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Take Me Home, Country Roads. " Take Me Home, Country Roads ", also known simply as " Country Roads ", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number two on Billboard ' s US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971.
History. "The West Virginia Hills" was written in 1879 as a poem inspired by the scenery surrounding the Glenville area and put to music in 1885 by Henry Everett Engle. [1] The song was made one of West Virginia's state songs on February 3, 1961. [2]
Shane McAnally. " Forever Country " is a 2016 mashup performed by Artists of Then, Now & Forever, a one-time gathering of 30 American country music artists. The song combines elements of three previous country hits: John Denver 's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (1971), Willie Nelson 's "On the Road Again" (1979), and Dolly Parton 's "I Will ...
John Hardy (song) " John Hardy " or "Old John Hardy" is a traditional American folk song based on the life of a railroad worker living in McDowell County, West Virginia in the Spring of 1893. The historical John Hardy is believed to have gotten into a drunken dispute during a craps game held near Keystone, and subsequently killed a man named ...
Lyrics (Bland's 1878 version) Carry me back to old Virginny. There's where the cotton and corn and taters grow. There's where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time. There's where this old darkey's heart am long'd to go. There's where I labored so hard for old Massa, Day after day in the field of yellow corn;
Down in the Willow Garden. " Down in the Willow Garden ", also known as " Rose Connelly ", [ 1][ 2] is a traditional Appalachian murder ballad. It is written from the perspective of a man facing the gallows for the murder of his lover, who he gave poisoned wine, stabbed, and threw in a river. [ 2][ 3] It originated in the 19th century, probably ...
Copperhead Road (song) " Copperhead Road " is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Steve Earle. It was released in 1988 as the first single and title track from his third studio album of the same name. The song reached number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and was Earle's highest-peaking song to date ...
Lyrics and musical structure. Map of Virginia; the Washington metropolitan area is located to the north of Richmond, Virginia. The song is a little over three minutes with a tempo of 118 beats per minute. [ 4] It has a verse-chorus form with a pre-chorus and a turnaround. [ 4]