(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine

(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine single Tom T. Hall The Storyteller Grandma Whistled November 13, 1972 July 12, 1972Mercury Custom Recording StudioNashville, Tennessee Country 4:09 Mercury Tom T. Hall Jerry Kennedy More About John Henry 1972 Hello, We're Lonely 1972 "(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in November 1972 as the second and final single from the album The Storyteller. The song was Hall's third number one on the U.S. country singles chart and earned him his second nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Country Song. "(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine" spent one week at the top and a total of thirteen weeks on the chart. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition Whitburn Joel Joel Whitburn 2004 Record Research 149 On June 1, 2014, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song #93 on its list of the 100 greatest country songs.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/100-greatest-country-songs-of-all-time-20140601/93-tom-t-hall-old-dogs-children-and-watermelon-wine-1972-0157334 93. Tom T. Hall, 'Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine' (1972) Photo - 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time Rolling Stone 2017-08-22 2018-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20180218150434/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/100-greatest-country-songs-of-all-time-20140601/93-tom-t-hall-old-dogs-children-and-watermelon-wine-1972-0157334 dead Content The song is a true account of Hall's experience at the 1972 Democratic National Convention, where he had a conversation with an old porter (janitor) at a Miami Beach hotel. The porter appraises his own life by concluding that the only worthwhile things are the three listed in the song's title.Randall Alice Carter Little Courtney Little My Country Roots: The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America's Original Outsider Music Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2006 92 1-59555-860-8 registration https://archive.org/details/mycountryroots00alic/page/92 Covers The song was covered by artists such as Frankie Laine, whose version changed what the bartender was watching from Ironside to Rawhide; George Burns; John Prine; and Mac Wiseman and Ferlin Husky. Alf Robertson wrote new lyrics and recorded the song in 1977 in Swedish as Hundar och ungar och hembryggt äppelvin (Swedish for Dogs and children and home-brewed apple wine);http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001892094 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021023437/http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001892094 21 October 2014 Svensk mediedatabas 23 April 2011 live he scored a Svensktoppen hit with the song for 10 weeks between 2November 1980http://sverigesradio.se/Diverse/AppData/Isidor/files/2023/3478.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20131003005833/http://sverigesradio.se/diverse/appdata/isidor/files/2023/3478.txt 3 October 2013 Svensktoppen 1980 30 April 2011 live and 18 January 1981,http://sverigesradio.se/Diverse/AppData/Isidor/files/2023/3479.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20141107110711/https://sverigesradio.se/diverse/appdata/isidor/files/2023/3479.txt 7 November 2014 Svensktoppen 1981 26 May 2011 live topping the chart for 4 weeks. Chart performance Chart (1972–73)PeakpositionBillboardcountrysongs 1 Tom T. HallCanadian RPM Country Playlisthttp://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.7629.pdf RPM Country Playlist - January 20, 19731Australian (Go-Set)http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1973/top1973.html Go-Set Australian charts - Top Records for the Year of 1973 2011-08-08 2015-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20150331014508/http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1973/top1973.html dead 21New Zealand (Listener)Flavour of New Zealand, 27 August 197317 References External links Lyrics of this song ZqB5LVpV92I Tom T. Hall - (Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine Category:1972 singles Category:Tom T. Hall songs Category:Frankie Laine songs Category:Ferlin Husky songs Category:Songs written by Tom T. Hall Category:Song recordings produced by Jerry Kennedy Category:Alf Robertson songs Category:1972 songs Category:Songs about old age Category:Songs about dogs Category:Songs about children Category:Songs about alcohol