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Give My Love to Rose

Johnny Cash
Track 8 on The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) 

Producer

Sam Phillips (Producer)
Although the song originally appeared on Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams, it is in fact, a Johnny Cash original.
Aug. 10, 19571 viewer19K views

Give My Love to Rose Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I found him by the railroad track this morning
I could see that he was nearly dead
I knelt down beside him and I listened
Just to hear the words the dying fellow said
He said, "They let me out of prison out in Frisco
For ten long years I paid for what I done
I was trying to get back to Louisiana
To see my Rose and get to know my son"

[Chorus]
"Give my love to Rose please, won't you, mister?
Take her all my money, tell her, "Buy some pretty clothes"
Tell my boy that daddy's so proud of him
And don't forget to give my love to Rose"

[Verse 2]
"Won't you tell them I said thanks for waiting for me
Tell my boy to help his mom at home
Tell my Rose to try to find another
'Cause it ain't right that she should live alone
Mister, here's the bag with all my money
It won't last them long the way it goes
God bless you for finding me this morning
Now, don't forget to give my love to Rose"
[Chorus]
"Give my love to Rose please, won't you, mister?
Take her all my money, tell her, "Buy some pretty clothes"
Tell my boy that daddy's so proud of him
And don't forget to give my love to Rose"

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Although the song originally appeared on Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams, it is in fact, a Johnny Cash original.

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What did Johnny Cash say about "Give My Love to Rose"?
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I wrote “Give My Love to Rose” about ten blocks from San Quentin Prison. I was playing a club there one night in ’56, the first time I came to California. And an ole boy came backstage, an ex-con, to talk to me about Shreveport. He was from there. And I’m not sure his wife was named Rose, but his wife was in Shreveport and he said something about “giving my love to my wife if you get back to Shreveport before I do.” He had just gotten out of prison. I wrote the song that night.
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The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) (1992)
  1. 1.
    Hey Porter
  2. 2.
    Cry! Cry! Cry!
  3. 3.
    Folsom Prison Blues
  4. 4.
    Luther Played the Boogie
  5. 5.
    Get Rhythm
  6. 6.
    I Walk The Line
  7. 7.
    Home of the Blues
  8. 8.
    Give My Love to Rose
  9. 9.
    Rock Island Line
  10. 10.
    Doin’ My Time
  11. 11.
    Big River
  12. 12.
    Ballad of a Teenage Queen
  13. 13.
    Guess Things Happen That Way
  14. 14.
    The Ways Of A Woman In Love
  15. 15.
    Thanks a Lot
  16. 16.
    Oh, What A Dream
  17. 17.
    What Do I Care
  18. 18.
    All Over Again
  19. 19.
    I Still Miss Someone
  20. 20.
    I’d Just Be Fool Enough (To Fall)
  21. 21.
    Walking The Blues
  22. 22.
    Frankie’s Man, Johnny
  23. 23.
    Tennessee Flat-Top Box
  24. 24.
    Sing It Pretty, Sue
  25. 25.
    Pickin’ Time
  26. 26.
    Five Feet High and Rising
  27. 27.
    The Old Account
  28. 28.
    (There’ll Be) Peace in the Valley
  29. 29.
    Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
  30. 30.
    Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
  31. 32.
    The Rebel-Johnny Yuma
  32. 33.
    The Big Battle
  33. 34.
    When the Roses Bloom Again
  34. 35.
    The Ballad of Ira Hayes
  35. 36.
    The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer
  36. 37.
    Dark as the Dungeon (At Folsom Prison)
  37. 38.
    The Long Black Veil
  38. 39.
    I Got Stripes
  39. 40.
    25 Minutes to Go
  40. 41.
    The Wall
  41. 42.
    Busted
  42. 43.
    Bad News
  43. 44.
    Dirty Old Egg-Suckin’ Dog
  44. 45.
    Orange Blossom Special
  45. 46.
    Ring of Fire
  46. 47.
    Understand Your Man
  47. 48.
    Jackson
  48. 49.
    Blistered
  49. 50.
    See Ruby Fall
  50. 51.
    Cisco Clifton’s Filling Station
  51. 52.
    Daddy Sang Bass
  52. 53.
    Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA - January 1968)
  53. 54.
    Cocaine Blues (live)
  54. 55.
    San Quentin #2 (live)
  55. 56.
    A Boy Named Sue
  56. 57.
    Wanted Man
  57. 58.
    Singin’ in Vietnam Talkin’ Blues
  58. 59.
    Man in Black
  59. 60.
    What Is Truth
  60. 61.
    Flesh and Blood
  61. 62.
    Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down
  62. 63.
    Oney
  63. 64.
    One Piece at a Time
  64. 65.
    Hit The Road And Go
  65. 66.
    Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)
  66. 67.
    I Will Rock and Roll with You
  67. 68.
    No Expectations
  68. 69.
    Ghost Riders in the Sky
  69. 70.
    Bull Rider
  70. 71.
    Highway Patrolman
  71. 72.
    After The Ball
  72. 73.
    Without Love
  73. 74.
    The Last Time
  74. 75.
    I’m Gonna Sit On The Porch And Pick On My Old Guitar
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