Mama Tried is the seventh studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released on Capitol Records in 1968. It reached number 4 on Billboard's country albums chart. The title song was one of Haggard's biggest hit singles and won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
Track Listing:
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mama Tried" | Merle Haggard | 2:12 |
| 2. | "Green, Green Grass of Home" | Curly Putman | 3:14 |
| 3. | "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me" | Dick Jennings, Hank Mills | 2:38 |
| 4. | "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)" | Dolly Parton | 2:45 |
| 5. | "I Could Have Gone Right" | Mel Tillis | 2:33 |
| 6. | "I'll Always Know" | Haggard | 2:22 |
| 7. | "The Sunny Side of My Life" | Haggard | 2:11 |
| 8. | "Teach Me to Forget" | Leon Payne | 2:24 |
| 9. | "Folsom Prison Blues" | Johnny Cash | 3:15 |
| 10. | "Run 'Em Off" | Troy Martin, Onie Wheeler | 2:47 |
| 11. | "You'll Never Love Me Now" | Haggard | 2:51 |
| 12. | "Too Many Bridges to Cross Over" | Dallas Frazier | 2:45 |