Biography:
Stone wall Jackson, born in Tabor City, North Carolina November 6, 1932, is an American country singer and musician who achieved his greatest fame during country's golden honky tonk era in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was named after the famous general, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, who was an ancestor.His most popular song was "Waterloo" in 1959. The song is a haunting and catchy tune that states that "Everybody has to meet his Waterloo," meaning their fate or comeuppance. The song cites Adam, Napoleon and Tom Dooley as examples.
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Other songs:
- You're Right I Need You Real Bad
- A Broken Heart A Wedding Band
- A Little Guy Called Joe
- A Wound Time Cant Erase
- Alcohol Of Fame
- All Together Now
- Almost Hear The Blues
- Better Days For Mama
- Big Busy World
- Big House On The Corner
- Bj The Dj
- Black Sheep
- Blue Field
- Blues Plus Booze
- Born That Way
- Cant Hang Up The Phone
- Dont Be Angry
- East Of West Berlin
- Full Moon Empty Pockets
- I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
- If Heartaches Were Wine
- Its Not Me
- Leona
- Life Of A Poor Boy
- Life To Go
- Lonesome Whistle
- Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
- Not My Kind Of People
- Promises And Hearts
- Red Necks White Socks And Blue Ribbon Beer
- Run
- Shackles And Chains
- Smoke Along The Track
- Sweetheart Of The Town
- Tears On Her Bridal Bouquet
- The Best I Have
- This One Gets My Vote
- Waterloo
- Youre Right I Need You Real Bad
- Youre The Sad In My Songs
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Sweetheart Of The Town:Stonewall Jackson.
Album - The Sadness In A Song - on
COLUMBIA Records in 1962.
INTRO: E B E
#1.
E A
Your secret love is known to everybody
E
in this town.
E
No need to try, you can't deny, the talk
B
that's going round.
E A
You meet in secret places when you think
E
no one's around.
B
People's calling you the sweetheart of
E B E
the town (of the town.)
CHORUS:
B E
Would you rather have the name sweetheart,
instead of wife?
B E
Oh, why not be content to trade the wrong
way for the right.
E A
The kind of life you're living now I just
E
can't stay around.
B A
While they're calling you the sweetheart
E B E
of the town (of the town.)
#2.
E A
Infatuation's not the kind of love that we
E
once knew.
E
But that's the kind you hold for him, the kind
B
he's givin' you.
E A
I'm like a puppet on a string that you can
E
pull around.
E B A
While they're calling you the sweetheart of
E B E
the town (of the town.)
CHORUS:
B E
Would you rather have the name sweetheart,
instead of wife?
B E
Oh, why not be content to trade the wrong
way for the right.
E A
The kind of life you're living now I just
E
can't stay around.
B A
While they're calling you the sweetheart
E B E
of the town (of the town.)
OUTRO;
E B A
While they're calling you the sweetheart of
E
the town.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Album - The Sadness In A Song - on
COLUMBIA Records in 1962.
INTRO: E B E
#1.
E A
Your secret love is known to everybody
E
in this town.
E
No need to try, you can't deny, the talk
B
that's going round.
E A
You meet in secret places when you think
E
no one's around.
B
People's calling you the sweetheart of
E B E
the town (of the town.)
CHORUS:
B E
Would you rather have the name sweetheart,
instead of wife?
B E
Oh, why not be content to trade the wrong
way for the right.
E A
The kind of life you're living now I just
E
can't stay around.
B A
While they're calling you the sweetheart
E B E
of the town (of the town.)
#2.
E A
Infatuation's not the kind of love that we
E
once knew.
E
But that's the kind you hold for him, the kind
B
he's givin' you.
E A
I'm like a puppet on a string that you can
E
pull around.
E B A
While they're calling you the sweetheart of
E B E
the town (of the town.)
CHORUS:
B E
Would you rather have the name sweetheart,
instead of wife?
B E
Oh, why not be content to trade the wrong
way for the right.
E A
The kind of life you're living now I just
E
can't stay around.
B A
While they're calling you the sweetheart
E B E
of the town (of the town.)
OUTRO;
E B A
While they're calling you the sweetheart of
E
the town.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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Stromae
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Strung Out
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