Miller, Roger - The Tom Green County Fair Lyrics
You know it's funny how certain things stick with you thru the years,
Like how it fells to be ten years old at the County fair
Hotdog stand,
When you're hungry hotdogs smell so doggone grand
Head to toe we're smilin', at the Tom Greene county fair
Rodeo,
Tom Greene county fairs got one fine rodeo
The cowboys are the greatest, the clown he is so funny
You bust your britches laughing, at the Tom Greene county fair
Well a Sunday at the fair can make a memory more valuable than gold
Especially when you're ten years old
Just like an airplane in the sky, that's how you feel
Look down and see the people, wave your arms and holler
Everybody's laughing at the Tom Greene county fair
Night time comes,
Up there on the bandstand we see Billy Swan
Everybody's clappin', Mum and Pop are dancin'
Sawdust is a flyin', at the Tom Greene county fair
Well a Sunday at the fair can make a memory more valuable than gold
Especially when you're ten years old
Time to go,
The pickup truck it rattles down the gravel road
And all of us kids sit backwards, lookin' thru the dustcloud
At the lights and the laughter at the Tom Greene county fair
well step right up and see the three eyed malarkey brothers
smoking one big round cigar fresh from Havana,
see the one legged chicken do the footrace with a sack of....
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Miller, Roger The Tom Green County Fair Comments
Thank you for posting this. It is my favourite Roger Miller song. I'm standing here with tears welling up from the happy family memories that this song evokes.
Roger Miller had a rare optimism that you do not get in most people, always seemed happy! Burton Trent
I live in Tom Green County. Roger Miller wrote the song the year he headlined at the fair & rodeo here. This song brings back all the memories of being a kid and going to the fair every year.
Writer is TOM GREEN COUNTY FAIR
Dennis Linde
© Combine Music, BMI...Dennis also wrote Burning Love a hit for Elvis
My bad...Thanks for clearing that up. I certainly want to give credit where due. I should have just stated that the song was written about the fair & rodeo where I live. I just associate the song with Roger Miller so completely, I didn't think to look to see who the actual writer was. Dennis Linde certainly captured all the feelings and emotions that take me right back to when I was just a kid going to the fair. Part of that too is the way Roger performed it. I'm not sure too many artists could take a song like this and make it as special as he did. I miss Roger Miller.
3 people have never been able to experience the great mood of a county fair.
GREAT WEE SONG LOVE IT MAGIC
fantastic what a top man he was 💃💃
Grew up on Roger Miller. Brings back memories of old. True good ol' US country music.
sitting backwards in a pickup watching the dust cloud /people would never fill a pickup with kids these days lol
gold.!
Does anyone know where to get a copy of the LP, Tom Green County Fair? I bought one in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1971 and swapped it. Regretted it ever since.
David Burns try discogs web site
As a native Texan, it's nice to hear someone lauding something good about the Lone Star state. Lately most of the stories seem to be how bad the state is.
@Chris Nemec Really? Apart from Rick Perry and JR Ewing, I hear nothing but good things about Texas.
Really? What about the McKinney police officer that shot an unarmed black man?
We don't hear about those things in Australia. Got to love a free press.
Used to listen to this on 8-track as a kid. Barely survived a muddy copy to cassette . Thanks for the hi-fi flashback!
Thank for the comment and the listen!
thanks for the comment and the listen
Thanks for the comment and the listen!
thanks for the comment and the listen
The memories! And the goosebumps when Roger hits the upward inflection on those lyrics :-)
Thanks for the comment and the listen!
I love Roger Miller so much! He just makes me happy!
have been looking for this song for ages....when i bought my first car in 1978 there was an old 8 track player with one tape which had this song on it,, Brings back great memories.. thank-you uploader
Thanks for the listen!
Just love this, makes me feel young again thinking of the excitement we had as kids at the fair.
Thanks for the listen and the comments
Thank you for this grand song. I listened to this song many times.growing up on the 8 track.
Yes i recall that it came out around Jan or Feb of 1970. believe it or not i heard it on KWAM FM 101 in Memphis Tn and the DJ that played it was a very young Jerry "The King" Lawler of WWE and Memphis wrestling lol....thank for listening!
Originally released in early 1970.
Thank for listening!
This brings back great memories driving up the coast with my parents and brother on our way to holidays. Thanks for the upload.
Brings back lots of fun memories from the 1970s.
Super song. Does anyone have the David Rea recording of this?
I can't tell you how long I've been looking for this tune by one of the premier story tellers of the 60's and 70's...first heard it in the jungle...brought a smile to my face just like you did man...thanks
Thanks!
i love this one.thanks for upload.
You've done it again: You made another musical day for me when I saw this seldom heard Roger Miller song turn up on my subscriptions page. Hadn't heard it for the longest time, but I've never forgotten the fade out..."see the three-eyed Mullarkey brothers...the one-legged chicken." Thank you for bringing it to YouTube.