Joey+Rory - Josephine
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- Music video by Joey+Rory performing Josephine. (P) (C) 2013 Sugar Hill Records & Vanguard Records, Welk Music Group Companies. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by EMI Label Services,
made me cry and I have a heart of stone,i lived with a young rebel ghost for 13 years,i called him pete,he would never come in, just look at me through the windows and doors,he would get unhappy with me and throw tvs,pictures,and books across the room,was I scared,hell no,i had to leave the mountain,i was spending more time in the woods than I was in the house,i was a hermet,doctors called it long term isolation,i called it peace of mind,
i miss pete and I still dream of his young beautiful face
This song was written about my great-great-great grandparents. I love this so much. I've seen the letters and they really were just as emotional, loving and beautiful as Joey and Rory portray them to be. Makes me cry to think that this is actually my very own family they're singing about. However, their story represents so many others, as well. Wonderful song, Joey and Rory.
Bethany Kelly It was about your ancestors and you didn't tell us if he made it home from the war????? Hmmm.
I'm so sorry, Maryann. And, the answer is YES! :) I am happy to say that despite being captured by the Union troops, spending time in one of the most notorious of prison camps and also suffering from a bad case of the mumps, Grandpa Robison did, in fact, make it back home to his family and lived a nice, long life. He didn't pass away until 1905. :)
+Bethany Kelly Such a beautiful story. Where were they from and what unit did he serve in? My great, great, great grandfather Ben Crumly from Crumly's Chapel, Alabama has a story so similar. He was never imprisoned, only captured and paroled after Vicksburg. I have his actual canteen and the copies of his letters to his "Dearest Arabellar" (Arabella). All those men withstood great hardships and left their homes to fight for a cause. I wish that the whole world could hear this story and see that today's mainstream portrayal of the Confederates and the people of the South is not how they really were. Great, wonderful, strong, and brave.
Matt Mellown Hi Matt! Grandpa Robison was in the Maury Light Artillery out of Maury County, Tennessee. I would absolutely love to read the letters you have. Don't you just love to read them and let your mind float back to that time? My Aunt had Grandpa and Grandma Robison's letters for the longest, but from what I understand they are now in the State Archives or Libarary or something to that effect. About a month ago the Maury Light Artillery Reenactors came and had a dedication ceremony at Grandpa Robison's grave. It was so wonderful of them to do that. Unfortunately, at the last minute I was unable to go, so hate I missed meeting a lot of my family that I never knew existed before now. Still it's nice to know they're out there. Wish I could post a pic to this comment section cuz I would post a pic of Josephine for you to see.
And, I agree with you. These days people just don't understand how it really was and what it all really meant. But, many choose not to even try to understand. But, we know don't we? :
+Bethany Kelly J.W.Robison was also my 3rd great grandfather ! I wish you could have made it to the dedication ceremony , it really was a sight to see . He is buried in Quito Memorial Cemetary in Tipton County TN . Josephine is buried about 5 miles away at West Union Cemetary in Shelby County TN . Some of my family has it on video and soon hope to post on youtube .
It was lots of fun taking part in this video. I'm the one carrying the Confederate flag. You can also see me very briefly in the camp scene.
I was honored to play a role in this video. I played the courier who picked up and delivered the letter. We filmed the pick up and delivery over a two day span and not in chronological order. One interesting note, during the pick up scene my foot is swollen because the horse stepped on my foot during filming the day before. Thank you for all the positive feedback. Enjoy!
Sir, Who was the main actor, I can feel his pain and sorrow-Just remarkable
haha cool brother
War doesn't decide who is right, but only who was stronger and better prepared.
"When he's holding you, would you think of me too, Josephine?" GOD, that line right there always makes me cry! Never fails to make me cry.
Truly The Best Duo Of The Last 40 Years
Joey looks so beautiful in this video (well she always looked beautiful) and Rory is just killin it. Would love to see him live
One thing touching about this video, among many other things, is how the soldiers are not portrayed as heroically walking through the streets. They are portrayed as tired. They are portrayed as sad. They are portrayed as going through hardships not related to battle. They are portrayed as human in the same way many of us are feeling as we view this.
I was in this video as the Color Bearer of the Confederate side. It was both fun and an honor to take part in.
***** A true honor. Such an honor. How did you feel inside emotionally during the scenes?
@River. I was a tumble of nerves in some scenes, such as when we came charging out of the wood line and as the two front lines clashed in battle. Making that charge was exhilarating, yet all the while I had thoughts of the soldiers from that time period running through my mind..., such as what could've been THEIR thoughts at that exact moment of bursting from the trees about to meet enemy fire? And the scene of us around the camp fires... I was standing next to a tree on the far left, talking with another "soldier". Believe I have my arms crossed or resting on my belt.. Though I was standing an' talking with him, I could still see around camp. To me, each person could've easily been a soldier thinking of home, of loved ones, thinking of their possible death perhaps...? That scene in particular was the most striking. One thing which made it even more surreal was the fact of having a real combat veteran in with us. The man shown with the scar on his face when Rory says, "I don't think Weaver will make it through the night." is a Green Beret who earned a Silver Star during combat. That scar is real. It was from surgery to remove a piece of shrapnel which had been lodged in the man's face for several years. He had the surgery only about a week before filming the video.
+River Birch I sure that the soldiers of today feel the same way
Few months ago he has started to write music again and is starting to come back to singing
I'm a Yankee born and bred... and this song makes me feel the that poor Southern man and I too cry each time I hear this song.
I just love how they look at each other when they sing, "I love you, I love you, I love". :) So sweet...
That was my thought.
This song is so powerful and beautiful. It paints the picture even without the video. Makes me cry every time I hear him describing killing the young boy.
Still asking our God to heal and take this cancer away from Joey's body, we ask this in Jesus's name AMEN
+Robert Anderson Why did God give him cancer in the first place?
+Johnny Threefour ,Joey is a beautiful young woman/wife/mother who has a beautiful singing voice and will be leaving behind a grieving husband and three young girls. I do not know the answer to the why He inflicted it on Joey, anymore than why He gave it to all three of my first cousins from my Uncle Carl's family. I am heartbroken that Joey has died of this horrid disease, cancer. I do not know the whys of what my God does but I know is here protecting me and has been for the past 70 years. I guessing that He wanted another beautiful voice for His Heavenly Choir.
Being a civil war reenactor, veteran, husband, and father. I can say I don't see this as a normal song. I see it as how it was written. Love letters to the wife with expectations of what will happen IF you were to die.
THIS SONG SHOULD WIN SOME AWARDS FOR BOTH THE SONG AND VIDEO!!! WHAT AN AMAZING COUPLE!!! I NEVER TIRE OF THEIR MUSIC, AND SPEND A LOT OF TIME LISTENING TO THEM OVER AND OVER. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK KIDS!!!
Just discovered Joey and Rory. Must say that I am very impressed with you both and this song. My great, great, great grandfather Ben Crumly had a similar story to this song. He left his wife and young children on their farm in Alabama to defend his home and his state. Tears filled my eyes as I thought about the sacrifices they all made. Thank you for the song and definitely look forward to the movie. High time someone accurately portrayed the people of the South from this time.
my great grandpa showed me this mv right before he passed away a few years ago, and i just found it again today 🥹
Rest in peace sweet Joey ❤️
Rory you are an a courageous man. Every man in America should take a lesson from you
Your story is one that truly lives out "for better or for worse"
+C Gilley Very well said...
That Is True..** If More Men Like Him Were In This World It Would Certainly Be A Better Place..** Truly I Miss Joey..** Loved By All The Fans & Dearly Missed..**
My great-great grandfather, a sergeant in the Confederate army lost his life on the first day of the Battle of Chickamauga on September 19, 1863. To his memory and to all those who died defending the South in that stupid and ugly war, God bless you and thank you for posting this song.
+Samurai Momo My great-great grandfather and an uncle were lost at Gettysburg... Its heartbreaking to read about the hell those men went through...Although I never knew them they were still my family...Men shouldnt have to go through what they went through...God bless you
Cannibal Teddy Correct me if I'm wrong but the union started the war, Lincoln didn't take his troops out fort Sumter even though South Carolina had seceded and so his troops were on foreign soil
President Davis sent two teams to Washington with the mission to buy Fort Sumter but Mr. Lincoln wouldn't talk to them. Mr. Lincoln sent three warships, tugs and men 10-miles off the South Carolina coast. He tricked the Confederates;they believed invasion was eminent and fired first. This was Mr. Lincoln's War.
Samurai Momo my
Mine's last battle before he died was in Chickamauga. Probably pretty sick when he fought. His little brother joined him there and lived to fight in Atlanta, but died there.
I keep listening to this song over and over. I am a Civil War re-enactor and the song is powerful and brings about the feelings of those fighting for what they believed in. My family has my grandfathers memorabilia from his time incarcerated in Andersonville (yes, he fought for the Blue) and I grew up always believing in the tragedy of both sides of the war. Joey and Rory are my favorite performers and they do this song with perfection - a real tear-jerker and one that takes you back in time.
If I remember correctly, the actual couple this was wrote about only had one child, a baby. In the original letter he tell his wife to marry another if he's killed, but "don't let him treat our baby bad". I tear up immediately whether I hear the song or read the letter. My g-g-grandfather was in the 60th Georgia Infantry, he was from the mountains of Georgia and owned no slaves. He had four children when he volunteered at age 32. He was killed in August 1862 while under Stonewall Jackson's command at the Battle of Bristoe Station in Virginia, it was a lead up battle that culminated in the Battle of Second Manassas(Bull Run). His photograph is on a battlefield marker near where he fell. I visited as a guest of honor at the 150th commemoration of the battle. Me and my sons stood where he stood in line of battle and fell, goosebumps came up and the hair on my neck stood up. His body fell into the hands of the Yankees and he's buried somewhere in the vicinity in an unmarked grave.
His wife never remarried and raised all the children by herself. Helluva woman. Her tombstone reads "Wife of Bailey". She never forgot him or his sacrifice.
Who Cares ! What difference does it Make!
@@melvinhunt6976 Right, who cares what you think? Get lost, creep.
WOW you are hateful to say that. They are talking about their families on here their ancestors @melvinhunt6976
No, Thank you sir for your part in this wonderful video. It brings the war home to us that had kinfolk that fought those battles...
😊Such a beautiful song ❤❤
Respect from Italy for the south
This really tore me up. All I could think about was my 3rd great Grandfather Wilford Carter who died in a DAMN yankee prison 12 days after Appomattox. His wife Elizabeth waited on the porch every day for 6 years before she found out he died at Point Lookout. Elizabeth never remarried...
Please accept my condolences, what a sad timing for anyone to perish or be imprisoned but especially in the case of Mr. Wilford Carter. I cannot imagine being a wife waiting and waiting... breaks my heart to pieces. And they had to wait that long, for it would sometimes take the men two years to get home after the war ended.
The DAMN Yankees won, but I agree that word should have been sent to families on those who were injured, imprisoned or perished, from both sides, and from all wars. goo.gl/search/National+League+of+Families+POW/MIA+Flag
National League of Families POW/MIA Flag,
Wow, imagine the kids waiting for papa.
Sad.
Wow, i dont even listen to this genre of music. This is by far the most emotional song i have listened to. Just wow
This song makes me cry every time I hear it
Saw this on heartland TV. Great song so sad.
This song makes me think of the times that I've visited Shilo Battlefield in TN. I love history anyway, but my family is from the South and I am unsure of how many of my ancestors died during the Civil War
YOU TWO ARETAKING IT BY STORM. IF THIS SONG AND VIDEO DON'T GET AWARDS THEN I'LL LOSE FAITH IN THE SYSTEM. I TEAR UP EVERY TIME I WATCH IT. IT REALLY PUTS ME IN THE SITUATION......WHAT A JOB!!!!
I don't know how this video did not win any awards, and even more surprised that it was not even nominated. My wife and I have been listening to this video ever since it was published. We have Joey and Rory in our prayers....God Bless You and your family Joey and Rory...Remember with God all things are possible, keep up the fight.
Can't get enough of this vid and song. Prob watched it 6-7 times in the last 24 hours.
I’m so sad about Joey. See her soon! Jesus you are my light.
With progress of this sad song the visual sight move . Anyone having philanthropic heart must cry for the loss of American people who fought and killed to respond to the call of humanly emotion.
I am getting so emotional when I am listening to this song because my name is Josephine
A wonderful song and a remarkable video-One can feel the pain, -sorrow and emotions-The main actor should win an award
Rory is a great storyteller.He us very factual & makes the story interesting. TWO GREAT ARTIST & ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!
I wish I could "LIKE" this song about a thousand times. Sorry we won't get anymore of this kind of PERFECT music anymore. I will miss you both. Joey was so beautiful and had the voice of an angel!!!! Hope Rory
keep singing because he is great too.
Just saw 'Josephine' the movie today in Nashville. Hoping it goes all the way to theaters now. Great story, actors and what a tribute to the Robison family where Rory Feek lives now. Joey would be so proud of her man!
The worst war , brothers fought each other because some lived in the north, some lived in the south. We should never forget this and we should stop accusing a side and doing away with a flag, a statue or anything that reminds us of this horrible war. We should never forget this war and make sure we never have another civil war. We are all equal and when a man is injured, regardless of where he was born, all men bleed red blood.
This song is amazing. This, by a thousand miles, the best country music video...ever! The fact that he was not even nominated is/was an injustice.
Awesome song, ... We have a military Son, stationed in another country for the next 4 years... away from us this Christmas... a tall lanky Career Air Force Firefighter, named Devin..
My Husband and I love this. It's just beautiful. We loved Joey and Roy .
Always will.
Best song I have ever heard about the horrors of war. The video is a very moving picture of reality. I discovered it 2 years ago. Too good. Must have been repressed. Too much truth.
The soldiers on both sides were heroic, the damned governments were not.
I love them, they show/reflect God’s love and how God created marriage to be. They are Great examples. My mom and I used to watch all of Joey and Rory’s videos on Rory feek’s channel. My mom loved Joey to death, my mom was sad when she found out that Joey died. Now my mom died on March 12, 2019 due to an brain aneurysm.😔She was 53 years old, and would have been 54 on July 31st. My mom has 3 kids altogether. I’m her youngest and I am 21 years old. I will be 22 on December 24th. My sister is 29 and my brother is 32 years old. We are all grieving right now, but God is giving us strength and He is with us. He never leaves our side. Now my mom is up in Heaven with Joey. 💕🙌🏾 May the both continue to Rest In Peace. ❤️
these are the most beautiful songs and the most lovely couple it was so sad when she died with cancer
PROUD SUPPORTER OF THE SCV.AND LIFE MEMBER OF THE OCR... AWESOME MUSIC
This is not just a good song, this is a very, very moving and powerful song/video combination, and is performed to perfection. You not only hear but can FEEL the emotion in his voice. Magnificent.
rest in peace joey!!!! you are truely missed!!!!!!
One of the most amazing stories of the American Civil War. This song represents more then just this soldier. This tells the story of thousands of Men missing there wives, daughters, sisters, sweethearts, and loved ones while they were miles and miles from home. God Bless you both. This song had made me cry with tears of joy and sadness for all those men who suffered from homesickness and this Soldier of the South. This song is an amazing story
One in Four Southern men died in the War of Northern Aggression. This video and song brings that home and makes me cry. Wonderfully done though and I hope you two become big stars.
And we didn't have very many men to begin with. We couldn't recoup our losses, but they could.
I know right?!! I can't listen without crying!
I have your movie. Beautiful story. You and Joey are sucha lovely couple. You can tell You guys are truly in love. I'm sure she's singing to you waiting on you to arrive where she's at. Much love.
This is not only a song but a sad story of people of America were killed in the civil war. The singer with his vocal and instrumental skills has touched the broken hearts of American people who had lost their own persons in the civil war.I share the sad feeling when this brilliant sings this song. My heartfelt sorrow for this genius.
This song is heart ♥ warming.
Every time I play this video it totally ruins me. This has to be the best video ever made. The mood and camera work will never be matched. Great job.
This is the first time I've heard this song. Very moving.
I got a chance to see him preform at an event in my hometown and he is an amazing performer.
She has a great voice her music and memory lives. Father bless her her daughter tat sweet little angel and husbman thank you and be blessed. Love them all.
A soilders letter home.and over 200 years later its till being read by us every time we sing along.fantastic song
I just now discovered this couple!
Omg , my pillow is soaked with tears right now . I'm glad I got to see the making of the movie before hand . What an amazing story you have told. I'm blessed to have watched it. This was a love story that never ended. Rory, you kept it going thru Indiana . I have not seen anything with such heart as the 2 of you .I feel I was cheated out of life so bad. If only someone could love me the way that, you guys love us amazing. God bless you
Deb
That is what music should be, from the heart.
This is so touching that I keep coming back. It is pure and raw emotion. The inclusion of a black man had to be intentional, so I say "hurrah" for the creators who made this realistic and true. But the emotion, the words, the facial expressions.... It stirs something inside and it should for all of us. If we are native to this country, in that age, our ancestors were touched somehow, and this, this song, this video, it is about us.
I have just seen the most POWERFUL music video ever. This should be made into a movie. I am sure there is many many others that would make a great movie. God Bless J. W. and Josephine Robinson and family. And GOD Bless you Rory . and Joey in Heaven.
I wish my father was still living to see this. He would be touched to tears. He died 9 months before this date.
When Joey+Rory first started performing together, Rory played guitar but vocally, he took a back seat with soft harmonies & really let Joey shine. Later on, he started coming into his own...and began singing too. He has a powerful but lovely quality to his voice as one can hear in the "Josephine" video. But sadly, Rory proclaimed right before Joey's death that he would never sing again. He said there's no way he can get up on stage without Joey. I hope someday he changes his mind & realizes that Joey will always be right next to him when he sings onstage. We have lost Joey's beautiful voice; I hope we don't lose Rory's too. That would be a terrible loss to the music world.
+Sandra Pause I remember watching them on Can You Duet, and the judges told him to sing by himself for part of a song. And he said he just couldn't sing without Joey. I hope he eventually starts singing again with his daughters, even if it's just at home.
Jessie Smith When Joey became too sick to perform, Rory did do a concert that he felt obligated to do and, his daughter Heidi performed with him. Of course she is a solo artist herself, married & doing her own thing. I just hope he performs again for us someday. There are many who LOVE his voice...me being one of his many fans.
Sandra Pause look up a song the did called A Bible and A Belt
Dave Greene I love A Bible and a Belt. My favorite song that Rory sings is Josephine. And, I just love the way they made the Josephine video with family, friends, neighbors, etc. Rory's cousin even played the lead character in that powerful video. Joey & Rory did some amazing things in their short time together. It's hard to let them go.
Sandra Pause
This brought me to tears. Many of my ancestors didn't make it back home to Carolina after fighting for Dixie.
Love history, love this song and story with it. Beautiful and tragic at once.
I can't believe anyone can give these songs a thumbs down! !!
Because the world is full of morons
+Chuck Benwitt koeyandroru6
Yankees
William Bellamy, you yourself are a ‘yankee’. Don’t be ignorant.
I know
NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE! POWERFUL STORY IN A SONG.
what makes this song so powerful is that it is REAL. I'm a Yankee by birth but this still resonates. So many died in that war... young boys, old men and some ladies and girls as well. I had ancestors on both sides who lived through it.
Very sad news that I just read today about Joey's cancer coming back. Keep her in your prayers.
+Maryann Anderson Yes, Maryann, it's so very sad. Such a beautiful, young, talented, special woman. I pray for her and her family.
right now its gotten worser she has stopped all treatments and has refused HOSPICE she is resting now and waiting fur the end
+Chris Lowry she didn't refuse Hospice. She entered Hospice care immediately after deciding to end treatments. She is in her final days now.
Yes, she has been in hospice care in her home with a visiting nurse.
I just love the song josephine. I live the way Joey and Rory are side by side like they always have been in all there video's. Joey was such a talented guitar player and she could play that thing beautifully. I so we that Joey was still here on earth with us ,but healthy and back doing what she loved doing besides loving her family!! RIP JOEY!!! We miss you everyday.
just started listening to Joey+Rory last month and I am truly blown away by how beautiful their singing and then tonight I come across this song -- and wonder why I haven't heard it before, has it been on the radio? did it chart at all? Where the hell have I been? Spectacular writing and voice and perfect in about every damn way. In fact, I have only listened to it a few times but it feels like one of the finest songs I've ever heard -- up there with The Band's playing what I think is Dylan's finest song "When I paint my masterpiece." Heartbreaking, gorgeous, mystical. good job.
I have heard this many times and still cry each time!!😰
Me too. Even when I watch the video with no sound. Even when I hear the song with no video. In public, in bed, or in the car. If I were at a funeral and this song was playing, I'd cry twice as hard.
Thank you rory for sharing joey with us
Everytime I hear this, it breaks my heart into a million pieces ❤
Love this song. Sure miss her beautiful voice!! I love to listen to the songs they sing...yuy
We went to Gettysburg 8/2014. Very moving. To stand in those fields was very emotional. Fantastic song.
I also love the look of love shared. It is real and intense
God has given us such an amazing couple, God bless you Rory, take care of your baby through the strength of Christ Jesus. Amen
God bless Joey and Rory i am still praying for a miracle
you will remain on this earth forever Joey
I wish I could "LIKE" this song more than once! Wonderful song. Sorry we can't see more from this wonderful duo!
i dont think joey gone,but she live in our heart,coz of her song...
this song makes me bawl. Such a good song and based on actual letters.
At 4:30 is the look of true love, the love that many can only dream about! Such a beautiful song performed with so much emotion and love!
God is going to bless the film project.....keep Praising Him, Rory & Aaron, He's got this covered.
so sad, only found them recently ,
I have been a country music fan all my life and I am 71 years old and I have never had
a song make me cry every time I hear it but Joey & Rory have done it twice. Josephine
and when I,m gone. They are the best ever.
This by far the greatest country video ever made. The sound, camera shots, color. characters Where are the awards. I play this video over and over. I don't know if I play to feel good or bad. Some day I hope I am in the position to meet these two talented people.
Beautiful song! Makes me cry every time!
Thanks Joey+Rory love all your songs. Tell Joey I pray all the time for her healing. She has the voice of an angel, both of you two sing so good together.
Uggghhh.....I try so hard to sing along. I cry every time. I love you Grandma (Josephine) and Grandpa (J.W.) Robison.
+Bethany Kelly
By now, you surely have heard the news.
Truly your life has been blessed that your ancestors story was made into song by such a Godly couple!
+Jimmy Shirley Hi Jimmy. Yes, I've heard and it's just so heartbreaking. And, you're right, I truly do feel blessed. In times of distress, I... and I'm sure many others... will certainly look to Joey and the courage she displayed throughout her suffering for inspiration.
i miss u joey u are in good arms of God
The songs these talented artist do are so full of powerful content! I almost wonder that America has lost too much heart to recognize the the best! Wow do Pam and i love this couple and there music!
That is so sad, but Joey and Rory done a great job doing this video!!
Many of my ancestors fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy. One of them died in a Union POW camp in Ohio.
My Mother name was JOSEPHINE REST IN PEACE JOEY
rip
it sickensssssss me that they're so underrated ..I mean this is one of the best country songs out right now..they deserve so much more success