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- Artist: Merle Haggard & the Strangers
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- Release Date: 1968
- Genre: Country
Review
Mama Tried is a typically fine late-'60s LP from Merle Haggard, comprised of a number of strong originals and several excellent covers. While "Mama Tried" stands out among Haggard's original material, "I'll Always Know" and "You'll Never Love Me Now" are both solid songs. Still, those two tracks pale next to the best covers on the record. Merle delivers "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me," "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)," "Teach Me to Forget," "Run 'Em Off" and "Too Many Bridges to Cross Over" with grit and an open, affecting honesty that makes Mama Tried one of Hag's best records. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Mama Tried (Lyrics) | Merle Haggard | Merle Haggard | (2:12) |
| Green, Green Grass of Home (Lyrics) | Merle Haggard | (3:14) | |
| Little Ole Wine Drinker Me | Tommy "Snuff" Garrett, |
Merle Haggard | (2:38) |
| In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) | Dolly Parton | Merle Haggard | (2:45) |
| I Could Have Gone Right (Lyrics) | Mel Tillis | Merle Haggard | (2:33) |
| I'll Always Know (Lyrics) | Merle Haggard | Merle Haggard | (2:22) |
| The Sunny Side of My Life | Merle Haggard | Merle Haggard | (2:11) |
| Teach Me to Forget (Lyrics) | Leon Payne | Merle Haggard | (2:24) |
| Folsom Prison Blues (Lyrics) | Johnny Cash | Merle Haggard | (3:15) |
| Run 'Em Off (Lyrics) | Merle Haggard | (2:47) | |
| You'll Never Love Me Now (Lyrics) | Merle Haggard | Merle Haggard | (2:51) |
| Too Many Bridges to Cross Over (Lyrics) | Dallas Frazier | Merle Haggard | (2:45) |
