{"id":53,"date":"2006-05-10T17:41:52","date_gmt":"2006-05-11T00:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/famille.org\/?p=53"},"modified":"2008-11-29T21:42:04","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T04:42:04","slug":"rip-buck-owens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/famille.org\/?p=53","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Buck Owens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sadly I just this week learned of the passing of Buck Owens.\u00c2\u00a0 I was raised on Buck Owens, by virtue of his long-running show Hee-Haw.\u00c2\u00a0 Hee-Haw, it is little known, was the longest running show ever – 24 years, from 1968 to 1992.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It ran in syndication all but the first 3 or 4 years, often against powerhouse shows like Lawrence Welk.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 One of my earliest childhood memories was asking my mom if, after we made a planned move from suburban Chicago, IL to San Antonio, TX, we would still be able to receive the Hee-Haw show.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s right, I was worried about not being able to watch Hee-Haw IN TEXAS.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 Hey, I was six.<\/p>\n

In honor of Buck Owens, I must post the following song, written by Buck, in his memory.\u00c2\u00a0 It definately brings back memories for me.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Where, oh where are you, Buck?\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Down here on the farm the weather gets messy<\/pre>\n
Laying around with nothin' to do<\/pre>\n
When you went away, you took my cow Bessie<\/pre>\n
I miss her darling, more than I miss you\r\n\r\nYou took off your leg, your wig and your eye glass<\/pre>\n
And you should've seen the look on my face<\/pre>\n
I wanted to kiss, I wanted to hug you<\/pre>\n
But you were scattered all over the place\r\n\r\nChorus:Where, where, are you tonight?<\/pre>\n
Why did you leave me here all alone?<\/pre>\n
I searched the world over,And thought I found true love.<\/pre>\n
You met another andPhht! you were gone.\r\n\r\nI know that you loved me, here's my way of knowing<\/pre>\n
The proofs hanging out right there on the line<\/pre>\n
When I see the snow and feel the wind blowing<\/pre>\n
Your nighties hugging them long johns of mine\r\n\r\nThe noises you made at our supper table<\/pre>\n
Your habits, my dear, were surely absurd<\/pre>\n
But how many times do I have to tell you<\/pre>\n
Soup is a dish to be seen and not heard\r\n\r\nChorus:Where, oh where, are you tonight?<\/pre>\n
Why did you leave me here all alone?<\/pre>\n
I searched the world over,And thought I found true love.<\/pre>\n
You met another andPhht! you were gone.\r\n\r\nRemember you phoned me a-sobbin' and cryin'<\/pre>\n
The dog bit your maw, and drug her around<\/pre>\n
You said she looked pale and thought she was dying<\/pre>\n
I said \"Don't worry, I'll buy a new hound.\"\r\n\r\nI had six kids and you had eleven<\/pre>\n
And we had a boy, and they grew like flowers<\/pre>\n
I wish you'd come back, without you ain't heaven<\/pre>\n
'Cause your kids and my kids are beatin' up ours\r\n\r\nChorus:Where, oh where, are you tonight?<\/pre>\n
Why did you leave me here all alone?<\/pre>\n
I searched the world over,And thought I found true love.<\/pre>\n
You met another andPhht! you were gone\r\n\r\nI searched the world over,And thought I found true love.<\/pre>\n
You met another andPhht! you were gone...<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sadly I just this week learned of the passing of Buck Owens.\u00c2\u00a0 I was raised on Buck Owens, by virtue of his long-running show Hee-Haw.\u00c2\u00a0 Hee-Haw, it is little known, was the longest running show ever – 24 years, from 1968 to 1992.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It ran in syndication all but the first 3 or 4 years, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rantings-ravings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/famille.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/famille.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/famille.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/famille.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/famille.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/famille.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"http:\/\/famille.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/famille.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/famille.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/famille.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}