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Merle Haggard – Jimmy the Broom (1987) | Track profile | Dork

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Merle Haggard
Seashores of Old Mexico
Jimmy the Broom

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Jimmy the Broom

Release date: 13th October 1987

From Seashores of Old Mexico

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About This Track

"Jimmy the Broom" is a track by Merle Haggard, from the album Seashores of Old Mexico, released 13th October 1987. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Jimmy the Broom

Jimmy the Broom had the old shabby room next to mine

Every casino in the whole town of Reno knew Jimmy the Broom was on wine

With no last name at all, his old friends were left to assume

That he meant to be buried with the nickname of Jimmy the Broom

He came to the city to forget a woman, they say

Not even the havoc of the nightlife of Reno could keep her memory away

So he turned to the bottle and somehow it deafened her call

Ah, but Jimmy the Broom never lived to be free of it all

Jimmy the Broom left the sidewalks swept clean out in Reno

And every casino knew Jimmy the Broom

With no last name at all, his old friends were left to assume

That he meant to be buried with the nickname of Jimmy the Broom

Jimmy the Broom left the sidewalks swept clean out in Reno

And every casino knew Jimmy the Broom

With no last name at all, his old friends were left to assume

That he meant to be buried with the nickname of Jimmy the Broom

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Track details

From Seashores of Old Mexico

1987

Album

Seashores of Old Mexico

Release year

1987

—Shotgun and a Pistol
—Without You On My Side
—Yesterday
—Jimmy the Broom
—Love Makes a Fool of Us All
—Seashores of Old Mexico
—Silver Wings (1987)
—When Times Were Good
—Why Do I Have to Choose

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Credited: Freddy Powers, Willie Nelson