0:18 Come all of you people take warning from me Don't take no girl to Tennessee For if you get married and don't agree It'll aggravate your soul 0:34 We left Maces early in the night Expect to get married before daylight So many things happened to hinder our flight It aggravated my soul 0:49 Arrived at The Bristol at 11 o'clock The parson was there right on the spot We found that the license had been forgot It aggravated my soul 1:19 We went for the license in an automobile Run so fast couldn't see the wheel No on can explain how bad I did feel It aggravated my soul 1:35 We stayed all night at The Bristol Hotel Just to make folks think we were swell Next morning they put it in the Bristol Herald It aggravated my soul 1:50 And when the new style books coming around She begin's to get ready to go to town You know right then she's milliner shop bound It'll aggravate your soul 2:21 She wants a new coat and a hobble skirt And you can't get in for the young gun's and dirt And when she gets out, oh how she will flirt It'll aggravate your soul 2:37 And when the person gather round your head You'll think of what your dear old mother said With a pain in you back and heart and head It'll aggravate your soul 2:52 Now young men take warning from me Don't take no girl to Tennessee For if you get married and don't agree It'll aggravate your soul

I too, feel such sadness for this man; if not for him, would there ever be the great Carter Family legacy that we all love and cherish today? Thank you A.P. ; without you, there would not be, the Carter Dynasty.....he needs to get more credit!

Damn I love the old original carter family recordings, sounds like he is preaching this song from experience. What a family Legacy.

I wanted to add a comment about the pictures used in the video. The photographer who did the portraits for the Dec. 7th, 1941 edition of Life Magazine that never ran because of Pearl Harbor said that AP Carter was the most exotic man he had ever seen and photographed. The photographer had two portraits that he kept on his desk permanently - one of himself and the other was of AP Carter.

this music is 75 years older than me but u cant beat it

Music doesn't get much better than this,[ in any genre, ] So easy & gentle, no histrionics or extremes, Just magic.

Nice one! A simple arrangement on guitar that brings out the loneliness without becoming sappy. And A.P.'s vocals are perfectly pitched--he doesn't force the listener to feel the blues.

AP was so good looking and handsome too!

Soulfull,nice song sung by a great voice..RIP pal...

I'm back, I have the music on my computer but enjoy watching the images while listening to AP sing. I never really thought much about AP but by the time I realized what a treasure he had given generations of people he had already left his world. Perhaps one day I will make the journey through the little grave on the green hill side and see if I can harmonize with him.

A.P. Carter is a sad person, especially because he is the great power behind (the concept of) The Carter Family (outstanding and wonderful legendary music) furthermore it's a bit pathetic the bond of trust has been broken between A.P., Sara and Maybelle.

For some reason all the songs sung by A.P. are those I love most. I can't believe that no moving pictures survived, Fox or Pathe or whoever must have covered them in their weekly editions.

Great...just great; so true, very true.

Grandma Smith loved Country Western music. Of course she was from West Virginia...RIP Grandma...I love you so much . Heidi

Thank you! This is real music, and as you wrote, so true!

My grandma grew up with yhe Carter's, moved to Kingsport Tennessee from Russell County in the 50's and worjed at the Meade they used to play these record to me there grandson i. 45 now Bristol, Kingsport, Tennessee where we live till now 2023

With a pain in your back and heart and head... it’ll aggravate your soul.

A.P. wrote this song. Janette said it was a bit more cutting in its original version. I guess time or better sense caused AP to tone it down. It is a particularly interesting tune and one of my favorites - of the two recorded versions I have I enjoy the one with AP playing his own guitar. His solos from the Border Recordings are great and fun listening.

I love this song & i love the Carter Family, just wish there was more film footage available of Sara 'n' Maybelle

What a great song! Thanks for posting:)

Loved

Eric Schaal was the photographer who took the Carter Family Portraits for Life Magazine.

Our history.

Thanks for sharing.

Yes, that's true! Funny too hear A.P. playing the guitar, when you're thinking about all the hours Pleasant and Lesley Riddle spent together under the tree when Riddle tried to learn Pleasant how to play the guitar!

Can't beat it!

First ever celebrity diss track

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Finally, The series of photographs were taken for the Dec 7th, 1941 edition of Life Magazine by Eric Schaal on the 1st of December 1941

A wonderful man he wrote most of the lyrics of the songs, So sad they parted He had bought his wife a lovely guitar.a Gibson

It nerves me that he's only called A P, as he has very PLEASANT names, namely Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter!

so sad it turned out so bad for A p so soulful a singer, but such a starter for 10 in country music to the masses Hank Williamsand George Jones carried it on as country western music in the rich form

I am sorry, it was sometime ago and I can't find the site on the computer - I will keep looking. Nothing should be this difficult.

I love Sara but she's getting hammered in this song..haha

awesome

"No telephone in Heaven is another GREAT ONE!

Is it sad that the most relatable part of this song is the bit about forgetting the marriage license? That would be something I’d inadvertently do.

Wonder if he wrote any of the other songs?

aggravates the daylights out of me.

on pbs they said he would leave and go out and walk the railroad tracks for days writing songs

Wonder how tall he was?

A.P. Carter = GOD

A time we could never understand or survive just look how stupid we got when covid came out, if morals and dignity still existed we would be living a lot better

A very strange song, though. Didn't Sara have a great part of his success? Was he perfect himself? Didn't he spend a lot of time traveling WITHOUT Sara????

Original incel anthem