Sing Me Back Home is a country song written and recorded by Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in November 1967 as the first single and title track from the album Sing Me Back Home. The track, produced by Ken Nelson for Capitol Records, runs 2:51. It became Haggard and The Strangers' third number-one hit on the US country charts, spending two weeks at the top and 17 weeks on the chart. Lyrically, it places the singer as a prison inmate about to be executed, recalling a church choir’s visit that stirred memories of his mother and childhood; the song echoes Haggard’s own time in prison and references to inmates such as Caryl Chessman and Rabbit Kendrick. Rolling Stone named it No. 32 on its 2019 list of the Saddest Country Songs of All Time. The song has been covered by artists including The Everly Brothers on Roots (1968) and Joan Baez.
