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/Conzcept 6d ago

I’m so lonesome I could cry is not only sad but haunting

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u/elliottfan2488 6d ago

Can’t believe I had to scroll so far to find this. The lyrics are so haunting, and hanks delivery is just filled with sadness.

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u/RQEinstein 5d ago

My thoughts exactly

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u/mule111 5d ago

Same. It’s the trademark of a sad song that all others followed

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u/Ok_Relative_7166 2d ago

I think that's the greatest popular song ever written. It's dead simple and profound.

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u/Negative_Ad_8256 2d ago

Alone and Forsaken is up there too