Take Me Home, Country Roads 🌾 Green Green Grass of Home & Cotton Fields | Country Songs 60s–80s #2

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:04][music] [music] >> Maybe I >> [singing] >> didn't love [music] you quite as [music] often as I could [singing] have.

[00:00:29]And maybe I didn't [music] treat you quite as good as I should have.

[00:00:43]If I made [music and singing] you feel second best, girl, I'm sorry [music] I was blind.

[00:00:57]>> [music] >> You were always on my mind.

[00:01:05]You were [music] always on my mind.

[00:01:15]And maybe [music] I didn't hold you all [music] those lonely lonely times.

[00:01:29]>> [music] >> I guess I never told you I'm [music] so happy that you're mine.

[00:01:44]Little things [music and singing] I should have said and done, >> [music] >> I just never took the time.

[00:01:58]>> [music] >> But you were always on my mind.

[00:02:03]>> [music] >> You were always on my mind.

[00:02:13]>> [music] >> Tell me.

[00:02:22]Tell [music] me that your sweet love hasn't died.

[00:02:29]And give me.

[00:02:36]Give me [music] one more chance to keep you satisfied.

[00:02:42]I'll keep [music] you satisfied.

[00:03:00]Little things I should [music and singing] have said and done.

[00:03:06]>> [music] >> I just never took the time.

[00:03:14]>> [music] >> But you were always [singing] on my mind.

[00:03:18]You were always [music] on my mind.

[00:03:22]You were always [singing] on my mind.

[00:03:28]>> [music] >> You were always [singing] on my mind.

[00:03:33]You were always on my mind. [music] You were always on my mind.

[00:03:44]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Been gone [music] south to the land [singing] of the pains. Ain't been my way to North Carolina.

[00:04:28]Staring [music and singing] at the rotten freight to God I see headlights.

[00:04:37]I might [music] have done the coast in 17 hours. Picking [music] me a bouquet of dogwood flowers. And they may hoping for a rider. I can't [music] see my baby tonight.

[00:04:54]So [music] rock me mama like a wagon wheel. Rock me mama any way you feel.

[00:05:03]>> [music] >> Hey mama rock me.

[00:05:09]>> [music] >> Rock me mama like the wind and the rain.

[00:05:17]>> [music] >> Rock me mama like a southbound train.

[00:05:22]>> [music] >> Hey mama rock me.

[00:05:29]Running from the cold [music] up in New England. I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band. My baby [music] plays the guitar. I pick a banjo now.

[00:05:45]Oh North [music] country keep a getting me down. Lost my money playing poker, so I had to leave town, but [music] I ain't turning back to living that old life no more.

[00:06:00]>> [singing] >> So rock me, >> [music] >> mama, like a wagon.

[00:06:07]Rock me, mama, any way you feel. Hey, >> [music] >> mama, rock me. [music] Yeah.

[00:06:21]Rock me, mama, like the wind and the rain.

[00:06:26]>> [music] >> Rock me, mama, like a southbound train.

[00:06:31]>> [music] [singing] >> Hey, mama, rock me.

[00:06:38]Walking through the south, thought of going north.

[00:06:42]>> [music] >> Got caught a trucker out of Philly. We had a nice long talk, but he's [music] a headed west from the Cumberland Gap to Johnson City, Tennessee. [music] And I got to get a move on before the sun. I hear my baby calling [music] my name.

[00:07:06]And I know that [singing] she's the only [music] one.

[00:07:14]And if [music] I die in Raleigh, at least I will die free.

[00:07:22]Oh, >> [music] >> ROCK ME, [singing] MAMA, LIKE A WAGON.

[00:07:27]ROCK ME, MAMA, [music] ANY WAY YOU FEEL. HEY, MAMA, rock [music] me.

[00:07:38]Oh, rock >> [music] >> me, mama, like the wind and the rain.

[00:07:46]Rock me, mama, [music] LIKE A SOFT WARM TRAIN.

[00:07:51]HEY, HEY, HEY, MAMA, ROCK ME, ROCK >> [music] >> ME. SO, rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel. Rock me, mama, any way you feel. Hey, mama, rock [music] me. Mama, rock me.

[00:08:13]Mama, rock me. Rock me, mama, [music] rock me, mama, like the wind and the rain.

[00:08:22]Mama, like a [music] soft warm train.

[00:08:26]Hey, yeah, yeah, mama, [music] rock me.

[00:08:33]You can rock >> [music] >> me, rock me.

[00:08:43]>> [music] [music] [music] >> I bet you [singing] never heard old Marshall Dillon say, >> [music] >> "Miss Kitty, have you ever [singing] thought of running away?"

[00:09:12]"Sitting [music] down, would you marry me if I asked you twice and [music] begged you, pretty please?"

[00:09:23]She'd have said [music] yes in a New York minute. They never played a night his heart wasn't [singing] in. I just stole a kiss [music] as he rode away. I never hung his hat at Kitty's place. flies.

[00:09:39]>> [music] >> I should have been a cowboy.

[00:09:43]I should have learned [music] to rope and ride.

[00:09:48]Wearing my six-shooter, [music] riding my pony on a cattle drive.

[00:09:54]Stealing [music] the young girls' hearts.

[00:09:58]Just like [music] Gene and Roy, singing those campfire songs.

[00:10:05]I should have been a cowboy.

[00:10:08]I made a very [music] sidekick [singing] with a funny name, running wild through the hills, [music] chasing Jesse James.

[00:10:16]And a nap on the brink of dangers.

[00:10:20]Raising shotgun [music] for the Texas Rangers. Go west, young man. Haven't you been told [music] California's full of whiskey, women, and gold? Sleeping out all [singing] night beneath the desert stars [music] with a dream in my eye and a prayer in my heart.

[00:10:40]I should have been a cowboy. [music] I should have learned to rope and ride.

[00:10:48]Wearing [music] my six-shooter, riding my pony on a cattle drive.

[00:10:55]Stealing [music] the young girls' hearts.

[00:10:59]Just like [music] Gene and Roy, singing those campfire songs. Oh, I should have been a cowboy.

[00:11:10]>> [music] [music] >> I should [music] have been a cowboy.

[00:11:27]I should have learned to rope and ride.

[00:11:29]>> [music] >> Big boy, wearing my six-shooter, riding my pony on a cattle [music] drive, styling the young girls' hearts.

[00:11:42]Just like [music] Cain and Abel, singing those campfire songs. Oh, I should have been a cowboy. [music] Yeah, I should have been a cowboy.

[00:11:58]I should have been a cowboy. [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> With the blue on my eyes, I showed up in boots and ruined your black-tie [music] affair.

[00:12:40]The last one to know, the last one [music] to show, I was the last one you thought you'd see there.

[00:12:49]And I saw the surprise [music] and the fear in [singing] his eyes when I took his glass [music] of champagne.

[00:12:58]And I had two steady hands. Said, "Honey, we may [music] be through, but you'll never hear me complain.

[00:13:07]Cuz [music] I got friends [singing] in low places where the whiskey [music] drowns and the beer chases my blues away.

[00:13:18]>> [music] >> And I'll be okay.

[00:13:25]Yeah, [music] I'm not big on social graces. Think I'll slip on down to [music and singing] the Oasis.

[00:13:38]I've got friends in [music and singing] low places.

[00:13:44]Well, I guess [music] I was wrong.

[00:13:46]I just don't belong.

[00:13:48]But [music] then I've been there before.

[00:13:53]Everything's all right.

[00:13:55]I'll just say [music] goodnight and [singing] I'll show myself to the door.

[00:14:02]Hey, [music] I didn't mean to cause a big scene.

[00:14:07]Just give me an hour and then >> [music] >> I'll be as high as that Eiffel Tower that [music] you're living in.

[00:14:20]>> [singing] >> Cuz I've got [music] friends in low places where the whiskey drowns and the beer [music] chases my blues away.

[00:14:34]And [music] I'll be okay.

[00:14:38]Yeah, not [music] big on social graces.

[00:14:43]Think I'll slip on down to [music] the Oasis.

[00:14:48]>> [singing] >> I've [music] got friends in low places.

[00:14:55]Oh, >> [music] >> I've got friends in low places where the whiskey [music] drowns and the beer chases my [music] blues away.

[00:15:10]And [music] I'll be okay.

[00:15:15]Yeah, not big [music] on social graces. Think I'll on down to [music] the oasis of >> [singing] >> I've [music] got friends in low places.

[00:15:34]I've got [music] friends in low places where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues [music] away.

[00:15:47]And I'll [music] be okay.

[00:15:52]Yeah, I'm not big on >> [music] >> social graces. Guess you'd think I'll slip on down to the oasis [music] of I've got friends in low places. [music] Yeah, I've got friends in low places where the whiskey drowns >> [music] >> and the beer chases my blues away.

[00:16:16]And I'll be okay. Where the [music] whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away.

[00:16:19]And I'll be okay.

[00:16:21]Where the whiskey >> [music] >> And I'll be okay. [singing] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Someone told me long [singing] ago there's a calm [music] the storm.

[00:17:20]I know it's [music] been coming for some time.

[00:17:27]When it's over, so they [music] say, it'll rain a sunny [singing] day.

[00:17:36]I [music] know shining down [singing] like water.

[00:17:43]>> [music] >> I want to know, have you ever seen the rain? [music] I want to know, have you ever [music] seen the rain?

[00:18:01]Coming down on a sunny [music and singing] day.

[00:18:08]>> [music] >> Yesterday and days before, sun [music] is cold and rain is hard.

[00:18:18]I know been that way for all my time.

[00:18:24]>> [music] >> Till forever, on it goes and through the circle fast and [music] slow.

[00:18:34]I know it can't stop. I wonder, >> [music] >> I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?

[00:18:50]I [music] want to know, have you ever seen the rain?

[00:18:58]Coming down on a sunny day.

[00:19:03][singing] Yeah.

[00:19:04]>> [music] [music] [music] >> I want to know >> [music] >> have you ever seen the rain?

[00:19:31]>> [music] >> I want to know have you ever seen the rain?

[00:19:39]>> [music] >> Coming down on a sunny [singing] day.

[00:19:55]>> [music] [music] [music] >> When I [music] was a little bitty [singing] baby my [music] mama would rock me in the cradle >> [music] >> in them old cotton fields back home.

[00:20:34]It was down [music] in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana.

[00:20:41]In them old >> [music] >> cotton fields back home.

[00:20:47]Oh, and [music] them convoys get old.

[00:20:51]You can't pick very much cotton in them old >> [music] >> cotton fields back home.

[00:21:01]It was down in Louisiana [music] just about a mile from Texarkana in them old cotton fields back home.

[00:21:17]>> [music] [music] >> When I was a little >> [music] >> bitty baby my [music] mama would rock me in the cradle in them [music] old cotton fields back home.

[00:21:49]It [music] was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana in them old cotton fields back home.

[00:22:00]>> [music] >> Oh, when them cotton balls get you can't pick [music] very much cotton in them >> [music] >> old cotton fields back home.

[00:22:16]It was [music] down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana in them old cotton [music] fields back home.

[00:22:43]When I [music] was a little bitty baby my mama [music and singing] would rock me in the cradle in them >> [music] >> old cotton fields back It was down in Louisiana, >> [music] >> just a bottle away from Texarkana.

[00:23:11]Them [music] old cotton fields back home.

[00:23:18]Them old [music and singing] cotton fields back home.

[00:23:30]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.

[00:24:08]>> [music] >> Life is older, older than the trees, younger [music] than the [singing] mountains, growing like a breeze. Country roads, [music] take me home to the [music] place I belong.

[00:24:32]West Virginia, [music] mountain [singing] mama, >> [music] >> take me home, country roads.

[00:24:46]>> [music] >> Old man and memories, >> [music] >> got her running her.

[00:25:01]Miner's lady, stranger [music] to blue water.

[00:25:08]Dark [music] and dusty painted on the sky.

[00:25:14]Misty taste of moonshine, [music] teardrop in my eye. Country roads, take me [music] home to the >> [music] >> place I belong.

[00:25:30]West Virginia, mountain [music] mama, take me home.

[00:25:38]Country roads, >> [music] >> I hear a voice in the morning [music] hours, she calls me.

[00:25:48]The radio reminds me of my home far away.

[00:25:53]Driving [music] down the road, I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday. [music] Yesterday, country roads, take me home >> [music] >> to the place I belong.

[00:26:18]West Virginia, mountain [music] mama, take me home.

[00:26:27]Country roads, country [music] roads, take me [singing] home to the place >> [music] >> I belong.

[00:26:41]West [music] Virginia, mountain [singing] mama, >> [music] >> take me home.

[00:26:49]Country roads, take me [music] home.

[00:26:58]country [music] roads.

[00:27:05]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Everything looks the same as I [music] stepped down from the train.

[00:27:45]There to [music] meet [singing] me is my mama and papa. [music] Down the [music] road I look and there I was, Mary.

[00:28:04]Hair [music] gold and lips like cherries.

[00:28:11]>> [music] >> It's good to talk to [music] them bringing glad tidings of home.

[00:28:23]>> [music] >> Yes, they all come to meet [music] me.

[00:28:32]Arms reaching >> [music] >> smelling sweetly.

[00:28:38]It's good to talk to them >> [music] >> bringing glad tidings home.

[00:28:51]>> [music] >> The old house is still [music] standing.

[00:28:58]Though the paint [singing] is cracked and dry. [music] There's that old oak.

[00:29:09]Beneath it I used [music] to play on.

[00:29:16]Down the [singing] lane I walked with my [music] sweet Mary.

[00:29:23]Hair [music] of gold and lips like cherries.

[00:29:32]It's [music] good to touch the green.

[00:29:39]Green grass [music and singing] of home.

[00:29:45]Then I [music] awake and look at all around me.

[00:29:51]At four gray [music] walls that surround [singing] me.

[00:29:58]And [music] I realize yes, >> [music] >> I was only dreaming.

[00:30:08]For [music] there's a garden, there's a sad old >> [music] >> cabin.

[00:30:15]On and on we'll walk a day [music and singing] hike.

[00:30:19]Again I'll touch the green.

[00:30:24]Green grass [music] of home.

[00:30:29]Yesterday >> [music] >> old cow to see me.

[00:30:37]In the shade of that [singing] old oak tree.

[00:30:40]>> [music] >> As they [singing] lay me.

[00:30:45]Mister Green >> [music] >> Green grass of home >> [music] [music] [music] >> I keep a close watch on this [music] heart of mine.

[00:31:36]I keep my eyes wide open all the time.

[00:31:40]I keep [music] the ends [singing] out for the tied at both ends.

[00:31:46]Because you're [music] mine I walk the line.

[00:31:51]I find it very, [music] very easy to [singing] be true.

[00:31:56]I find myself alone when each day [music] is through.

[00:32:01]Yes, I'll admit that I'm a fool for you.

[00:32:06]Because you're [music] mine I walk the line.

[00:32:13]As sure [music] as night is dark and day is light I keep you on [music and singing] my mind both day and night.

[00:32:24]And happiness I've [music and singing] known proves that it's right.

[00:32:29]Because you're mine I walk [music] the line.

[00:32:34]You've got a way to keep [music] me your side.

[00:32:39]You give me cause [singing] for love that I can't hide.

[00:32:44]For you I [music and singing] know waiting try to turn the tide.

[00:32:49]Because you're mine I walk [singing] the line.

[00:32:58]>> [music] [music] [music] >> I keep it close, walk on this heart [singing] of mine.

[00:33:19]I keep my eyes [music] wide open all the time.

[00:33:24]I keep the [singing] ends out for the tighter [music] binds.

[00:33:29]Because you're mine I walk the line.

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