The Don Williams Sing Me Back Home performance is his cover a a Merle Haggard classic tune...watch the music video and see the lyrics here.
The Don Williams Sing Me Back Home performance is his cover a a Merle Haggard classic tune. The Merle original song was released in November 1967 as the first single and title track for the album of the same name. This song was Merle Haggard and The Strangers third #1 hit and spent two weeks at number one and a total of 17 weeks on the country chart. In 2019, Rolling Stone ranked “Sing Me Back Home” No. 32 on its list of the 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time.
His music video became the most popular of his career with over 26 million views as of July of 2022. Enjoy the Don Williams performance of this country classic and see the written lyrics below.
“Sing Me Back Home” is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers.
The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
‘Let my guitar playing friend do my request.’ (Let him…)
Sing me back home with a song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing Me Back Home before I die
I recall last Sunday morning a choir from ‘cross the street
Came to sing a few old gospel songs
And I heard him tell the singers ‘There’s a song my mama sang.
Can I hear once before we move along?’
Sing me back home, the song my mama sang
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing Me Back Home before I die
Sing Me Back Home before I die
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