Various Artists - Shit Happens!

Welcome to a musical world where the worst imaginable things happen. This is a world inhabited by drunks, beggars, homeless people, dead soldiers, orphans. You name it. Nobody is safe. Little children are run down by automobiles in these songs. Even the family pet is fair game if there's a chance the dying pooch will wrestle a tear or two from the listener ...

Bear Family have titled this collection Shit Happens! It is a time-honored tradition. Even though it may make you laugh today, nobody had comedy in mind when they wrote or performed these songs back 40 or 50 years ago. This was deadly serious business. People actually considered these songs entertainment.

To help keep listeners from going over the edge Bear have included an entertaining essay by music historian Hank Davis, as well as some wonderful illustrations drawn especially for this collection by Reinhart Kleist.

Remember, it's only tragedy when the 'Shit' happens to YOU. When it happens to somebody else, it's entertainment!

• EDDY ARNOLD : Mommy Please Stay Home With Me
• PARTON & PORTER WAGONER: Mommie. Ain't That Daddy
• HANK SNOW: Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good
• GEORGE HAMILTON IV: Little Tom
• DOLLY PARTON & PORTER WAGONER: Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark
• HANK THOMPSON: Little Blossom
• HANK SNOW: The Answer To 'Little Blossom'
• HANK SNOW: The Drunkard's Son
• HANK SNOW: Nobody's Child
• EDDY ARNOLD: Did You See My Daddy Over There
• THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: Mother I Thank You For The Bible You Gave
• HANK SNOW: The Blind Boy's Dog
• HAL LONE PINE & BETTY CODY: O Lord Please Tell Me, Do
• TED HARRIS: Pickin' Flowers
• WEBB PIERCE & RED SOVINE: Little Rosa
• JIM REEVES: Mother Went A-Walkin'
• JOHNNY CASH: Give My Love To Rose
• WEBB PIERCE: The Hobo and the Rose
• RED FOLEY: Old Shep
• HAL LONE PINE: Dear Sister
• JOHNNY HORTON: Another Woman Wears My Wedding Ring
• PORTER WAGONER: The Cold Hard Facts of Life
• ED BRUCE: Tiny Golden Locket
• FERLIN HUSKY: Drunken Driver
• PORTER WAGONER: The Carroll County Accident