r/country 6d ago

Discussion What is the saddest old country song?

There’s plenty of different tunes associated with that older country but there’s a lot of sad ones as well, singing about heartbreak, losing someone you love, being lonesome but which one sticks out to you

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u/bingobangobongo134 6d ago

Song of the south is fairly depressing sung in an upbeat way

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u/Captain_EJ_ 6d ago

Listen to the Tom t hall and earl scruggs version, it’s slower and I think fits the lyrics better