"THOSE OLD COUNTRY SONGS"

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE SONGS, THOSE GOOD OLD COUNTRY SONGS---THE ONES BY MARTY ROBBINS, HANK WILLIAMS AND GEORGE JONES---OTHER SINGERS CAME ALONG AND SLOWLY TOOK THEIR PLACE---SAME OLD SONGS, SAME OLD STORY, JUST A DIFFERENR FACE---LETS HOPE OUR RADIO STATIONS, WILL NEVER EVER PART---WITH ALL THOSE SONGS WE HAVE IN OUR MIND, AND CARRY IN OUR HEART---THE COTTON EYED JOE, THE TEXAS TWO STEP, AND THE BEAUTIFUL TENNESSEE WALTZ---AND OTHER SONGS FROM YESTER YEAR, WE HOPE THEY NEVER GET LOST---IT'S A DIFFERENT GENERATION SINGING A DIFFERENT SONG---ANOTHER GROUP OF "HALL OF FAMERS" WAS BOUND TO COME ALONG---SONGS ABOUT LIFE, SONGS OF DYING, HEARTACHE, TEARS AND LOVE---SOME OF THOSE SINGERS GREW OLD WITH AGE, OTHERS WENT ON TO JOIN GOD ABOVE---BUT THE MEMORIES WILL LIVE FOREVER, IN THE MORNING, THE NIGHT AND AT NOON---AND WE CAN ALL BE PROUD WE HAD A FAVORITE COUNTRY TUNE---GLEN CAMPBELL SINGING ONE OF HIS HITS CALLED "GENTLE ON MY MIND"---OR THE GREAT JOHNNY CASH SINGING "I WALK THE LINE"---MICKEY GILLEY'S "BOUQUET OF ROSES", OR TAMMY'S "STAND BY YOUR MAN"---OR A GREAT MERLE HAGGARD FAVORITE, "TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN"---CHARLIE RICH INTRODUCED US TO THE SECRETS "BEHIND CLOSED DOORS"---AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON, THERE MUST BE A MILLION MORE---I HOPE WE HEAR THEM AGAIN SOMEDAY, I HOPE WE GET A CHANCE TO---THE ONES THEY PLAYED WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, THE ONES WE USE TO DANCE TO---NEVERTHELESS THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE, IN OUR HEARTS THEY WILL ALWAYS RING---THOSE OLD COUNTRY SONGS THAT WE LOVED MOST, THAT OUR HEROS USE TO SING:-----This is TWO TEXAS PAWPAW, signing off.