Once Upon a Rhyme is the fourth studio album by American country singer David Allan Coe.

Coe wrote back stating that no song could fit that description without mentioning a laundry list of clichés: "Mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting drunk".

Goodman's equally facetious response was an additional verse that incorporated all five of Coe's requirements, and upon receiving it, Coe acknowledged that the finished product was indeed the "perfect country and western song" and included the last verse on the record: I was drunk the day Mama got out of prisonAnd I went to pick 'er up in the rainBut before I could get to the station in my pickup truckShe got runned over by a damned ol' train“Would You Lay with Me (“In a Field of Stone”) was originally recorded by American country music artist Tanya Tucker and released in December 1973 as the first single and title track from the album Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone).

The song, which contains poetic lyrics questioning the devotion of a prospective lover, was surprising to many considering it originated from a tattooed ex-con who bragged about doing jail time for murder and ran with a biker gang called The Outlaws.

That same day I wrote "Jody Like a Melody,” “Would You Lay With Me In a Field of Stone,” and “Would You Be My Lady.”[2][full citation needed] In his AllMusic review of the album, Thom Jurek writes, “After the emotional impact of the first two tracks, add two self-penned masterpieces – ‘Loneliness in Ruby's Eyes’ and ‘Would You Be My Lady’ - and the listener is left nearly breathless.