Sunday in the South

About Sunday in the South

"Sunday in the South" is a song written by Jay Booker, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in May 1989 as the third single from their album The Road Not Taken. It was their second number-one hit in both the United States and Canada.

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1996

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Mill worker houses lined up in a row, 
Another southern Sunday morning blow 
Beneath the steeple all the people have begun 
Shakin' hands with the man who grips the gospel gun 
While the quiet prayer, the smell of dinner on the ground 
Heals up the morning air, ain't nothin' sweeter around

I can almost hear my mama pray: 
"Oh lord forgive us when we doubt," 
Another sacred Sunday in the south

A ragged rebel flag flies high above it all 
Popping in the wind like an angry cannon ball 
The holes of history are cold and still, 
But they smell the powder burnin' and they probably always will

And on the old town square under the barber shop pole, 
They sat me up in the chair when I was four years old

I can almost hear my papa say: 
"Won't you hold still son, stop squirmn' around 
Another sacred sundays coming down"

[Instrumental break]

I can almost hear the old folks say: 
"You'll make it big one day, you'll leave this town," 
Some other lazy Sunday you'll come back around

[Instrumental break]

I can feel the evening sun go down, 
And all the lights in the houses one by one go out 
Softly in the distance nothing stirs about 
And the night is filled with the sound of a whipporwil

On a Sunday in the south

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Shenandoah

Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1984 by Marty Raybon (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Ralph Ezell (bass guitar, backing vocals), Stan Thorn (keyboards, backing vocals), Jim Seales (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Mike McGuire (drums, background vocals). Thorn and Ezell left the band in the mid-1990s, with Rocky Thacker taking over on bass guitar; Keyboardist Stan Munsey joined the line up in 1995. The band split up in 1997 after Raybon left. Seals, Munsey and McGuire reformed the band in 2000 with lead singer Brent Lamb, who was in turn replaced by Curtis Wright and then by Jimmy Yeary. Ezell rejoined in the early 2000s, and after his 2007 death, he was replaced by Mike Folsom. more »

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