Papa Was a Good Man
| "Papa Was a Good Man" | ||||
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| Single by Johnny Cash | ||||
| from the album A Thing Called Love | ||||
| A-side | "Papa Was a Good Man" "I Promise You" | |||
| Released | 1971 | |||
| Genre | country | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Hal Bynum | |||
| Producer(s) | Larry Butler | |||
| Johnny Cash singles chronology | ||||
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| "Papa Was a Good Man" on YouTube | ||||
"Papa Was a Good Man" is a song written by songwriter Hal Bynum.
Released in September 1971 as a single (Columbia 4-45460, with "I Promise You" on the opposite side) by Johnny Cash, the song reached #16 on U.S. Billboard's country chart and #104 on Billboard's Bubbling Under the Hot 100.
Both "I Promise You" (which is "a promise of devotion to June") and "Papa Was a Good Man" are part of Johnny Cash's 1972 album A Thing Called Love.