My Old Pal Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
My Old Pal
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Elsie McWilliams and Jimmie Rodgers
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I'm thinking of you tonight old
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pal
And wishing that you were
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here
I'm
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dreaming of a time and the
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days gone by
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When you filled my heart with
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cheer
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I remember the night when all
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alone
We sang Sweet Ade
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line
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No other face can
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take your place
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In my heart old
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pal of
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mine
Now the old pals are always the
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best you see
New Friends you can find every
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But
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they can't fill the places or
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ever
be
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Like the old pals of
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yester
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day
I'm wondering just where you are
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tonight
And if you ever think of
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me
It
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would make my weary heart so
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light
sweetheart
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Your face again to
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see
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FAQ
Who sang the the song My Old Pal?
- The song My Old Pal was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
