Drivin' Nails in My Coffin
"Drivin' Nails in My Coffin" | |
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Single by Floyd Tillman | |
Released | 1946 |
Genre | Country |
Length | 2:38 |
Label | Columbia |
Songwriter(s) | Jerry Irby |
"Drivin' Nails in My Coffin" is a country music song written by Jerry Irby. It is a breakup song, telling of a man who has been drinking booze, "driving nails in my coffin over you."
The song was originally recorded and released in 1945 by Jerry Irby. It became a hit in 1946 for both Floyd Tillman and Ernest Tubb. The Tillman record was released on the Columbia label (catalog no. 36998), peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's folk chart in August 1946, and was ranked as the No. 16 record in Billboard's year-end folk juke box chart.[1][2] Tubb's version was issued on the Decca label (catalog no. 73679) and peaked at No. 5 on the folk chart in December 1946.[3]
The song was later covered by many artists, including Beck and Willie Nelson (duet),[4] Hank Thompson, the Osborne Brothers, the Wilburn Brothers, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Asleep at the Wheel, Rhonda Vincent, Mike Auldridge, Charley Crockett, Boxcar Willie, Mac Wiseman, Johnny Bush, and Charlie Walker.
See also
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- "Walking the Floor Over You"
- "Try Me One More Time"
- "Soldier's Last Letter"
- "It's Been So Long Darling"
- "Rainbow at Midnight"
- "Filipino Baby"
- "Have You Ever Been Lonely?"
- "I'm Biting My Fingernails and Thinking of You"
- "Slippin' Around"
- "Tennessee Border No. 2"
- "Letters Have No Arms"
- "I Love You Because"
- "Goodnight, Irene"
- "Thanks a Lot"
- "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be"
- The Daddy of 'Em All (1957)
- The Importance of Being Ernest (1959)
- Ernest Tubb Record Shop (1960)
- Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours (1960)
- Midnight Jamboree (1960)
- All Time Hits (1960)
- Golden Favorites (1961)
- On Tour (1962)
- Just Call Me Lonesome (1963)
- The Family Bible (1963)
- Thanks a Lot (1964)
- Blue Christmas (1964)
- Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be (1965)
- Singin' Again (1967)
- Country Hit Time (1968)
- Ernest Tubb Sings Hank Williams (1968)
- Let's Turn Back the Years (1969)
- If We Put Our Heads Together (1969)
- If We Put Our Heads Together (1969)
- Saturday Satan Sunday Saint (1969)
- Good Year for the Wine (1970)
- One Sweet Hello (1971)
- Say Something Nice to Sarah (1972)
- Baby It's So Hard to Be Good (1972)
- I've Got All the Heartaches I Can Handle (1973)
- Ernest Tubb (1975)
- The Definitive Collection
- The Ernest Tubb Story
- The Legend and the Legacy
- Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
- Walking the Floor Over You
- Yellow Rose of Texas