Cal Smith - Country Bumpkin
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- Опубліковано 18 січ 2010
- COUNTRY BUMPKIN
He walked up to the bar and parked his lanky frame upon a tall bar stool,
And with a long soft southern drawl said,
"I'll just have a glass of anything that's cool."
A barroom girl with hard and knowing eyes slowly looked him up and down,
And she thought, "I wonder how on earth
That country bumpkin found his way to town?".
She said. "Hello, country bumpkin!
How's the frost down on the pumpkin?
I've seen some sights, but man, you're somethin',
Where'd you come from country bumpkin?"
It was just a short year later in a bed
Of joy-filled tears, yet death-like pain,
Into this wondrous world of many wonders
One more wonder came;
That same woman's face was wrapped up
In a raptured look of love and tenderness,
As she marveled at the soft and warm,
And cuddly boy child feeding at her breast.
And she said, "Hello, country bumpkin,
Fresh as frost down on the pumpkin.
I've seen some sights, but babe you're somethin',
Mama loves her country bumpkin""
Forty years of hard work later in a simple, quiet
And peaceful country place,
The heavy hand of time had not erased
The raptured wonder from the woman's face;
She was lying on her death-bed knowing fully well
Her race was nearly run,
But she softly smiled and looked into
The sad eyes of her husband and her son.
And she said, "So long, country bumpkin
The frost is gone now from the pumpkin.
I've seen some sights and life's been somethin'
See you later, country bumpkin."
And she said, "So long, country bumpkin
The frost is gone now from the pumpkin.
I've seen some sights and life's been somethin'
See you later, country bumpkin."
I was married 54 years to a Kentucky Country Bumpkin and I'd happily do another 54 if God would only give him back to me, I'll never know a kinder, hard working, honest, gentler, soft spoken, loving man. If you can find one treasure him. There aren't many out there. ❤ to the country bumpkins. ❤
God bless you. ❤
Elizabethflore That was a lovely thing to say about hubby . I felt your emotion in every word . God bless you and thank god for your happy years together .
Yo hee haw she's sweet tea sippy folks on your white house porch that rap's all round the house so you can monitor the fields! Don't just watch and throw your 2 cents in here and there step into battle feild there's alot a cotton for your wounds ADX8⚡🫂🔥💯😷
This is REAL country music. Man these guys lived it. They were MEN.
Why ain't country music this good nowadays??
Because beer, and truck, and momma, and girls, and boots, and mud, and smokes, are just buzzwords to these artists.
“Rockabilly” and “Country wannabe’s” took over among Millennials😂
you haven't heard of Charlie Crocket?
At 70 years of age I must say this life has really been something . This song reaches way down deep inside of my heart and reminds me of just how beautiful life has been for this old country bumpkin . I not only hear this beautiful song I can feel it .
Agree! Nam Vet , Tom.
You ain't the only one brother. I love this song.
Agree with you. Emotional song for me.
I'm happy 4 u. Never had any1 love me 4 me always wanted 2 change me. Sandy k
love to hear this ov and over again. it never gets pld.🤟🤘🤘🤟
After so many years, this song still gives me chills. Love the older country. Nothing like it
Funny... it makes my skin crawl. WHY AM I HERE?
Agreed my friend. Country Gold Never Fades.
I totally agree! Reminds me of my dad growing up in the 60's.
Was one of my grandfather's favorites he ment more to me than the worthless piece of shit who creamed my mother. Now he's been gone for longer than I knew him but this song keeps him with me
Listen to old country thinking my mom makes me a long cry cleansing
2024 How I wish today's country music was half this good.
I cannot listen to this song without crying at the last verse. Today's music is not the same. How could anyone give it a thumbs down?
a fool with a devils heart could
AMEN We have lost some of the tender kindness & emotions of love for a family home & children in our music of today in 2023
They give it a thumbs down because they're the idiots I love this song
Yes i think you are right ,@@dennisboyd1712
Yes sitting here crying in 2024.❤
I’m not a very big fan of country music, but I’ll be damned if I don’t cry every time I hear this song. It’s the entire circle of life. Just beautiful.
Thank you for sharing that , cause that is whats most important is your honest opinion and it is one of the best opinions
One of my favorite and I’m mostly a Rock listener
I love it
@@robinfuller7010 I listen to it at once week...sometimed more often.
Glad I’m not the only one. I’m 68 was 21 when this song came out. I woke up thinking about it because we almost had frost this morning. So had to hear it and Soon as it started good I got teary eyed!
As a 74 year old Person of Color to me Classic Country music and Singers were and are 'real music" !! Vive" forever!!!!!.
Stop saying "person of color". You are not being real. Stop identifying as the other.
Absolutely one of the greatest love songs ever written and performed. Cal Smith never got his full dues when he was among the living but his induction into the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME would go a long way toward making things right.
I love that song. its one of my favorites!
you are so right,
Great song, makes me tear up a little
For sure, but make sure you credit that he didn’t write it, only had a majorly successful rendition. Don Wayne wrote it
I was a child when this song was new.Always liked it. Cal Smith and George Jones had the best voices for country music. In my opinion, country music took a nose dive since 1990. No singer today can take the place of the greats from all decades before 1990.
Yes it did
110% RIGHT. EVERYTHING AFTERCARRIE UNDERWOOD IS NOT COUNTRY MUSIC!!. EXCEPT FOR TRY THAT IN A SMALL TOWN.
Keith Whitley
When my son was born50 yrs ago, my daddy used to call him his little country bumpkin...my son died 12 yrs ago and my daddy died 6 yrs ago...I miss them both...but I am so glad I found this song....thank you
Hey how are you doing..?
How I miss the country music of my youth.
I miss old country music like this that tells a story!
Hello Sarah how are you doing!!
I absolutely LOVE these classic country songs. They told a story that you could picture in your mind as the song was playing. You don't get any better than this.
that is so true, the classics do tell stories that a person can relate and some times it seem as if they wrote the song about our own lives
so agree
Yeah the older country music was better 👌
Wouldn't this song make a great movie? That's why we love songs that tell stories. Makes people know there is still hope out there for a mate that will love us till death do us part.
Yes this song is so true.of life
Cal Smith was underrated. I always thought he was one of the best. He was country.
This was my neighbors song. Played at his funeral a couple weeks ago. He was 87 years old, and the strongest and funniest man you'd ever meet. Billy Joe Beach you are missed. I miss you country bumpkin. The neighborhood isn't the same without you and everyone feels it. I'll see you again some day.
When i was a kid my mom would a radio playing allnight and instead of going to sleep i would stay up and listen to the radio and this was one of the songs that played all the time. Brings me back to a different time and place ill always cherish.
America before the fabric of family and values had been completely destroyed. No way to hear this without remembering a time when the sheriff was your friend, the sky was blue and food was made out of food. Thank you Cal and everyone who made life worth living. You were the frost on my pumpkin.
Yah i definately cant blame people for killing themselves
Oh, get over that good old days crap. Musical styles change. There were problems then, there are problems now. I prefer this particular song to a lot of songs that are popular now. That does NOT mean that the 1970s were wonderful and the 2020s are horrible.
This is my mom's favorite song 🎵I play this all the time she isn't deaf but wants the volume turned up. She is 90 years-old and this song 🎵makes her feel young again
Lol!! I kno the feeling!!
This man was always greatly under rated.And this is absolutely his best song.
vreynoldson56 I agree! be sure to read his guitar strap--it reads "Country Bumpkin Cal Smith" so he must have this song at the top of his list too!
Vastly greatly underrated. Wish there was more of his music available for purchase today.
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As a 10 year old boy when this song first came out has little to no affect on you, leaving you wondering why all the old folks were sad hearing it. Well a short 45 years later I no longer have to wonder why it tears your heart out looking back and watching your own Mama on her death bed as she passes. She may not have been a bar room girl with hard and knowing eyes, she was the just kindest sweetest person that I never once had a bad thought about. It is sad when they are no longer with us but looking back at 100% great memories surely makes it less sad.
I love this song so very much My Momma would dànce around the kitchen with me. She's been gone for 8 years now, but the meroy's linger on. Thank you for playing ❤️ these livery song's
Really didn't think about the country songs back then either until my mom passed away, now I wanna listen to them all the time.
Cal Smith, what a voice!
My mom passed three years ago and this song always takes me through our many chapters of life. Thanks again, Mom, for everything...I love you.
R.I.P.
Condolences on your loss.
Sorry you lost your mom truck boy I lost mine too but we're so lucky to have ever had them in our lives at all you left a great comment about a great song
Exact same thing with my Mother who died 8 yrs ago. She always loved the song
Listen to this on an old dock on a lake. My dad died today, he was definitely a country pumpkin. Thank you for the music it's very soothing.
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My father was a worthless piece of shit but my grandfather was my real father but he passed before I needed him the most. All I'm saying I had a country bumpkin in my life and he loved this song as long as people like you are here I'll never feel alone
I know just how you're feeling I'm listening too this song tonight because I'm missing my mom who passed away 10 year's ago this April. This and Hello walls was my mom's favorite song's.
So sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss. Accept my condolences
Beautiful! No flashy guitar breaking on stage, no screaming by winners of amateur singing competitions, just beautiful singing with heart and soul.
thays the way I love it !!!🤜🤛👊👍
Cal Smith was one of the best . And that song should have been tops. 😅😅😊
This was the song I always requested on one oldies radio station. My dad was a trucker and this was our weekly check in. Even if I'd just talked to him I always called it in. He used to always sing oldies to me. He's been gone one year and 54 days.
Hello how are you doing..?😊
Great old story song of love, Thank you for a heartfelt song.
Rest in peace Cal Smith
What a voice! And what a song! No one could sing it better. I’m 84 and have been loving country music
As far back as I can remember. This one is one to remember. O
84 ...now 87...wow...what a life. You have been blessed for sure Maam.
Hi Anna.. are you doing okay? 😊💗
I'm 62 myself, and I have always loved Country Music.
I grew up on Country... I'm 75 now ... still loving real country. Nothing better. This tearjerker is one of the best!!
Geeze....40 years on this song still brings tears to my eyes...
I was 11 yrs. old now I'm 56, still in my memory forever...:).
Country music of yester year that touches heart & soul. Why did we leave it behind for what is flashed today?
The funeral for my mom had just ended when my dad and I got into the car to go to the graveside service and this song came on. I cried the entire way as the last lines of this song repeated in my head over and over. I miss you mom and dad.
im so sorry sweetie...
Its a horrible anguish... we don't realize until we get older and they are gone that's why communication is important how is your heart doing nowadays
sorry baby
Awww :-((
Tg sheppard
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My mom used to call me her "little country bumpkin". She passed away just a couple weeks ago. I miss her so much it literally hurts.
Sorry for you loss buddy stay strong 🙏🙏
It never goes away
So sorry for your loss. I just lost my mom too on march 22 of this yr & my dad will be gone 2 yrs this May. I miss her everyday. Wish I could tell you it gets easier with time.
@@tilliecochran8330 thank you. I know it will never really ease, I just hope to be able to fully accept it. I'm still dealing with everything. I still have my dad, but he had a massive stroke almost 3 years ago and his dementia from it is getting worse. It's almost like watching him fade away. I'm sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss. Sounds like you grew up around good people and great music. My mom used to say the same thing to me. She died in 1983. Tonight Is one of those nights, I miss her. I buried my youngest son almost 9 months ago. She would have loved Zac.
No music on earth speaks about life like country music. What a beautiful song.
My mother listen to him and lot the old music sold me on it she been gone 34 years I was 19 when she past I never get tired of this old country
How are you doing today
Such a tear jerker
. When I hear this song I think of my darling wife of 40 years. So loving and caring. This time will be played during my last ride
One of the best country songs ever by a great artist.
Beautiful and bittersweet... and one of best country songs ever written.
Frank Kelch amen to that brother frank ...
I agree , this song holds many childhood memories for me.
Hi I like the song and I wish I could still play with data off. If one can help to send it with lerics
LaP
Pure Magic
This song is in my top ten country songs of all time. I guess you just had to live it to understand how heavy this Don Wayne song really is. But it hit me young.
Words can't express how beautiful I have always thought this song is.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
I am just 27 and live in Nigeria. But I heard the song for the first time 15 years ago and for some reason the song resonated with my soul and was basically my wake up alarm every morning for about 2 years. Brings back so much good memories.
Now I am 28 years old and finally I understand what the song was talking about after 16 years. Country bumpkin should be a movie.
Once in a great, great while a song is written that is simple but yet a beautiful combination of lyric and melody. This song is one of those. A tip of the hat to Cal Smith and a big salute to Don Wayne, who wrote the song.
According to wikipedia, Cal is alive and well and spends a lot of time fishing with his wife in Branson, Missouri. I wonder if he ever sings this to her while fishing under some cool shade? I bet he does.
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❤I tell my husband this is his some😊
I’m a full grown man that’s bawling listening to this while I think of my grandparents
I always loved this song, reminds me of the way life used to be. I wish time could reverse
This takes me back hearing it as a kid, glad to be a country bumpkin, still love it
Back in the good days this would play on the car radio, and I'd cry the whole way thinkin' about how I'd miss the folks when they were gone. And I do.
Hello how are you doing…?😊
My grandpa passed away 2 weeks ago and this was his favorite song. i start balling my eyes out whenever i hear this song. So long country bumpkin 😢
sorry dan been there god bless
Sorry for you loss😕
Losing loved ones is the hardest part of living on this earth. Cherish the memories and the good times.
my condolences
Thinkin'of ya,Hoss.
There's such an indescribable element of sadness in this song that makes it so endearing and memorable. 5/2018
Just a simple, sweet country song performed as good as it ever could be.
Good songs like this one just aren't around anymore
Ann Davidson that’s true
You said that rite brother 👍
are you stupid they didn't go anywhere you can still look them up and listen to them doesn't sound like they ever left to me moron
@@midadickerson4227 uh ok 1) why are you so angry 2) I think he means new music isnt as it was back then. Dont be so hostile
@@midadickerson4227 Nasty ass
The people who gives this song a thumbs down should be tied in a chair and forced to listen to rap till they go def.
They really just need a good ass beatin!!
You're idiot
@@paulking8707 huh??
I quite agree Carl.👍
that is probably what they are doing
This was my late husbands favorite song. He passed away in 1984 at 41 years old. I love this song and play it often.
We need this sound today. No screeching telecasters no trucker hats no.mirror sunglasses just a man singing really well and true
Any other Bumpkins listening during the Coronavirus?
Still enjoying this song 40 years later.
I remember when I was a little girl my dad used to play this song over and over again in the car. I just cane here to listen to it because I couldn’t remember the whole song. Brings back memories.
I love your comment!
Proud Country Bumpkin! Thanks Cal Smith! What a song! Take lessons "new country music." This is what the good stuff sounds like! "See you later, country bumpkins." Keep listening in 2018!
Still listening in December 2023
Oh! How I love this song!! Cal does a beautiful job singing this!!!
That song brings tears we lucky to have a song like this
This song dropped onto the turntable of the jukebox in my mind yesterday. I hadn't heard it since the 70's. God just dropped that quarter and pushed those buttons! DAMN, country was good back then!
This is SUCH a good song... wish we still had Old Country
I am married to country bumpkin in Tennessee / Kentucky area and he is the Greatest man i know and i love him with all my being and i know there is no other out there like him ❤❤❤❤❤
This is what I was raised on. Love the old classic country.
Hello how are you doing today?
My mama use to sing this song to me when I was a child. I can still hear her voice. It's been a long time, I can still hear that voice.😊
My mom died in 87 but I can still see her coming in my room to wake me up for school and she’d say “Hello country bumpkin “
This was when life and music meant something
I'll die living in my memories of the good old days 💞💞💞
country music when it still was country music
I have always loved this song and always will cal Smith could sing we don't have hardly any country music any more not real country
This was one of my daddy's favorite songs in the 60s, so I grew up with it through the 70s, I had my own children in the 90s and raised them with the same song. Now my daughter sings her baby to sleep at night to Country Bumpkin. That's a lot of history for one ole Cal Smith song.
Hello how are you doing today..?
True classic. Takes me back to when I was a child, early 70's
I'm so glad I got to grow up hearing this Awesome Music, I'm sure Happy I was a part of it
Wish bring back classic hits songs on radio stations Nation wide. I still remember back my childhood days this song on radio stations. Lots my favorite songs. Pure country music sound. Fans enjoy more and more each year. Thank You. Two thumbs up 👍 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Keep listening 🎧 It's good for your soul.
This is fabulous and reminds me of meeting my sweet husband about 37 years ago.
Hello how are you doing today?
Always love this song since way back 1970s still enjoy more today at age 54. I grow up Country Music younger age. Still enjoy classic hits songs. Pure country music sound. That truth. Why enjoy classic hits songs on radio stations.
Smart girl.
back when country was country! thanks for uploading
ur welcome
My grandma used to say “how’s that frost on the pumpkin” to my mom when she was younger, I had never heard of this song until she posted the quote on her facebook and someone linked it. My grandma died a few hours ago. I’m still in shock, didn’t feel real at all. Played this song and everything hit me at once like a train. I’ll miss you grandma.
There's a song called "Far Behind" by Candlebox that hits me like a train every time I hear it. Lost my closest friend almost 9 years ago. It conveys just as much emotion and elicits such strong emotions even now.
This has to be my favorite Country song ever , just love it xxxx .
Hello how are you doing today?
This song was #1 the week I was born. My mama always called me her "country bumpkin".
Always loved this song.
Hello how are you doing 😊😊
One of the most beautiful country songs ever , it came out when i had my first & only son , great days , thank you God
Hey how are you doing today..?
I wish music like this was still around I love this music
Your a smart woman Linda!
What a wonderful story this song tells.
A fourth child learns to be patient. When Baby Jim would fuss early in the morning, I would stop by his crib to sing, "Hello, country bumpkin." After I signaled, he stopped fussing and waited. Hurriedly I'd brush my teeth, change his diaper, and take him in the living room to snuggle and nurse him. "Country Bumpkin" was "our song." Jim grew up and moved away. At 38, he was diagnosed with cancer, was eventually forced to come home. In our song, after 40 years, the dying mama sings, "So long, country bumpkin." Jim and I are not staying with the script, but we are saying good-bye. Music marks all our lives. Tonight I am especially grateful for this piece.
GOD BLESS both of u... for ur story told w feeling...
Jimmy died March 1, 2015. I still get teary when I hear "our song."
Sharon Ervin GOD BLESS YOU BOTH, REMEMBER HE WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR COUNTRY BUMPKIN, LOOKING DOWN UPON YOU WITH THE LORD
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Ma'am, I'm sorry to hear of your loss. I wish the Lord's blessings upon you, your son, and the rest of your family.
They don't make country music like this no more
My great-grandfather used to sing this song... love you Papaw ❤️🎸🇺🇸
This song makes me cry every time I hear it. My Mom always sang this song when I was a kid.❤
Hello how are you doing today?
Classic country music had heart and soul. The stories were true, and hit many of us just when we needed something in our lives. To take us to a better place in a time of grieving.
I don't think the singers and song writers of that time knew how good they really were and what great music they were leaving this world . Thank you for sharing
October
What a beautiful voice and a great song. ....... What has happened to this awesome music?? The crap we have today is just annoying noise and stupid words with no sense. Oh how I miss all the "old" legends.
I grew up on this stuff. It's pure gold to this cowboy. Thanks dad for bringing me up on this music.
Haven't heard this song in a long time. My mom and I loved it, as she WAS a country bumpkin. She's no longer with me, but I still love this song and every time I hear it, it reminds me of her.
So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song! How are you?
I can't listen to this song without crying.
Beautiful song but it rips my heart.
Love you momma.
Hey how are you doing….?
I hear you all! My country Australia too has gone down the tube! I remember listening to this music in the late 60s, 70s and 80s, this song reminds me of my beautiful parents and I went and visited they're graves today and I just stood there crying because I miss them both so much❤⚘💔💔⚘💙
This song will always have a spot in my heart. I can still hear my mom and dad singing this song to each other. My dad is gone now for 5 years from cancer. I have never seen a love as strong as theirs. Brings happy tears to my eyes every time.
💕💖💕 I miss this type of music. Love the storytellers.
When i was a kid in the 70's my dad had this on eight track and played it in the car over and over , i got so sick of it. Dads gone now so is the car and the 8 track .I miss them so much i would give anything to go back and hear it over and over again riding with my dad.
It is funny how foolishly stupid we can be when we are younger.
I would sing this to my mom upon the first frost of year after I retired from the army ... this was one of her favorite songs .... this and "I never Promised you a Rose Garden."
Real country music, I miss it. Glad I have this resource to listen to these real country songs!!!
This song came suddenly to my mind, I don't know why.
But this was one of my favourite country songs.
I still love country music till today.
This song is beautiful, and usually brings a tear to this old man's eyes !
Classics are and always will be the best
I can't listen to that song without coming to tears. Beautiful.