court her
Bauden bonny fine stuff I've seen
But should I droun in yuir water
My wee doggie would find me in the Isla Stream
Chorus
JOHN BARLEYCORN
(Traditional)
There were three men come out of the West
Their fortunes for to try,
And these three men made a solemn vow:
John Barleycorn should die!
They plowed, they sowed, they harrowed him in,
Threw clods upon his head,
And these three men made a solemn vow:
John Barleycorn was dead!
Then they let him lie for a very long time
'Til the rain from Heaven did fall,
And Little Sir John sprung up his head,
And so amazed them all!
Then they let him stand 'til Midsummer tide,
'Til he grew both pale and wan,
And Little Sir John he grew a long beard,
And so became a man!
Then they hired men with the sythes so sharp
To cut him off at the knee
They rolled him and tied him about the waist,
And used him barbarously!
Then they hired men with the sharp pitchforks
To pierce him to the heart,
And the loader he served him worse than that,
For he tied him in a cart!
They wheeled him around and around the field,
Til they came in to a barn,
And there they made a solemn mow
Of poor John Barleycorn,
Then they hired men with the crab-tree sticks
To strip him skin from bone
And the Miller he served him worse than that:
For he ground him between two stones!
Here's Little Sir John in a nut-brown bowl,
And brandy in a glass!
And Little Sir John in the nut-brown bowl
Proved the stronger man at last!
For the huntsman he can't hunt the fox
Nor loudly blow his horn,
And the tinker can't the mend kettles nor pots
Without a littleJohn Barleycorn!
Rosin the Bow
I've travelled all over this world
And now to another I go
And I know that good quarters are waiting
To welcome old Rosin the Bow
Chorus:
To welcome old Rosin the Bow
To welcome old Rosin the Bow
And I know that good quarters are waiting
To welcome old Rosin the Bow
When I'm dead and laid out on the counter
A voice you will hear from below
Saying send down a hogshead of whiskey
To drink with old Rosin the Bow
Then get a half dozen stout fellas
And stack them all up in a row
Let them drink outta half-gallon bottles
To the memory of Rosin the Bow
Then get this half dozen stout fellas
And let them all stagger and go
And dig a great hole in the meadow
And in it put Rosin the Bow
Then get ye a couple of bottles
Put one at me head and me toe
With a diamond ring scratch upon it
The name of old Rosin the Bow
I hear that old tyrant approaching
That cruel remorseless old foe
And I lift up me glass in his honour
Take a drink with old the Rosin the Bow
RYE WHISKEY
I'll eat when I'm hungry,
I'll drink when l'm dry,
If the hard times don't kill me,
I'll lay down and die.
Rye whisky, rye whisky,
Rye whisky, l cry,
If you don't give me rye whisky,
I surely will die.
I'll tune up my fiddle,
And I 'll rosin my bow,
I'll make myself welcome,
Wherever I go.
Beefsteak when l'm hungry,
Red liquor when l'm dry,
Greenbacks when I'm hard up,
And religion when I die.
They say l drink whisky,
My money's my own;
All them that don't like me,
Can leave me alone.
Sometimes l drink whisky,
Sometimes l drink rum,
Sometimes l drink brandy,
At other times none.
But if I get boozy,
My whisky's my own,
And them that don't like me,
Can leave me alone.
Jack o' diamonds, jack o' diamonds,
I know you of old,
You've robbed my poor pockets
Of silver and gold.
Oh, whisky, you villain,
You've been my downfall,
You've kicked me, you've cuffed me,
But I love you for all.
If the ocean was whisky,
And I was a duck,
I'd dive to the bottom
To get one sweet suck.
But the ocean ain't whisky
And l ain't a duck,
So we'll round up the cattle
And then we'll get drunk.
Sweet milk when l'm hungry,
Rye whisky when l'm dry,
If a tree don't fall on me,
I'll live till I die.
I'll buy my own whisky,
I'll make my own stew,
If I get drunk, madam,
It's nothing to you.
I'll drink my own whisky,
I'll drink my own wine,
Some ten thousand bottles
I've killed in my time.
I've no wife to quarrel
No babies to bawl;
The best way of living
Is no wife at all.
Way up on Clinch Mountain
l wander alone,
l'm as drunk as the devil,
Oh, let me alone.
You may boast of your knowledge
An' brag of your sense,
'Twill all be forgotten
A hundred years hence.
Whiskey Johnny - composite version
Whiskey is the life of man
Always was since the world began
Whiskey-o, Johnny-o
John rise her up from down below
Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey-o
Up aloft this yard must go
John rise her up from down below
Whiskey here, whiskey there
Whiskey almost everywhere
Whiskey up and whiskey down
Whiskey all around the town
Whiskey killed me poor old dad
Whiskey drove me mother mad
My wife and I do not agree
She puts whiskey in her tea
Some likes whiskey, some likes beer
I wisht I had a barrel here
Whiskey made me pawn me clothes
Whiskey gave me this broken nose
Oh the mate lieks whiskey, the skipper likes rum
The sailors like both but me can't get none
Whiskey is the life of man
Whiskey from that old tin can
I thought I heard the first mate say
I treats me crew in a decent way
If whiskey was a river and I could swim
I'd say here goes and dive right in
If whiskey was a river and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom and never come up
I wisht I knew where whiskey grew
I'd eat the leaves and the branches too
A tot of whiskey all around
And a bottle full for the shanty man
**********************************************************
*I am Colin McArthur, of the Clan McArthur, *
*And I am Immoral... *
*Colin McArthur, ot the House Orpheus *
*co...@rt66.com *
*Colins Song Page http://www.rt66.com/~colin *
**********************************************************
Patrick Schnur
Gregory Wolfe wrote:
>
> A few come to mind, mostly country:
>
> 1. Whiskey River by Willie Nelson
> (Whiskey river, take my mind . . .)
> 2. an old old country song whose chorus goes something like
> Cigarettes and Whiskey and Wild Wild Women
> They'll drive you crazy they'll drive you insane . . .
> 3. Faster Horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money
> I don't remember who did it, but the names Moe Bandy and Joe Stamply
> come to my mind -- maybe someone else will know.
> 4. Rye Whiskey rye whiskey I'll drink till I die
> If I don't get rye whiskey I think I will cry (or something like
> that)
> 5. American Pie --- them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye . .
>
>
> that's all I can think of off the top of my head
>
> G.Wolfe
Hi,
how about "take your whiskey home" by Van Halen? A great song, by the
way.
Pasch
Stacia
Here's another that I think is an old country song--I don't know the name
of the song or who sang it--I only remember these lines:
Could have been the whiskey/Might have been the gin
Could have been the three or four sixpacks
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in . . .
--
Stacia
sta...@acsworld.net
The most perfect form of scorn is silence.--GB Shaw
Patrick Schnur <0681341...@t-online.de> wrote in article
<5nsfp7$9cu$1...@news02.btx.dtag.de>...
Pascal de Vries
Sorry, poorly formatted but the order is artist, album, song
Celtic Folk Non Album Tracks Nancy Whiskey
Doors Doors Alabama Song - (Whiskey Bar)
Gits The Frenching The Bully Another Shot Of Whiskey
Kristofferson KrisLive At The PhilharmonicWhiskey, Whiskey
Shane Macgowan And The PopesThe SnakeNancy Whiskey
Skynyrd LynyrdNon Album TracksWhiskey Rockaroller
Thin LizzyNon Album TracksWhiskey In The Jar
Uncle TupeloNo DepressionWhiskey Bottle
UnknownNon Album TracksCigarettes
Whiskey And Wild Wild Women Farewell To Whisky Fathers Whiskers Humours Of
Whiskey Rye Whisky Whiskey For My Johnny Whiskey O John Rise Her Up Whiskey
On A Sunday Van HalenWomen And Children FirstTake Your Whiskey Home WhoA
Quick One (Happy Jack)Whiskey Man Zz TopRio Grande MudWhiskey'n Mama
Bbbuzz <bbb...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19970614180...@ladder02.news.aol.com>...
> thanx for all the help folks.....keep 'em comin!
>
> -brent
>
John Patrick Riley
Bbbuzz wrote:
>
> thanx for all the help folks.....keep 'em comin!
>
> -brent
"Whiskey You're the Devil" -The Pogues
ANotman
streams of whiskey - The pogues
"I am going, I am going
wherever streams of whiskey are flowing"
E-mail me if you want the full lyric
Cheers
Andy
"Two lovers kissing midst the scream of midnight,
two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude"
What a Lyric.....The Jam - That's Entertainment
Steve Cosio
Here's a few:
Song Artist CD Title
Knock'm Down Whiskey Poindexter, Buster Buster's Happy Hour
Whiskey On The Jar Flying Column Here's To The Irish
Whiskey River Nelson, Willie Greatest Hits
Whiskey Under The Bridge Brooks & Dunn Top Hits USA 09/08/95
\\|//
(O-O)
+----oOO------(_)--------------+
| Steve Cosio |
| mailto:sco...@adnc.com |
|http://www.adnc.com/web/scosio|
+-----------------------oOO----+
Joan M Chiasson
Stacia (sta...@acsworld.net) wrote:
: Here's another that I think is an old country song--I don't know the name
The song was "Wasn't that a Party" by the Irish Rovers, although they may
have been simply the Rovers by then.
Joe Chiasson
(on my wife's account)
fre...@dnai.com
In article <5nrtg1$h7n$1...@mack.rt66.com>,
> RYE WHISKEY
>
> I'll eat when I'm hungry,
> I'll drink when l'm dry,
> If the hard times don't kill me,
> I'll lay down and die.
>
> Rye whisky, rye whisky,
> Rye whisky, l cry,
> If you don't give me rye whisky,
> I surely will die.
[Etc]
I like the alternate chorus, too:
Rye whisky, rye whisky
You're no friend to me
You killed my poor daddy
Goddamn you, try me
-------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====-----------------------
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
fre...@mrlead.com
In article <33A57A...@centuryinter.net>,
Can't find the start of this thread, so I'm not quite sure if you
want the names of songs with "whiskey" in the name or "whiskey"
anywhere in the lyrics, or songs about whiskey. Also whether you
just wanted "whiskey", or if "liquor," "Bourbon", "rye", etc., or
brand names like "Jim Beam," "Jack Daniels", etc. counted. Or
whether the song is supposed to be about whiskey, or just mention
it.
So I stuck with just "whiskey, & also just songs that I could
tell you where at least one record they were on.
But whoever wanted these (bbbuzz@aol?) might want to repost the
original request, if he/she still wants them.
Anyway, these are in a label format, i.e:
Song
Performer (& Album)
Line [if "whiskey" is not in title]
**** "WHISKEY" IN THE TITLE
Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)"
The Doors (The Doors)
NOTE: This song is from Bertold Brecht/Kurt Weill's
"The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny"; there are
probably other recordings of it around.
Big Bad Whiskey
Buddy Guy & Jr. Wells (Buddy Guy & Jr. Wells Play the Blues)
Drinking Straight Whiskey
Johnny Young & Big Walter Horton (Chicago Blues)
Whiskey Place
Ramatam (Ramatam)
Whiskey Woman Blues
Eric Quincy Tate (Eric Quincy Tate)
**** "WHISKEY" IN THE LYRICS
Broken Hearted People
Guy Clark (Texas Cooking) *or* Gary Stewart (Your Place or
Mine)
"They say that whiskey ain't the best way/But then I ain't too
smart"
Country Preacher
Jimmy Johnson Band (North/South)
"I've been wading in the whiskey from bar to bar"
Drunk
Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, & Gene Taylor (The Formerly Brothers)
"Whiskey, gin and wine are so doggone fine"
Haley's Comet
Dave Alvin (Blue Blvd) *or* Tom Russell (Hurricane Season)
"A whiskey bottle lifted to his mouth"
I Saw the Wreck on the Highway (But I Didn't Hear Nobody Pray)
Roy Acuff, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, & others (Will the Circle
Be Unbroken)
"There was whiskey and blood all together/Mixed with glass
where they lay"
Robbing Banks
Michael Hurley/Unholy Modal Rounders/Jeff Fredericks & The
Clamtones (Have Moicy)
"Lord I love drinking whiskey/Makin' me feel risque"
Rolling and Rambling
Robin & Linda Williamson (All Broken Hearts Are the Same)
"He sang with whiskey on his breath"
Rock Star's Lament
Bobby Bare (Down & Dirty)
"I took my first drink of whisky/And started down the road to
hell"
The Sky Above, the Mud Below
Tom Russell Band (The Rose of the San Joaquin)
"We trade this for whiskey rounds"
Tear My Stillhouse Down
Gillian Welch (Revival)
"Cause Satan he lives/In my whiskey machine"
Jennifer Parker
The Song is Whiskey Sour, The Album is In Between Before And After, The
Band is The Immigrints.
-Jennifer-
John Hammond
Midn Michael N Davis (m98...@nadn.navy.mil) wrote:
: There's always "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" by Bocephus, aka Hank
: Williams, Jr., as well as "Hotel Whiskey", also by Bocephus
: Michael N. Davis
: MIDN USN
: USNA 1998
Wiskey river take my mind - Willie Nerlson
Wiskey drinking woman - Aerosmith
ENS Derek M Paul
For whoever was looking for "Whiskey" songs:
Also check out "Whiskey Under the Bridge" by Brooks and Dunn.
-DP
Dan Perkins
Joel wrote:
>
> "Show me the way to the next Whiskey Bar" The Doors. (Later covered by
> David Bowie)
>
> "American Pie" Don McLean
>
> "The Gambler" Kenny Rodgers
>
> "Bed of Roses" Bon Jovi
>
> ENS Derek M Paul <dp...@nadn.navy.mil> wrote in article
> <Pine.SOL.3.96.970710185349.20805A-100000@arctic>...
> > For whoever was looking for "Whiskey" songs:
> >
> > Also check out "Whiskey Under the Bridge" by Brooks and Dunn.
> >
> > -DP
> >
And don't forget Whiskey River by Willie Nelson
Paul Laughlin
There's also "Whiskey, ye're the divil" by Tommy Makem and the Clancy
Brothers and other Irish groups.