Songs That Mention Hats

[Hurricane Jack]

Down the road a ways I've heard say a new day's coming on
Where the women folks are friendly and the law leaves you alone
I'll believe it when I see it and I haven't seen it yet
Don't mind me, just keep on talking, I'm just looking for my hat

Ain't No God In Mexico by Billy Joe Shaver, sung by Waylon Jennings

 

[Bamaboots]

Ain't No God In Mexico by Billy Joe Shaver, sung by Waylon Jennings

Great one I hadn't thought of in some time.

 

[ErWeSa]

This would also fit into the "You know that you are getting older when:" thread - I used to produce a French radio program and back in 2020 in one of the programs I played Fernandel's version of "J'ai un beau chapeau" which I completely forgot about. So for all the francophones/francophiles here you are:

Fernandel also sang about hats in 1942: "Ah c'que t'es bath avec ton p'tit chapeau":

 

[Bamaboots]

Well, he walks out in the arena
All dressed up to the brim
Said he'd just came down from a place
Called "Highland Rim"

 

[RBH]

Gene Autry, the Cass County Boys & Sterling Holloway -​

I Tipped My Hat and Slowly Rode Away (1947)​

 

[Bamaboots]

Well now she had a big hat, my it was high
Had bananas and mangos all piled to the sky
How she could balance it, I wouldn't dare
But they don't dance like Carmen nowhere

 

[ErWeSa]

Some other ones for the francophones/francophiles: "Le chapeau de Mireille":

Four classics:

♫ Conrad Gauthier - Mon chapeau de paille ♫

Année d'enregistrement/Recording Year: 1930Conrad Gauthier (8 août 1885-14 février 1964 à l'âge de 78 ans) est un auteur-compositeur-interprète, comédien, ch...

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You can't stop, once you've started looking for them:

Les p'tits chapeaux

Provided to YouTube by JRG ProductionsLes p'tits chapeaux · Jean-Jacques GoldmanChansons pour les pieds℗ 2001 JRG Editions MusicalesReleased on: 2001-11-19Al...

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[ErWeSa]

Another straw hat in French: "Le Chapeau de paille" sung by Caterina Valente:

 

[RBH]

Sawyer Brown

Looks to be sporting a Sunbody.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

My Hat And Your Guitar

This hat and your guitar
Lay on Grandma’s wedding quilt
Underneath the live Oak tree
Behind the cabin Grandpa built

Slip on that sweat stained Stetson
Take that Martin from its case
Set down on that tattered quilt
Put Bluebonnets on your grave

All that’s left for me to hold
Is this hat and your guitar

 

[BobHufford]

Daylight or midnight
Red eyes and that old hat
Whiskey-bent and busted flat
She's a credit to her flaws
She's a bad risk, but a good friend
A small change and loose ends
She only regrets that she might've been
A little faster on the draw

 

[Bamaboots]

Hand me down my walkin' cane
Hand me down my hat
Hurry now and don't be late
'Cause we ain't got time to chat
You and me we're goin' out
To catch the latest sound
Guaranteed to blow your mind
So high you won't come down

 

[BobHufford]

Got an old slouch hat, got my roll on my shoulder
I'm as free as the breeze and I'll do as I please, just a bummin' around

 

[BobHufford]

And you, you'll be blessed
You'll have the best
I promise you that
I'll pick a star from the sky
Pull your name from a hat
I promise you that, promise you that
Promise you that you'll be blessed

 

[RBH]

A post on another thread got me to thinking about Brooks Atwood.
While he is a hatter he at one time was a singer.
Here is a clip of him in keeping with this thread title.

https://soundcloud.com/brooks-atwood%2Fthis-hat-aint-no-act
Also if you get the chance and he has the time, he has a cool story to tell about the time he flew in to sing with Loretta Lynn!

http://[URL]https://lorettalynn.com...ynn-and-friends-july-6-at-loretta-lynn-ranch/

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[BobHufford]

An old pickup truck, means you're down on your luck
Anymore
And boots and straw hats, are just a thing of the past
Anymore
And ever since Waylon I can't find no one
To buy into sad country songs
Now tell me who's gonna ride us away
When the last cowboy's gone?

 

[Bamaboots]

Sometimes I think these boots are better off on your porch
My hat sure looks at home hanging on your side of the door
It's hard to pack a bag with you lying there in bed
And even harder backin down your drive
Thinking bout the words you said

 

[Bamaboots]

Forget the mousse and the hairspray sugar
We don't need none of that
Just a little dab'll do ya girl
Underneath a pork pie hat

 

[Bamaboots]

Old John Robertson
He wore a Stetson hat
People everywhere would
Laugh behind his back

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I was all but 22 I think at the time
I’d been out on the road lonely at night
And it’d been a while so it was on my mind

Well I saw him walk in with his Cowboy hat
I thought to myself I could use some of that
His boots like glass on the sawdust floor
Had moves like nothing I’d ever seen before

So I walked right up and pulled him aside
Handed that man a beer and looked him in the eyes
I said baby, I think you’ll wanna hear this
Then I told him