Biography:
Tom T. Hall (born May 25, 1936 in Olive Hill, Kentucky) is an American country balladeer and songwriter. He has written 11 #1 Hits, with 26 more that hit the Top 10. He was the son of a preacher.
As a teen, Hall put together a band called the Kentucky Travelers that performed before movies for a travelling theater. During a stint in the Army, Hall performed over the Armed Forces Radio Network and wrote comic songs about Army experiences. His early career included being a radio announcer at WRON
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Other songs:
- Christmas Tree
- I Flew Over Our House Last Night
- That Song Is Driving Me Crazy
- Sneaky Snake
- A Hero In Harlan
- A Picture Of Your Mother
- A Week In A County Jail
- Aint Got The Time
- Another Town
- Back When Gas Was Thirty Cents A Gallon
- Back When We Were Young
- Ballad Of Forty Dollars
- Bar With No Beer
- Bill Monroe For Breakfast
- Candy In The Window
- Christmas Is
- Country Is
- Dont Forget The Coffee Billy Joe
- Everything From Jesus To Jack Daniels
- Faster Horses
- Forbidden Flowers
- Girls In Saigon City
- Homecoming
- I Cried All The Way To Kentucky
- I Like Beer
- I Love
- I Miss A Lot Of Trains
- I Want My Dog Back
- It Feels Better Now
- It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines
- La Blues
- Me And Jesus
- O Christmas Candle
- Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
- Once Upon A Road
- Over And Over Again
- Pay No Attention To Alice
- Ravishing Ruby
- Salute To A Switchblade
- Second Handed Flowers
- Shoe Shine Man
- Spokane Motel Blues
- Thats How I Got To Memphis
- The Monkey That Became President
- The Year Clayton Delaney Died
- The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
- Too Many Do Goods
- Tulsa Telephone Book
- Wash My Hands In The Morning Dew
- Were All In This Thing Alone
- When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore
- Whos Gonna Feed Them Hogs
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Me and Yates an army buddy of mine
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Were doing three years in Germany at the time
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We came upon these Frauleins in the bar
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Yates said darf isch zee be-gleit-en they said ya
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And darf isch zee be-gleit-en means can we sit with you all
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Oh we must have drunk ten quarts of German beer
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I asked that Fraulein if she was a spy
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A condition not uncommon to the American soldier
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Well later on I went to be excused
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When I returned I was a bit confused
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Yates and his Fraulein had hit the air
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Another guy was sitting in my chair
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A young soldier whom we shall get to know better
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I said excuse me Mister that's my seat
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I'd like to have it back sir if you please
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That girl's a nurse and I've been awful sick
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The man looked up at me and said mox-nix
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Which means that he was not overly concerned with my health
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Next thing I knew he had a switchblade knife
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Lord I didn't know that Fraulein was his wife
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I took off through that Gasthaus like a fool
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Behind me I heard the crashing stools
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As the police would say he was in hot pursuit
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Well the waitress yelled there's MPs on the way
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That's one more reason I didn't want to stay
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As I went out the window something went swish
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And I giggled all the way home knowing he missed
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At the time it seemed like a laughing matter
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But next morning my coat was lying there on the bunk
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And when I saw that coat it made me jump
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That man had cut my coat right down the back
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A little bit more and they'd been playing me taps
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And knowing the sad nature of that song I would decline it
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Well later on I heard that guy got stabbed
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They sent him home and didn't that make me glad
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On love and marriage I want to say one thing
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Oh lady if you're married wear that ring
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And the army has a new policy if you can't move it paint it
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If it has a switchblade knife salute it
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Germany being full of good soldiers good people
Me and Yates an army buddy of mine
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Were doing three years in Germany at the time
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We came upon these Frauleins in the bar
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Yates said darf isch zee be-gleit-en they said ya
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And darf isch zee be-gleit-en means can we sit with you all
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Oh we must have drunk ten quarts of German beer
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My conscience and my sinuses were clear
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I asked that Fraulein if she was a spy
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She said nein but do bis ain bissel high
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A condition not uncommon to the American soldier
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Well later on I went to be excused
F G7 C
When I returned I was a bit confused
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Yates and his Fraulein had hit the air
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Another guy was sitting in my chair
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A young soldier whom we shall get to know better
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I said excuse me Mister that's my seat
F G7 C
I'd like to have it back sir if you please
C
That girl's a nurse and I've been awful sick
F G7 C
The man looked up at me and said mox-nix
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Which means that he was not overly concerned with my health
C
Next thing I knew he had a switchblade knife
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Lord I didn't know that Fraulein was his wife
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I took off through that Gasthaus like a fool
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Behind me I heard the crashing stools
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As the police would say he was in hot pursuit
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Well the waitress yelled there's MPs on the way
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That's one more reason I didn't want to stay
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As I went out the window something went swish
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And I giggled all the way home knowing he missed
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At the time it seemed like a laughing matter
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But next morning my coat was lying there on the bunk
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And when I saw that coat it made me jump
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That man had cut my coat right down the back
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A little bit more and they'd been playing me taps
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And knowing the sad nature of that song I would decline it
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Well later on I heard that guy got stabbed
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They sent him home and didn't that make me glad
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On love and marriage I want to say one thing
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Oh lady if you're married wear that ring
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And the army has a new policy if you can't move it paint it
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If it has a switchblade knife salute it
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Not necessarily an incident one would want to write Mother about
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Germany being full of good soldiers good people
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