Statler Brothers, The - Maple Street Memories Lyrics

I was raised in one of the greatest small towns in the country - Jacksonville, Alabama. Many of us consider it our own “Mayberry” and this song reminds me of the wonderful memories of those days.

Great song and memories

Beautiful almost beyond words. These are the kind of singers and songs that made country music great. Maple Street Memories is extra special. Millions of miles removed from the rubbish that passes as "country" today. This is a truly haunting song from the wonderful Statler Brothers. High Five from Ireland....!

My home was on Orchard lane. A happier ending for me tho. Last year my dad died and after almost 25 years, my husband and I are living here where I have always wanted to be.

Johnny, you're most kind. I was speaking metaphorically about there
being a Maple St. in every town. I was imagining a one-size-fits all tree, just a street with all kinds of trees that provide comfort. Growing up, mine was a Sycamore tree on Plum Street. Blessings.

WHAT A SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They say the uric sounded better on vinyl records but it was because the music was better

What a great song, I sure like me it brings back memories, whether there was a Maple Street or not.

Don't you know there's a Maple Street in every town? : )

Hupf Florence not where I live at. Out in the country. There’s a maple tree, oak tree, pine tree and,etc but you are right, all towns have a Maple Tree Street. A great comeback.

Great song ! Hello type in "Ron Howard cover" listen to Opie sing "The Dance"! To all of us who have lost loved ones "Life goes that fast, and we will see them again that soon"!

These guys sing about everyday situations and make you think of your past

Great video. Reminds me of my own childhood.

I have loved the Statlers forever, and surely miss Lew.. saw them when Reba opened, and Jimmy was new.. hes good, no Lew, but turn his mike down!!Jimmy overpowers the others!

Does anyone know where exactly this was shot?

Staunton, Va. Had a friend who also grew up on Maple St in Staunton.

Wow. I loved this song as a kid. So happy to stumble across it.

Love this songs

AT 82 my Maple Street mite be a small town in Southern NH...BUT! on adirt road in town of 1000..not really..so I just dream along with the incomparable BROS!!!

Hello years ago I saw you at the Town and Country in Winnipeg I am Caroline Curle 780 532 3229 alta Canada

They represented so much of what was right with the country back then. Good Lord, we need them back again !

Just love this songs

We all have memories about our past.

I think this song gives us the feel of what life once was when growing up someplace. I'm only 47, but so many memories I have of where I grew up still flow through my mind to this day

I miss you all guys on TV

Remember music like this when a song was good to listen and when the song told a story now you just need good looks and big boobs for the women but maybe no singing talent!

The harmony of these 4 are terrific

If ever a man could fall in love with four mens voices . then I did with these four, four piece harmonies, who ever did it better? NOBODY

LOVE that car

As many times as I heard this song or seen this video, I still wonder why those two didn't end up together.

Me too. Love this video

does anyone know who plays the girl. so pretty when she got older

what a cool song. this is how i remember my old home town when i was a kid

but i still carry the torch

This song bring back old times memorys

I live on Springhill Rd 2 blocks from were the Statlers had there 4th of July celebrations I could set in my front yard and hear it all

I live on gray ave. Can sit on the porch and listen to wilson fairchild now that they are doing the happy birthday usa concert in the park

I was born long after this song I believe, now I'm seventeen years old boy that usually listen to the today's music but somehow no songs ever beat my love to country and folks song and this song is one of them who wont my heart.

I lived a large part of this song. The major difference, every scene was with a different girl.

THANK THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES! HAPPY REMEMBER& RETIREMENT FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS! TAKE CARE!
UPDATED 9/30/2018

We all have that sweetheart that we outgrew. Life.

Yeah 😰💔

Grew up listening to these boys singing in the living room on tv. Enjoyed the songs. I go back just thinking about those wonderful days. Good days, round family.

I lost my Maple Street memory, it has now been fifty + years

Where Is My “Maple Street Memories” /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~

Wish Lew DeWitt was still there

Most of this was filmed in Staunton VA, the problem was they don’t have a Maple Street there so they got permission to change the sign....some of it was filmed on the streets where I lived....great song.

There is too a Maple Street in Staunton.

Tell the Reid brothers that....not when this was filmed....

To bad this was not really filmed on Maple st

There will never be another group as good as The Statlers! I was a teenager when their show was on TNN and I never missed an episode.

I used to walk down McFadden avenue in South chehalis Washington when I went to school. That was my "Maple Street."

Oh how I miss great music. Rock and Roll died in the late 70s or early 80s and Country Music died in the 90s.

rock definitely died on the eighties... what we got now is old bands that still release new albums... there are actually real good New bands nowadays.. but just a few

I love the statler brothers

I love The Statlers. How have I never heard this fantastic tune until today?

ffirst time i have heard this, tears in both eyes

The song brings back memories of living in a quaint, small to medium sized town where the living seemed to be cozy and there was a great deal of fellowship and camaraderie from living in such a community. Many of the homes then had character in spades; inside as well as outside. Compare that to the suburbs of the 1950s to today and you'll see a distinct difference! I can appreciate why watching such a video could trigger an emotional response!

yes, every time i hear it

Reminds me of my high school sweetheart. We dated all senior year and ended up going to different colleges. We chose not to have a long distance relationship. She's married with kids now. I'm happy for her. Sometimes I think what if, but you can't change the past.

great song love it

My Granny Loved This Video Rip Granny

great song and video

good old days not like now everybody getting shot

not fond of Spanish commercials youtube. Getting ridiculous.

takes me back to my youth great job

had the pleasure to watch Don Reid on stage playing and singing some old classics here in Italy and had the honor to have dinner with him and the crew after the show.

I am 15 but I love the Statler brothers

Thanks ross ostrander.

@Ross Perkins I still have over 400 cassette tapes myself. All the way back to when I was a young boy back in the 70's. Still have that double cassette stereo too.

You're a smart young man!

Im 12 and I have a bunch of their LP's CD'S and cassettes I've loved them since I was 11.
The love of music runs in the family on my daddy's side the jernigan side

Clinton, I hope you are still listening to the Statlers.
Your post, although two years old, gave me hope for those your age, and made me smile.

Timeless work of art that generation after generation can apply to their lives.

what a GREAT VIDEO. ALL TIME CLASSIC. I LOVE YHE STATS.

this video was filmed in staunton virginia i live like not too far from there

how cool

Yeah i can walk to maple street in about 10 minutes

It remind me of a friend and I growing up in a small town northeast Ohio

I don't appreciate having to watch an ad for fake country when waiting for the starlets kind of cheapens it domehow

i love the song elizabeth my name

me to it reminds me of my second niece who died in the womb and i never got to see her grow up. it was also my late moms middle name

elizabeth watkins elizabeth is a beautiful name

Sorry guys. I married the girl who lived on Maple Street. Six kids and 10 grandkids later, we are still making great memories.

+Richard Cheek awwwww, that makes me smile. Thanks for sharing :)

God bless and so many more holds hands alway

The Statler Brothers, Norman Rockwell in song.

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I love that! That is such a perfect description of The Statler Brothers!

Well put,brother!

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You got that right!!!

I grew up the Statler Brother`s . My Mom, Grandma, listened to them. I still go back to my youth and listen to the Statler Brother`s , what really good memories I have. Love you Mom, Grandma.

Happy birthday to Margaret hope you have many more

We lived on Maple Street in Oak Park in the 60's !

+D Graf Oak Park Il?

Oak Park Illinois ...

i remember those days ! back then neighbors would help each other, now all they want to do is fight with each other !

+Lloyd Dailey I'm sure nit everyone does but 1 thing that's true a lit people today don't know their neighbors.

or shoot each other

What a great song reminds me of home growing up as a boy

This is one of my favorite Statler Brothers songs and video... We went to the street where this video was made several years ago after going to their old school they bought and turned into the Statler Brothers museum .. Greatest singing group ever..

+James Crane Interesting story.

James Crane i

James Crane yeah when Lew Dewitt was in the band

I grew up in Everett, MA which back in the 60's was a true small town. I can relate to this song whenever I go home. It's not as small anymore, they may even get a Casino, but the memories remain. Love the Statlers.

What a beautiful video.  Growing up in the late 50's and early 60's in a small town, I can really relate to this video.  It always brings back some wonderful and sad memories that will usually bring a tear or two to my eyes.

memories are great

This brings back all of the happy memories of my life in Eufaula, Alabama.   I walked several miles to and from school without any worries.  People knew each other and we were always safe.  Anyone taking a vacation, please visit Eufaula and be sure to see the tree that owns it self and treasure the plaque that states; "Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree". I love the antebellum homes the streets where we played in the huge grass areas that divided the directions of travel.  Eufaula is one of the most beautiful cities in the South.  I wish I was still there and visiting my school mates.

dburnham1941 nobody gives a damn about alabama

i grew up in a small town, it wasn't till i was in my second year of High School before we started to lock house and cars. you could ride or walk all over town with no fear. you were not afraid to Hitch hike if you had to or pick someone up. Oh to go back to that time

I married my Maple Street memory, it has now been fifty years for us.

@HW Barnes that is nice to hear

Congratulations

I didn't marry my Maple Street memories and now I'm glad I didn't because I met a girl from five blocks away and it's now been 63 years. Great song though....

Great to hear. I was engaged to my Maple Street memory but she passed away before we could be married. All these years later, I still think of her fondly.

وش تحسون فيه هههههههه

one if my favorites by them....

We all had a "Maple Street" to remember!

Redding St in High Point, NC for mine. Her name was Elizabeth, another great Statler Brothers song. My Aunt & Uncle lived not far from where this video was made, Alleghany Ave in Staunton, VA.

I finally married my "Maple St Memory" 28 years later. It's been thirteen years now, and not only is she my wife, she's my best friend and the best thing that ever happened to me...........twice!

Not all... My memories involve no street, just the fun times I had growing up in the Australian outback with only myself for company...

Mine was brachport New York still love that village

@mrbmac0509 how did you ever wait that long... I got divorced in February, and already I'm like... I'm done... I cant do that anyway, MY Maple Street Memory, is Lori, she is married, they have 2 or 3 kids... same sad crap... you can Facebook me if you want.

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I think this is the best song that you have ever made,who wrote this song, it just gets to me in a good way

Don Reid wrote the song. I think it is the best one he wrote. I don't believe any of us ever forget our first young love. This song tugs at my heart.

The cars weren't as reliable as today, but it didn't take an arm and a leg to fix them, and most people could do their own repairs. Good luck with that today.

@stas3h I know now they gotta hook it up to a computer & then charge you out the ass for repairs

+stas3h Those old straight-sixes would take a lickin' and keep tickin'.

oh amen, and a lot of owners don't even want to learn

Love this song.

Almost nothing like a 1955-57 Chevy!

coincindently I USED to live on Maple Street as a kid!!!

I am not sure I agree with you. All of my cars and the truck I now drive have last over 150,000 miles. The AC in my house is guaranteed until 2031. And at work I have got the union to back me up.

EXCELLENT !!!!

im from croatia

ah im from cratia

So sad yet so true and...also better left where they belong ..in the past.

God I love this song. Reminds me of my Grand-dad. He is amazing

Statler bros bring me back to my childhood, used to watch them at Grandmas house on TNN all the time. Great days/

This is one of my favourites! I never got to see them in concert though.
Best in country by far! Love you all
Gin

Live they were all you hoped thy'd be. Consummate entertainers. Saw them twice.

The autos I had back then certainly weren't better than now. The women were very young as I was. Man, parking on the Skyline Drive was great at night; I'd like to do that all again but it's far too late. The Statler Brothers were popular and I listened to them daily.

Sure wish I had such memories. This is one of my favorites the Statler Brothers did.

AMÉRICA

yankees

A fantastic video and great song!!! Check out the Youtube video for "Buster and Billie" theme song--the one with the school bus going through the countryside. Oh, how sweet, the memory.
A movie you'd like is Red Sky at Morning. It has theme music without words, but the story set in New Mexico during World War II is wonderful.

THIS SONG TAKE ME BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD, THAT WAY I LOVE THIS SONG.

Long time ago (I was young) my father bought me The Statler Brothers' Cassette, I listened to it everyday then. I really miss the old good days. Oh how does time fly away? Will the time the good old time ever fly back?