A So Long To Johnny Cash Song Poem by Paul Henry Dallaire

It was nineteen fifty six when he came on to the scene
With his Big River woman who washed him down the stream
He sang about the good stuff the hobos and the trains
He shone the light on heroes remember Ira Hayes

Chorus;
Counterfeit Cash is what they call me
When I sing ol Johnny's tunes
Cause I look So Doggone Lonesome
Singing Folsom Prison Blues

But time don't mean a thing to me
Cause I cling on to to past
New country may be In to-day
But I still like Johnny Cash

Cause when he sang Give MY Love To Rose
It gave me food for thought
'Bout a young man out of prison
Dying by the railroad track

And I remember Luther Perkins
Pickin Marijuana Blues
Marshall Grant on bass
T'was the Tennessee Two

Verse:
Now I recall a young Johnny Cash
Back in nineteen sixty two
Johnny Yuma the Rebel was ridin high
And I was a young snapper too

Then he transformed to the man in black
And with June Carter were a smash
So let's roll out the carpet
Cause we love Johnny Cash

Now the good 'Lord' said that God is life
And with one loaf made many breads
He turned the water into wine
And raised Lazarus from the dead

Now if I come back for a second round
Just make me a real gone cat
I want nothin to do with that guy named Sue
I just want to be Johnny Cash

Cause when he sang Give My Love To Rose.........

Paul Henry Dallaire
Paul Henry Pub.
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