Songs That Mention Hats

[Hurricane Jack]

Down the road a ways I've heard say a new day's coming on
Where the women folks are friendly and the law leaves you alone
I'll believe it when I see it and I haven't seen it yet
Don't mind me, just keep on talking, I'm just looking for my hat

Ain't No God In Mexico by Billy Joe Shaver, sung by Waylon Jennings

 

[Bamaboots]

Ain't No God In Mexico by Billy Joe Shaver, sung by Waylon Jennings

Great one I hadn't thought of in some time.

 

[ErWeSa]

This would also fit into the "You know that you are getting older when:" thread - I used to produce a French radio program and back in 2020 in one of the programs I played Fernandel's version of "J'ai un beau chapeau" which I completely forgot about. So for all the francophones/francophiles here you are:

Fernandel also sang about hats in 1942: "Ah c'que t'es bath avec ton p'tit chapeau":

 

[Bamaboots]

Well, he walks out in the arena
All dressed up to the brim
Said he'd just came down from a place
Called "Highland Rim"

 

[RBH]

Gene Autry, the Cass County Boys & Sterling Holloway -​

I Tipped My Hat and Slowly Rode Away (1947)​

 

[Bamaboots]

Well now she had a big hat, my it was high
Had bananas and mangos all piled to the sky
How she could balance it, I wouldn't dare
But they don't dance like Carmen nowhere

 

[ErWeSa]

Some other ones for the francophones/francophiles: "Le chapeau de Mireille":

Four classics:

♫ Conrad Gauthier - Mon chapeau de paille ♫

Année d'enregistrement/Recording Year: 1930Conrad Gauthier (8 août 1885-14 février 1964 à l'âge de 78 ans) est un auteur-compositeur-interprète, comédien, ch...

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You can't stop, once you've started looking for them:

Les p'tits chapeaux

Provided to YouTube by JRG ProductionsLes p'tits chapeaux · Jean-Jacques GoldmanChansons pour les pieds℗ 2001 JRG Editions MusicalesReleased on: 2001-11-19Al...

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[ErWeSa]

Another straw hat in French: "Le Chapeau de paille" sung by Caterina Valente:

 

[RBH]

Sawyer Brown

Looks to be sporting a Sunbody.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

My Hat And Your Guitar

This hat and your guitar
Lay on Grandma’s wedding quilt
Underneath the live Oak tree
Behind the cabin Grandpa built

Slip on that sweat stained Stetson
Take that Martin from its case
Set down on that tattered quilt
Put Bluebonnets on your grave

All that’s left for me to hold
Is this hat and your guitar

 

[BobHufford]

Daylight or midnight
Red eyes and that old hat
Whiskey-bent and busted flat
She's a credit to her flaws
She's a bad risk, but a good friend
A small change and loose ends
She only regrets that she might've been
A little faster on the draw