Johnny Cash sings "The Prisoners Song"

From the January 20, 1971 episode of his TV show, Cash sings "The Prisoners Song." Happy 80th birthday, Mr. Cash.

[@msuddie1237]

Happy Birthday Johnny!! You are remembered and loved in 2021!! RIP

[@KLUNKET]

I just don't have words for how much I miss this man. God Bless Johnny Cash!

[@russelledwards9115]

This song is beautiful, no matter who sings it. It tells us that all a person really wants in their life is love. Jackie

[@paulettelamontagne6992]

My grandma and me used to sing the song in bed I used to share a bed with her my mother was molested at 13 so my grandma was like my second mom

[@LRS905]

Damn, the day he was singing this, I was being born!! Also on this exact day, "What´s Going on" by Marvin Gaye was being published as a single...so if someone asks me what was happening musically when you were born, I can say "here, how about these two things?"

[@GTASEIRES123]

It was taped beforehand, but you were born the day this episode aired :-)

[@wernet4550]

Happy 87th birthday Johnny Cash

[@LauraCourtneyette]

When i was a kid I use to play this on the organ for my dad bc it was one of his fav songs. He would sing every verse in a deep baritone. 😍

[@joesmith7427]

I wish his TV show was back on TV. those old re-runs are classic! remember when we tuned into shows every week night?? they don't do that anymore!! wait a minute, the TV has to warm up !! LOL!!

[@MsTruckerjoe]

i love all his songs i miss him

[@jeaniekennedy3656]

I used to sing this to the girls at my boarding school in Queenstown South Africa and they always cried. It is a very sad and evocative melody

[@yoramgabai839]

שיר אסירים על הקירות. נוח על משכבך בשלום, ג'וני.

[@glennjohnson8170]

Glenn Johnson Just had this tune in my brain driving home from work.Had to go on here!RIP Johnny Cash

[@smith_yugo]

연극 오펀스에서 이 노래가 나옵니다… 사랑하는 헤롤드, 트릿, 필립… 이런 좋은 곡을 만들어주신 분께 감사할뿐입니다

[@danhessler]

Vernon Dalhart is a great singer i always liked hearing Johnny singing these classics

[@rojorampage9994]

I sure miss him...

[@DieGwinners]

LOVE ALWAYS ...

[@deewesthill1358]

My mother used to sing this all the time, that's how i learned it in earliest childhood, not from either a record or radio. Not until long after her death did I wonder if she were singing it from feeling trapped by the endless grinding chores of marriage and motherhood, including making all the financial decisions for a weak and incompetent husband.

[@maranatha9769]

my grandfather (POP) always sang this to me. R.I.P.

[@jerrymcjunkin8398]

Awesome john Rip ! Thanks 😊

[@markberg9506]

Happy Birthday Mom!

[@scotchandice]

Love it! Thank you,pure class

[@John-p9m2c]

Amazing

[@TolKOZAK]

Jim Stafford had a great line about prison songs. He said, " I've never been to prison, but I wrote this song while Merle Haggard was in prison." Then you just have to hear his prison song. (On my youtube.) Oh, and of course, Johnny Cash is fantastic doing any song.

[@MrJaycasey]

Pat Dazey backed up by Floyd Cramer and some great fiddle playing doesn't get any better

[@abargle]

I'll take your word for it. Thanks for the tip!

[@bipanpradhan7444]

epic

[@bruckner1572]

This song is titled "The Prisoner's Song."

[@vtwoman16]

My mom would sing this song as she made us breakfast

[@1991cadilac1]

la chansons préfé de père

[@vincenzowolfen4583]

Moi aussi Denis!

[@H3len50]

Brilliant Channel My Friend. :-)

[@cassunn]

Hi, do you have Carl Perkins singing Blue Suede Shoes from this same episode?

[@theamericanfolklore2799]

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[@paulettelamontagne7153]

I'm 54 years old am I 11 grandmother used to sing this song to me in bed at night

[@aishaunderwood1827]

Dood. Good. Jo

[@danielgallegos1528]

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