Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
A Guy Named Joe ~ 0:03 ~ Written-By – Charles G. Matthews
White Silver Sands ~ 02:50 ~ Written-By – Harlan Howard
Session Info:
April 6 1960 ~ Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN ~ Ernest Tubb (Buddy Emmons [lead gt], Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Bobby Garrett [steel], Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
A GUY NAMED JOE 9-31161 ~ ED 2680 ~ DL 74042
April 7 1960 ~ Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN ~ Ernest Tubb (Buddy Emmons [lead gt], Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Bobby Garrett [steel], Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
WHITE SILVER SANDS ~ 9-31161 ~ ED 2680 ~ DL 74042
A GUY NAMED JOE Lyrics as sung by Ernest Tubb
(Harlan Howard)
I stepped ashore in Tokyo feeling kind a blue
For I was trying to forget a love that was untrue
When by my side I found a lad, his dark eyes all aglow
He looked at me so hopefully and said is you’re name, Joe?
For Joe’s my Daddy’s name and he will soon come sailing cross the sea
He said he'd come back bye and bye and Joe would never lie
The warship took my dad away and mommy needs him so
And every night I hear her pray “Dear God, where is my Joe?”
Instrumentals
Somewhere back home a guy named Joe is probably sipping beer
Does he know how important he could be if he was here?
Has he forgot this little lad who needs his daddy so?
A promise made, a debt unpaid, they're waiting for you Joe
Yes, Joe’s his daddy’s name and he will never sail across that sea
A stranger in a foreign land he let his heart get out of hand
The warship took his dad away and he’s too young to know
That off across the ocean there’s a million guys named Joe
A Guy Named Joe ~ 0:03 ~ Written-By – Charles G. Matthews
White Silver Sands ~ 02:50 ~ Written-By – Harlan Howard
Session Info:
April 6 1960 ~ Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN ~ Ernest Tubb (Buddy Emmons [lead gt], Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Bobby Garrett [steel], Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
A GUY NAMED JOE 9-31161 ~ ED 2680 ~ DL 74042
April 7 1960 ~ Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN ~ Ernest Tubb (Buddy Emmons [lead gt], Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Bobby Garrett [steel], Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
WHITE SILVER SANDS ~ 9-31161 ~ ED 2680 ~ DL 74042
A GUY NAMED JOE Lyrics as sung by Ernest Tubb
(Harlan Howard)
I stepped ashore in Tokyo feeling kind a blue
For I was trying to forget a love that was untrue
When by my side I found a lad, his dark eyes all aglow
He looked at me so hopefully and said is you’re name, Joe?
For Joe’s my Daddy’s name and he will soon come sailing cross the sea
He said he'd come back bye and bye and Joe would never lie
The warship took my dad away and mommy needs him so
And every night I hear her pray “Dear God, where is my Joe?”
Instrumentals
Somewhere back home a guy named Joe is probably sipping beer
Does he know how important he could be if he was here?
Has he forgot this little lad who needs his daddy so?
A promise made, a debt unpaid, they're waiting for you Joe
Yes, Joe’s his daddy’s name and he will never sail across that sea
A stranger in a foreign land he let his heart get out of hand
The warship took his dad away and he’s too young to know
That off across the ocean there’s a million guys named Joe
