Songs and Memories from our Parents for our Kids

A Term of Modern Music Study for 2020

In which our parents share songs 

meaningful to them 

with our children. 

1. Give Me Jesus pre-1867 (Negro Spiritual), EG
2. Life is Like a Mountain Railway 1890, EG
3. We Have an Anchor 18??, EC
4. Old Rugged Cross 1912, MC and PG
5. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes 1935ish, EG
6. If We Never Meet Again 1946 (Ricky Van Shelton), MC
7. Dust on the Bible 1946 (Hank Williams), MC
8. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 1949, PG
9. I'm Movin' On 1950, PG
10. Jambalaya 1952, EC
11. Calija 1953 (Charlie Pride), EC
12. A White Sport Coat and Pink Carnation 1957, EG
13. Sixteen Candles 1958, EC
14. Tall Paul 1958, EG
15. Teen Angel 1959, EC
16. Things 19?? (Dean Martin or Bobby Darin), EC 
17. Graduation Night 19?? (Johnnie Allen, born in Rayne, LA), EC
18. Walking to New Orleans 1960 (Fats Domino), EC
19. Hello, Walls 1961, EC
20. Crazy 1961 (Patsy Cline), EC
21. The Last Letter 1963 (Willie Nelson), PG
22. Blue Velvet 1963, EC
23. Ring of Fire 1963, EC
24. Leader of the Pack 1964, EC
25. Down in the Boondocks 1965, EC
26. Barbara Ann 1965 (Beach Boys), EC
27. These Boots Were Made for Walking 1966, EC
28. I Don't Want to Play House 1967, EC
29. Harper Valley PTA 1968, EC
30. Stand By Your Man 1968, EC
31. D-I-V-O-R-C-E 1968, EC
32. Folsom Prison Blues 1968, EC
33. Take Time to Know Her 1968, EC
34. Ballad of Forty Dollars 1968, me
35. A Boy Named Sue 1969, EC
36. Sugar, Sugar 1969, EC
37. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head 1969, EC
38. I Was Born a Coal Miner's Daughter 1970, EC
39. Me and Bobby McGee 1970 (Kris Kristofferson), PG
40. Sunday Mornin Coming Down 1970, me
41. Coat of Many Colors 1971, EC
42. Old Dogs, Children, Watermelon Wine 1972, me
43. I Love 1973 (Tom T Hall), MC
44. The Letter the Johnny Walker Read 1975, PG
45. He Stopped Loving Her Today 1980, me
46. Summer Wage 1986, PG
47. Deeper Than the Holler 1988 (Randy Travis), MC
48. Nobody Answered When I Called 1989, PG
49. If Tomorrow Never Comes 1989, PG and EG
50. Go Rest High on that Mountain 1994, PG

Listen to one song every day except Friday for the first term of school. Read grandparents' thoughts and notes (on separate papers) as we go. Read the lyrics to the song as well (google these as we go or use hymnal).

Nana ~ Erlene Gail (Broussard) Clouse

Nana in college, I believe. She's wearing the long dress.

Aupa ~ Michael Eugene Clouse I

Aupa with his siblings. He's in the gray shirt on your right.

Mimi ~ Frances Elayne (Ferguson) Gore. 

She's the little girl in the middle.

Mimi in high school.

Papa ~ Paul Ashford Gore

Papa in Army Basic Training at Fort Leonard Wood.