Highway headed south (Dolly Parton)
When we lived in North York, Toronto, I borrowed a record from the Library of Porter Wagoner singing: “On a highway headed south somewhere to Dixie, where the cotton blooms in the spring, and the snow don’t fly.” I fell instantly in love with that song. I was so tired of the cold weather in Canada, and longed to be in the southern states. So this is one of my favorite songs. I can’t find him on the net, so here is Dolly singing her song.
Porter Wagoner has A Satisfied Mind
I first heard this song by Cowboy Copas. I was visiting the Ogdens in Gwelo (now Gweru) in 1966, and they had an LP record of Cowboy Copas singing this song. Many years later I bought the LP of Porter singing it. There are many lessons in this song.
When I was a teenager, I remember Jim Reeves talking about Porter, but I never heard any of his songs on the radio in Rhodesia. Then when I went to South Africa, I saw some of his gospel records in a gospel bookstore and bought some of them. One of my favourite songs is still: “Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, our Lord is coming back to earth again. (Tell your children)
“What would you do, what would you do, if Jesus came to spend some time with you?” That song has a very powerful message. I sang that song hundreds of times in churches in Africa. When I sang that song, it was as if I could picture all the scenes in houses where we had lived.
Wait a little longer please Jesus
I had a record of this song, but I couldn’t find it by Porter, so here is Daniel O’Donnell.
I sang this song in a church once, and the pastor got very angry with me, and I never sang it again. I have nothing against people taking vacations, but I just feel there should be a replacement.
I had a record of Jim Reeves singing this song, and it has a lot of truths. Some people criticized all my songs and my singing, so that is why I don’t sell my recordings any more. In fact I still can’t write songs anymore. Maybe soon I’ll get healed.
I had this song on a record.
I had a record of Jim Reeves singing this song too, so I’ll add it in here.
I had three LP records of his Gospel songs, so I am loading this one on too.
I also have a Gospel web site. If you want to check it out, go to: http://countrygospelandbible.com/