{"id":88,"date":"2011-10-30T11:23:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T11:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/favourite-love-songs.com\/?p=88"},"modified":"2014-02-25T05:56:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T05:56:28","slug":"country-love-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/favourite-love-songs.com\/?p=88","title":{"rendered":"Country Love Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don Williams country love song<\/a><\/p>\n

As write this I find myself thinking of Don Williams and a beautiful country love song he sang. \u201cYou placed gold on my finger, you brought love, like I\u2019ve never known, you gave life to our children, and for me a reason to go on.\u201d (My best friend) At present I am reading a book by Nancy Reagan, where she says she never wanted to go life alone. I think that is true of all of us.<\/p>\n

My love affair with trains.<\/a><\/p>\n

This is one of my top favourite country love songs, but can\u2019t find it on you tube. I heard it on a Merle Haggard record many years ago and here are some of the words: \u201cEv\u2019ry time I hear the sound of a train, comin\u2019 down that ol\u2019 railroad track, I get that far away look in my eyes. I\u2019d love to throw my hammer down, and take off to some distant town, an\u2019 not even take the time to say goodbye.\u201d It is all about a married man who has hobo blood boil in his veins. At the end of the song he decides to stick with his family. Good stuff! It has such a lovely tune and a real driving beat. It is tops! I have just found out that it is written by Dolly Parton. Good shot Dolly.<\/p>\n

Merle Haggard<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is Merle Haggard singing: \u201cThe fightin\u2019 side of me.\u201d I first heard this song on TV in South Africa, sung by Bobby Angel.<\/p>\n

Charlie Rich<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is Charlie singing about \u201cThe most beautiful girl in the world.\u201d There is a song he sings on a record that I have, but it is not on the net. Some songs paint a picture with their words. This is one of them, and it also has a tremendous life lesson. It is called \u201cLet the little bird fly.\u201d \u201cShe came into my life one spring, swinging her doll on an old tire swing, she was just ten and I\u2019d just turned 13. A little bird fell from the tree, she gently picked it up and gave it to me. It tried to get away and I squeezed with all my might, and with a little girl plea, oh please set it free, she softly cried. Let the little bird fly.\u201d Years later they date, and he sings, \u201cbut love has to breathe, and I held on much too tight.\u201d Then she flies away. Some people have a tendency to want to smother you with love and attention, but that always feels weird. Some psychologists believe that each person needs about a yard of personal space around them.<\/p>\n

Wolverton Mountain<\/a><\/p>\n

When I was a teenager, Wolverton Mountain was a popular country love song by Claude King. His accent was so strange. I had never heard that accent in Africa! I guess he was from somewhere in the southern United States. It is about a guy on Wolverton Mountain who is protecting his daughter from strangers, but Claude wants to climb that mountain and get the girl. It makes me think of how scared I was to ask my girlfriend\u2019s father for her hand in marriage.<\/p>\n

Shania Twain: Never ending song of love<\/a><\/p>\n

Sometimes people ask me, \u201cWhat is your favourite song?\u201d Just to shock them I say, \u201cMan, I feel like a woman!\u201d<\/p>\n

Send me the pillow that you dream on<\/a><\/p>\n

This song has been stuck in my head since I was in my early teens. I doesn\u2019t make much sense, but here it is. It is still one of my favourite country love songs, and I can\u2019t get rid of it.<\/p>\n

Dusty guitar<\/a><\/p>\n

When I was a teenager, I painted a picture of our two guitars and I used to associate this song with that picture. Just like this song says, I had big dreams of getting somewhere.<\/p>\n

Kenny Rogers Coward of the county<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s someone for everyone.\u201d In every country love song there are good words that are part of our lives. When my son was a baby, a health nurse tried to take him away from us, and the lady doctor told my wife: \u201cThis is not the time to cry, it is time to fight.\u201d My wife fought, and we still have our son. The Holy Spirit has been using this song to speak to me. In the song he says: \u201cIt won\u2019t mean you\u2019re weak if you turn the other cheek.\u201d Jesus taught us to turn the other cheek, and I realize that many times when people have been bad to me, I have not turned the other cheek. It has been my instinct, when I get hurt, to fight back, which is different to the teachings of Jesus. So I have repented, and have asked the Lord to forgive me. Jesus taught that if someone takes your coat, give him your cloak as well. He taught that if someone forces you to go one mile with them, then go two. He said we must be as harmless as doves. So I am going to try and do better!<\/p>\n

George Jones \u2013 She thinks I still care<\/a><\/p>\n

I tried once before to put George Jones on this page and it was taken off the internet. So I will try again. This morning (Jan.22.2011) as I went to have a shower, I smiled at myself in the mirror, and thought of this country love song that I have heard on the radio. He sings: \u201cBecause I\u2019m not the happy guy I used to be, she thinks I still care.\u201d Those words spoke to my heart. When I was young, I used to sing and play the guitar in front of the mirror, and smile at myself. I was a very happy person. Some years back some people criticized my singing and guitar playing, also my song writing, and everything I have done in my life, so I stopped doing it all. I realize that I have to overcome all that criticism, and start being the same happy person I used to me. It seems crazy me sharing this with the rest of the world, but maybe it is therapy! So many songs seem to be sermons to my heart. So, \u201cThank you\u201d to all the singers and song writers. In fact, when I read Dolly Parton\u2019s book, she said that she writes songs as a kind of therapy.<\/p>\n

Running Bear<\/a><\/p>\n

Redoing this website tonight, I came across this song I heard when I was a kid. I still remember all the words, and sang it a few years ago at Portal Village in Port Colborne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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