Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine (July 17, 1918 — April 4, 1980) was a country m… Read Full Bio ↴Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine (July 17, 1918 — April 4, 1980) was a country music singer. He was associated with truck driving songs, particularly those recited as narratives, but set to music. The most famous example of this is his 1976 number one hit "Teddy Bear".

Born in 1918 in Charleston, West Virginia, he was taught how to play guitar by his mother. His first venture into music was with his childhood friend Johnnie Bailes, with whom he performed as "Smiley and Red, the Singing Sailors" in the country music revue Jim Pike's Carolina Tar Heels on WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia[citation needed]. Faced with limited success, Bailes left to perform as part of The Bailes Brothers. Sovine got married, and continued to sing on Charleston radio, while holding down a job as a supervisor of a hosiery factory.[citation needed] With the encouragement of Bailes, Sovine formed The Echo Valley Boys.[citation needed]

After a year of performing in West Virginia, Sovine moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, where the Bailes Brothers were performing on KWKH. Sovine's own early morning show wasn't very popular, but he gained greater exposure performing on the famed KWKH radio program, "The Louisiana Hayride". One of his co-stars was Hank Williams, who steered Sovine toward a better time slot at WSFA in Montgomery, Alabama, and toward a contract with MGM Records in 1949. In that same year, Red replaced Williams on Louisiana Hayride when Williams jumped to the Grand Ole Opry. Over the next four years he recorded 28 singles, mostly following in Williams' honky tonk footsteps, that didn't make much of a dent on the charts but did establish him as a solid performer.

Love Is
Red Sovine Lyrics

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Love is blue skies and white clouds touching the valleys of green
And love is walking in the sunshine in my oldest faded jeans
Love is a pink footed puppy running carefree by our side
And love is love I have for you honey that I just can't seem to hide
Don't want no fancy clothes and don't need no party wine
For I've got your sweet sweet love and you've got all of mine
Love is morning after mem'ries of the night that we had before
And love is warm and tender feelings cause I love you more and more

Don't want no fancy clothes
Yes love is morning after mem'ries

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Red Sovine's song "Love Is" describe the many ways in which love can be shown and experienced. The first verse compares love to the beauty of nature, with blue skies, white clouds, and green valleys. He goes on to describe the simplicity of love, with the image of walking in the sunshine in faded jeans and having a playful puppy by our side. The final lines of the verse sum up the essence of the song - the love that the singer has for another person that he just can't hide, no matter how hard he tries.

The second verse speaks to the idea that material possessions are not necessary for true love. The singer doesn't want fancy clothes or expensive wine - all he needs is the sweet love of his partner, and that's all she needs too. The final lines of the song speak to the lasting nature of love, with memories of the night before and warm, tender feelings that only grow stronger over time.

Overall, the lyrics of "Love Is" express a pure and simple view of love, one that is based on the small, everyday moments and the unbreakable bond between two people.

Line by Line Meaning

Love is blue skies and white clouds touching the valleys of green
Love is a picturesque scenery, akin to beauty of the natural world.

And love is walking in the sunshine in my oldest faded jeans
Love is a sense of comfort and contentment, represented by wearing comfortable and worn out clothes.

Love is a pink footed puppy running carefree by our side
Love is embodied by the carefree joy a new puppy can bring to a couple's life.

And love is love I have for you honey that I just can't seem to hide
Love is the intense feeling one has for their significant other that they can't help but express.

Don't want no fancy clothes and don't need no party wine
Love has no need for material possessions or extravagant celebrations.

For I've got your sweet sweet love and you've got all of mine
True love is mutual and requires a loving exchange of feelings and devotion.

Love is morning after mem'ries of the night that we had before
Love is the warm memories and feelings of a night spent with a loved one.

And love is warm and tender feelings cause I love you more and more
Love is a never-ending source of warm and tender feelings for one's significant other.

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ALAN RALPH OSMOND, WAYNE OSMOND, MERRILL DAVIS OSMOND

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