| LORETTA LYNN |
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| ~ THEY DON'T MAKE 'EM ~ LIKE MY DADDY ANYMORE |
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| THEY DON'T MAKE EM' LIKE MY DADDY ANYMORE I wasn't much more than a baby I thought he was a bear The way my daddy towered over me They say I learned to walk While holdin' on to just one finger On the hand of a man that stands six foot three Not old enough to understand the meaning of depression Just somethin' people talked about a lot My daddy wasn't one to try to make no big impressions Just one heck of a man that worked for what he got Chorus: They don't make em' like my daddy anymore Guess they've thrown away the pattern through the years In a great big land of freedom At a time we really need em' They don't make em' like my daddy anymore From the Harlan County coal camps To the hills of West Virginia My daddy hauled the timber for the mines Education didn't count so much As what you had born in you Like the will to live and a dream of better times Daddy never took a handout We ate pinto beans and bacon But he worked to keep the wolf back from the door And it only proves one thing to me When folks start belly aching They don't make em' like my daddy anymore Repeat chorus: Tag: They don't make em' like my daddy anymore (Words and Music by Jerry Chesnut) |
| THEY DON'T MAKE EM' LIKE MY DADDY ANYMORE (HISTORY) In a conversation with Bonnie Owens, She informed me that Merle Haggard had a weakness for songs about Mama, Daddy, The Depression, and Hard Times..... Being born and raised in the depression years, I had no problem writing this song. However, before Merle came to town and had a chance to hear it, Loretta Lynn's office called to see what I had that she might like. With Loretta this song was love at first sight, she went in and recorded it, and the rest is History...... Another Award Winning Number 1 Record !!!!!!! JERRY |
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