The one shining star of The Sweet Home Alabama soundtrack is Marry Me by Dolly Parton.

Marry Me
by Dolly Parton

Well I met a boy from Grassy Branch
Fine as he can be
I met him at the big barn dance
And he took a shine to me
Sky blue eyes, a big, wide smile
And tall as a sycamore tree
He’s real smart with a real big heart
And he’s gonna marry me

He’s gonna marry me
And we’re gonna go to town
We’re gonna buy some real good car
And we’re gonna drive around
We’ll hold hands an’ touch ‘n’ hug
He talks so sweet to me
‘Cause he knows a lot about love and stuff
And he’s gonna marry me

His momma don’t like me one little bit
But you know I don’t care
Let her pitch her hissy fit
Cause I ain’t a’ marryin’ her
He’s always been a momma’s boy
It’s just plain jealousy
She’s as mad as an old wet hen
‘Cause he’s gonna marry me

Oh, an’ he’s gonna marry me
An’ he’s gonna buy me a ring
We’re gonna be so free
Cut momma’s apron strings
He’s gonna build me a pretty little house
Have a pretty little made-for-three
‘Cause he done kiss me on the mouth
An’ he’s gonna marry me

Yeah, he’s gonna marry me
He’s gonna buy me a ring
We’re gonna be so free
Cut momma’s apron strings
He’s gonna build me a pretty little house
Have a pretty little made-for-three
‘Cause he’s done kiss me on the mouth
So he’s gotta marry me
Yeah he’s done kiss me on the mouth
And he’s gonna marry me

This song is most famous from “Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison” where Cash interrupts his performance of the song to remind some of the prisoners, “No laughing during the song, please.” And after the song, he announces, “”I just wanted to tell you that this show is being recorded for an album released on Columbia Records, and you can’t say ‘hell’ or ’shit’ or anything like that.”

Along with Johnny Cash, “Dark as the Dungeon” has also been recorded and performed by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dolly Parton, Jerry Garcia & David Grisman, and Bob Dylan & Joan Baez.

Dark as a Dungeon
by Merle Travis

Come and listen you fellows, so young and so fine,
And seek not your fortune in the dark, dreary mines.
It will form as a habit and seep in your soul,
‘Till the stream of your blood is as black as the coal.

It’s dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew,
Where danger is double and pleasures are few,
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines,
It’s dark as a dungeon way down in the mine.

It’s a-many a man I have seen in my day,
Who lived just to labor his whole life away.
Like a fiend with his dope and a drunkard his wine,
A man will have lust for the lure of the mines.

It’s dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew,
Where danger is double and pleasures are few,
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines,
It’s dark as a dungeon way down in the mine.

I hope when I’m gone and the ages shall roll,
My body will blacken and turn into coal.
Then I’ll look from the door of my heavenly home,
And pity the miner a-diggin’ my bones.

It’s dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew,
Where danger is double and pleasures are few,
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines,
It’s dark as a dungeon way down in the mine.

(additional stanza rarely performed by Merle Travis:)
The midnight, the morning, or the middle of day,
Is the same to the miner who labors away.
Where the demons of death often come by surprise,
One fall of the slate and you’re buried alive.