Expert: Mel Priddle - 6/17/2009

Question
Dear Mel,

Are you familiar with a song by Tammy Wynette called "Ask My Daddy To Come Home" that she's singing with a child (presumably her daughter, Georgette)?  If so, can you tell me if it's on an album or a single?

Thank you,

Rowena

Answer
Hello Rowena,

That song is actually called "Cry, Cry Again". It was co-written, and a hit for Liz Anderson in 1968. It was later recorded by both Tammy Wynette and Lynn Anderson.

The Tammy Wynette version is available on a new 20 Track compilation CD titled "The World Of Tammy Wynette", which was issued in March of this year.

Here's a link:  http://tinyurl.com/l5gzqk

The full track listing is:

1. Honey (I Miss You)
2. It's My Way
3. Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
4. Cry, Cry Again
5. Joey
6. Where Could You Go (But to Her)
7. Good
8. Ode to Billie Joe
9. I Believe
10. Don't Touch Me
11. Yesterday
12. My Arms Stay Open Late
13. I Stayed Long Enough
14. There Goes My Everything
15. Crying in the Chapel
16. Kiss Away
17. Cry
18. Legend of Bonnie & Clyde
19. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
20. Walk Through This World with Me


I put my little girl to bed with teardrops in her eyes
All day I've tried to comfort her and louder were her cries
I left her there to say her prayers and stepped outside the door
The prayer I heard was one I knew I'd never heard before

Please have my mommy ask my daddy to come home
Sometimes I'll cry and get my way and mommy's so alone
She told me once that when I'm right, I never should give in
So if at first I don't succeed, I'll cry cry again

I know our little girl is right and we're both in the wrong
And so I've called you up tonight to ask you please come home
I can't go on or stand for long the way she cried today
And I can't go to sleep at night because I heard her pray

Please have my mommy ask my daddy to come home
Sometimes I'll cry and get my way and mommy's so alone
She told me once that when I'm right, I never should give in
So if at first I don't succeed, I'll cry cry again


Glad to be of help. Cheers........Mel.