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( Mama's) Hungry Eyes
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Tom Tripp's arrangement of this classic Written by Merle Haggard.
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Country Music, Gospels, StoryTeller, psalmist , Spoken Word
I want to say thank you to John Goode at radio Yass FM100.3 in Australia and Radio Southland 96.4 FM, Invercargill, New Zealand , presented by Noel Parry, and ?COUNTRY ROADS? RADIO SHOW AT FM 98.5 THE PULSE OF THE VALLEYS SHEPPARTON VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA and other radio station around the world for giving my songs/stories air play .................................................................... Welcome to my "Sound Click" web pages. I am a Storyteller and a psalmist , a talker of music. and a writter. Please visit my Home Page at www.countrylovin.us or go to my link page here on SC and click on the link there. All my web pages are family safe,so please feel free to email my links to your family and friends. Here is a little about myself: TOM TRIPP's love for country music can be traced back to his growing up on a small Kansas dirt farm. Tom was the youngest of seven children. His father was a storyteller (as his father was, and his father before him). Tom's father and mother both worked hard to keep their family fed. At the end of a long day, his father would sit next to the old coal-burning stove and tell stories about growing up in the coalfields of southeast Kansas, and of his many adventures in life. Tom learned the art of storytelling at an early age in life, and it can be heard in the stories and songs he writes today. Tom has traveled across every state in the USA but two... Alaska and Hawaii. When asked why he hasn't visited those states yet, Tom just smiles and says: "I always leave the best for last, and my life is far from over." Tom has looked down upon this old earth from the top of the Rocky Mountains. He has watched the sun rise and set over two oceans. He has traveled through the hot desert and walked upon the frozen ponds of the northland, but he has always returned to Kansas... the place where he hangs his hat. Tom Tripp is the proud parent of 4 grown children , Jason , Chris , Nicole and Gina and a Grandfather of 4.
Song Info
Genre
Country Cover Songs
Author
Written by Merle Haggard.
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February 05, 2006
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MP3 9.1 MB 320 kbps 3:59
Story behind the song
Tom Tripp's father was born in the coal fields in 1903 in a South East Kansas coal camp. Tom grew-up listening to story's his father would tell him about how the miner would only get paid a few cents after working in the coal minds all week & was paid-in what they called script notes (scripted notes was like an IOU & since the coal mine owner own the only general store around they would have to traded the worth of the script notes to the store for food to feed their familles & end up getting deeper in debt with the store trying to feed their familles on low wages & high prices set for the soul purpose of keeping them dependent on the coal mine
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A canvas covered cabin in a crowded labour camp, Stand out in this memory I revived. 'Cos my Daddy raised a family there, with two hard working hands. And tried to feed my Mamma's hungry eyes. He dreamed of something better and my Mamma's faith was strong, And us kids were just to young to realise, That another class of people put us somewhere just below: One more reason for my Mamma's hungry eyes. Mamma never had the luxuries she wanted. But it wasn't cause my daddy didn't try. She only wanted things she really needed: One more reason for my Mamma's hungry eyes. I remember daddy praying for a better way of life, But I don't recall a change of any size. Just a little loss of courage, as their age began to show. And more sadness in my Mamma's hungry eyes. Mamma never had the luxuries she wanted. But it wasn't cause my daddy didn't try. She only wanted things she really needed: One more reason for my Mamma's hungry eyes. Oh, I still recall my Mamma's hungry eyes.
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