Well I learned this fact from a logger named Ray you don’t cut timber on a windy day
Stay out of the woods when the moisture’s low
Or you ain’t gonna live to collect your doe
Will you tell me somethin’…
In this video, country music power couple Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash Perform “You Are My Sunshine” live.
The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I held you in my arms
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I bowed my head and I cried
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You’ll never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away
In this footage, Johnny Cash performs a duet with June Carter, singing the hit “Darlin’ Companion” live at San Quentin.
Darlin’ companion, come on and give me understandin’.
And let me be your champion: a hand to hold your pretty hand in.
Darlin’ companion, now you know you’ll never be abandoned.
Love will always light our landin’: I can depend on you.
Oh, a little saucy mare like you should have a steed.
Oh, a little bridlin’ down from you is what I need.
Have a look at this fan video for Johnny Cash’s When The Man Comes Around” from the 2002 album American IV: The Man Comes Around.
There’s a man goin’ ’round takin’ names.
An’ he decides who to free and who to blame.
Everybody won’t be treated all the same.
There’ll be a golden ladder reaching down.
When the man comes around.
In this clip from Johnny Cash’s concert in Dublin from 1993, he performs one of his hit songs “Get Rhythm” live.
Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock ‘n’ roll feelin’ in your bones
Put taps on your toes and get gone
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Check out Johnny Cash’s cover of the song “I See a Darkness”, originally sung by Bonnie Prince Billy.
Well, you’re my friend and can you see,
Many times we’ve been out drinkin’,
Many times we’ve shared our thoughts,
But did you ever, ever notice, the kind of thoughts I got?
Well, you know I have a love, a love for everyone I know.
And you know I have a drive to live, I won’t let go.
But can you see this opposition comes rising up sometimes?
That it’s dreadful imposition, comes blacking in my mind.
Johnny Cash sings the hit “Tennessee Stud” in this live concert performance.
Had some trouble with my sweetheart’s Pa
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I wrote a letter to my Uncle Spud And
I rode away on the Tennessee Stud
On a Tennessee Stud
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
In this video from his concert in Glastonbury, Johnny Cash sings the hit song “The Man Who Couldn’t Cry”.
There once was a man who just couldn’t cry
He hadn’t cried for years and for years
Napalmed babies and the movie love story
For instance could not produce tears
As a child he had cried as all children will
Then at some point his tear ducts ran dry
He grew to be a man, the feces hit the fan
Things got bad, but he couldn’t cry
This clip features Johnny Cash singing the Merle Haggard original song titled “Mama Tried”. This audio is taken from The Johnny Cash show.
The first thing I remember knowing
Was a lonesome whistle blowing
And a young’un’s dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leaving town
Not knowing where I’m bound
And no one could change my mind but Mama tried