"Papa Was a Good Man" is a song written by songwriter

Hal Bynum Harold L. Bynum (September 29, 1934 – June 2, 2022) was an American songwriter associated with the Outlaw country movement in the 1970s. Bynum wrote more than 200 songs for popular country artists, including Kenny Rogers (" Lucille"), Patty L ...

. Released in September 1971 as a

single Single may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Single (music), a song release Songs * "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004 * "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008 * "Single" (William Wei song), 2016 * "Single", by ...

(Columbia 4-45460, with "I Promise You" on the opposite side) by Johnny Cash,

the song reached #16 on U.S. '' Billboard'' country chart

and #104 on ''Billboards

Bubbling Under the Hot 100 Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (also known as Bubbling Under the Hot 100) is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. The chart lists the top songs that have not yet charted on the main ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Chart ...

. Both "I Promise You" (which is "a promise of devotion to

June June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the second of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June contains the summer solstice in ...

") and "Papa Was a Good Man" are part of Johnny Cash's 1972 album ''

A Thing Called Love ''A Thing Called Love'' is the 39th overall album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1972 (see 1972 in music). The title song, written by Jerry Reed, was released successfully as a single (with "Daddy" as the B-side ...

''.

Analysis

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

"Papa Was A Good Man"
on the Johnny Cash official website {{Johnny Cash Songs about fathers Songs about alcohol Johnny Cash songs 1971 songs 1971 singles Columbia Nashville Records singles Songs written by Hal Bynum American country music songs