In My Home in Shelby County

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Johnny Horton

John Gale "Johnny" Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s. With them, he had several major successes, most notably during 1959 with the song "The Battle of New Orleans" (written by Jimmy Driftwood), which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and during 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". more »

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1964

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In my home in Shelby County, down there 'n Memphis Tennessee
She's a hundred pound of sugar, a-waiting there for me
The one I picked from love's boat kept to raise our fam'ly tree
In my home in Shelby County, down there 'n Memphis Tennessee

I love it in the summertime, I love it in the spring
I love it in the wintertime, or what the seasons bring
In my home in Shelby County, we're as happy as can be
Honeysuckle 'round the door, magnolia trees
Flowers blooming ev'rywhere, sway gently in the breeze
'Round my home in Shelby County, down there 'n Memphis Tennessee

In my home in Shelby County, down there 'n Memphis Tennessee
She's a hundred pound of sugar, a-waiting there for me
The one I picked from love's boat kept to raise our fam'ly tree
In my home in Shelby County, down there 'n Memphis Tennessee

I love it in the summertime, I love it in the spring
I love it in the wintertime, or what the seasons bring
In my home in Shelby County, we're as happy as can be
Honeysuckle 'round the door, magnolia trees
Flowers blooming ev'rywhere, sway gently in the breeze
'Round my home in Shelby County, down there 'n Memphis Tennessee

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