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Matt C., a critic for Engine 145, gave "I Saw God Today" a thumbs-up rating. He said that although it was "similar to the [songs] that countless failed nineties hat acts used to 'launch' their short careers", that Strait's vocal performance nonetheless "makes the song listenable and the country pop lyric's contrast to the country-western material that comprises much of Strait's catalog ...
George Harvey Strait Sr. was born on May 18, 1952, in Poteet, Texas, [1] to John Byron Strait Sr. (January 11, 1922 – June 4, 2013), [17] and Doris Jean Couser (June 26, 1930 – January 30, 2010). He grew up in nearby Pearsall , in Frio County , [ 1 ] where his father was a junior high school mathematics teacher and the owner of a 2,000-acre ...
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B− grade, saying that if Strait's voice wasn't so "distinctive and familiar, you could be forgiven for mistaking this for Johnny Lee’s, "Lookin' for Love." [1] Billboard reviewed the song favorably, saying that "Strait's got another winner in this lively promise of changing ways." [2]
A Balliol rhyme is a doggerel verse form with a distinctive metre.It is a quatrain, having two rhyming couplets (rhyme scheme AABB), each line having four beats. They are written in the voice of the named subject and elaborate on that person's character, exploits or predilections.
"Troubadour" is a song written by Leslie Satcher and Monty Holmes, and recorded by American country music singer George Strait. It was released in June 2008 as the second single and title track from his album Troubadour. The song was the 86th chart single of his career. It has become his 79th Top Ten single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
The song is about a man who proposes to his girlfriend, but she rejects it. In a play on the proverb, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink," the woman tearfully explains that—despite her best efforts—she is simply not in love with her boyfriend ("You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall").
Single by George Strait; from the album If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' B-side "Is It That Time Again" Released: August 22, 1988: Recorded: September 30, 1987: Genre: Honky-tonk [1] Length: 2: 17: Label: MCA 53400: Songwriter(s) Tommy Collins: Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen & George Strait: George Strait singles chronology "
The poem was translated by Kerstin and Roger Tanner. Stina Wirsén made the illustrations next to the poem. Ilon Wikland had previously illustrated some publications of the poem in Sweden and Germany. Next to this the Dutch composer Patrick van Deurzen composed a song to Astrid Lindgren's English text. It was made for a mixed choir, viola and ...