Watch this beautiful live performance of Merle Haggard of his hit song “Sing Me Back Home.” Merle wrote this song and was released in November 1967 as the first single and title track from the album Sing Me Back Home. The song was Merle Haggard and The Strangers third number one. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of 17 weeks on the country chart. Enjoy the music!
Merle Haggard, in full Merle Ronald Haggard, (born April 6, 1937, Oildale, California, U.S.—died April 6, 2016, near Redding, California), American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, one of the most popular country music performers of the late 20th century, with nearly 40 number one country hits between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s.
Haggard won numerous awards from the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, and in 1984 he captured a Grammy Award for best country vocal performance for “That’s the Way Love Goes.” He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2007). In 2010 Haggard was named a Kennedy Center honoree. (Source: Britanicca)
More Songs of Merle Haggard:
- “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink” – A Merle Haggard Beautiful Classic Song [Live from Austin, TX]
- Merle Haggard’s Inspiring Song “Natural High” (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
- Merle Haggard Classic: “Mama Tried” Live Performance in Austin, Texas
- Merle Haggard Classic: “Listening To The Wind” (Live Performance)
- Lovely Duet of Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens – “Today I Started Loving You Again”
- Merle Haggard – “One Day At A Time” (Country Gospel Song)
- Legendary Country Singer Merle Haggard Sings “The Old Rugged Cross” Gospel Hymn
Sing Me Back Home Lyrics
Song by Merle Haggard
The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
I stood up to say goodbye 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
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Merle Haggard
Sing Me Back Home lyrics © Sony/atv Tree Publishing
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