The song Tennesse Flat-Top Box is performed by Johnny Cash in the album named The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 in the year 1998 .
In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town,
Sat a boy and his guitar, and the people came from all around.
And all the girls from there to Austin,
Were slippin' away from home and puttin' jewelery in hock.
To take the trip, to go and listen,
To the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.
And he would play: [Instrumental]
Well, he couldn't ride or wrangle, and he never cared to make a dime.
But give him his guitar, and he'd be happy all the time.
And all the girls from nine to ninety,
Were snapping fingers, tapping toes, and begging him: "Don't stop."
And hypnotized and fascinated,
By the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.
And he would play: [Instrumental]
Then one day he was gone, and no one ever saw him 'round,
He'd vanished like the breeze, they forgot him in the little town.
But all the girls still dreamed about him.
And hung around the cabaret until the doors were locked.
And then one day on the Hit Parade,
Was a little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983
- Hey Porter
- Cry, Cry, Cry
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Luther Played The Boogie
- Get Rhythm
- I Walk The Line
- Home Of The Blues
- Give My Love To Rose
- Rock Island Line
- Doin' My Time
- Big River
- Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
- Guess Things Happen That Way
- The Ways Of A Woman In Love
- Thanks A Lot
- Oh, What A Dream
- What Do I Care
- All Over Again
- I Still Miss Someone
- I'd Just Be Fool Enough (To Fall)
- Walking The Blues
- Frankie's Man, Johnny
- Tennesse Flat-Top Box
- Sing It Pretty, Sue
- Pickin' Time
- Five Feet High And Rising
- The Old Account
- Peace In The Valley
- Don't Take Your Guns To Town
- The Ballad Of Boot Hill
- The Rebel-Johnny Yuma
- The Big Battle
- When The Roses Bloom Again
- The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
- The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer
- Dark As A Dungeon
- The Long Black Veil
- I Got Stripes
- 25 Minutes To Go
- The Wall
- Busted
- Bad News
- Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog
- Orange Blossom Special
- Ring Of Fire
- Understand Your Man
- Jackson
- Blistered
- See Ruby Fall
- Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station
- Daddy Sang Bass
- Folsom Prison Blues (Live)
- Cocaine Blues (Live)
- San Quentin #2 (Live)
- A Boy Named Sue (Live)
- Wanted Man
- Singin' In Vietnam Talkin' Blues
- Man In Black
- What Is Truth
- Flesh And Blood
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- Oney
- One Piece At A Time
- Hit The Road And Go
- Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)
- I Will Rock And Roll With You
- No Expectations
- Riders In The Sky
- Bull Rider
- Highway Patrolman
- After The Ball
- Without Love
- The Last Time
- I'm Gonna Sit On The Porch And Pick On My Old Guitar