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More Eddy Arnold

RCA Camden CAL-563

April / 1960

Produced by Chet Atkins

Recorded:

Apr 9/1957, RCA Victor Studio, NY City (3)

June 25/1957, RCA Victor Studio, NY City (10)Dec 5/1957, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (9)

Feb 26/1958, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (6)March 20/1958, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (7)

July 29/1958, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (5)Dec 4/1958, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (1)

Dec 10/1958, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (2,4)

Feb 16/1960, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (8)

1.

Just A Little Lovin' ( Will Go A Long Way)

Eddy Arnold - Zeke Clements

© Unichappell Music, BMI

Just a little lovin' will go a long wayAnd you'll make me happy the rest of the days

Put your arms around me then I'll be your slave

Cause just a little lovin' will go a long way

Ever since that time began love has ruled the world

Even Adam set the pace and started in a whirl

I met you and now I know that you're the one for me



Come on back and you will plainly see

Just a little lovin'...

I don't believe you really know how much I love you

If you did you'd come on back and make my dreams come true

Your eyes your lips your loving kisses seem to linger yet

I'll forgive but please don't you forget

That just a little lovin'...

**********

2.

Love Will Find Out The Way

Robert Goldman - Glenn Paxton - George Weiss

© Abilene Music, ASCAP

*****

3.

Little Bit

Joan Hager

© Harpeth Hill Music, BMI

You're a little bit sweet you're a little bit mean

You're a little bit cute than the others I've seenI wouldn't be sittin' here feelin' so blue

If I could get a little bit lovin' from you

You're a little bit smart you're a little bit dumb

And without of your kisses I'm a little bit numb

There wouldn't be a single thing I couldn't do

If you would only love me just a little bit too

For when I look into your eyes

They're a little bit bluer than the skies



You're so beauty I'm well aware

You've got a little bit more than your share

You're a little bit good you're a little bit bad

And when you're not around I'm a little bit sad

I'd be so much happier than ever before

If you would only love me just a little bit more

[ steel - guitar ]

You're a little bit smart you're a little bit dumb...

For when I look into your eyes...Just a little bit more

**********

4.

I'll Have Nothing To Lose

Bonnie Guitar

© Rondo Music, BMI

I'll have nothing to lose after tonight

Cause tonight you'll be breaking the news

I'd have nothing to gain by holding you tight

I'll be holding tomorrow's blues

Though I'll cry when you're gone and I'll miss you

There is one thing I'm certain is true


Cause tonight I'll be losing you

[ steel ]


Cause tonight I'll be losing you

**********

5.

Unbreakable Heart

Joe Allison - Audrey Allison - Paul Wyatt

© Central Songs, BMI



Unbreakable heart won't you please be kind

My love for you just feels so fineMy last love affair was lost right from the start

So I'll tell you now I've got an unbreakable heart

The first time that we loved our love was just for fun

We won't walk down that road again until we're two are one

Wrote the words right down in black like ink

Won't anyone take my love with just a wink

My last love affair was lost right from the startSo I'll tell you now I've got an unbreakable heart

The first time that we loved...

**********

6.

Take Her For A Boat Ride

Cy Coben

© Delmore Music, ASCAP

*****

7.

Day You Left Me

Cindy Walker


On the books this day will be known to all officially

As the day when you left me the day you left me

But my heart could testify that the date is just a lie

Cause the day has long gone by the day you left me

You've been here but not really here I know how well I knowYou've packed your dreams and left my heart a long long time ago

Though you've just walked out the door and you won't be back anymore

You had left me long before the day you left me



**********

8.

Little Swallow

Nancy Farnsworth - T. Furtado

© Songs Of Universal, BMI

Little swallow please take wing and bring her to me

Bring back the one I'm longing to see

Little swallow please take wing and bring her to me

Bring back my true love to me

Little swallow when I mended your wing so long agoYou said that come a day you'd bring the sun my way

Little swallow now I need a friend a friend who will be true

Please say you'll see me through I'm depending on you

Little swallow please take wing...

[ guitar ]

Little swallow please take wing...

Bring back my true love to me

**********

9.

I Need Somebody

Bobby Sharp - Gerry Teifer

© Alley Music, BMI

Eagle make home on the mountain sparrow make nest in the tree

But I'm all alone and need somebody to make a little home with me

River make way through the valley right into the arms of the sea

Makes me realize I need somebody to make a little love to me

Someone I can hold and kiss goodnight someone who will always treat me rightSomeone I can tell my troubles to when I'm all alone and feeling blue

Some men don't want a woman they just want to be free



But I know that I'm gonna need somebody to make a little love to me eternaly

Someone I can hold and kiss goodnight...

**********

10.

Biggest Fool In Tennessee

Ben Raleigh - Larry Coleman

© Edward B Marks Music, BMI

I didn't know till I met you how foolish I could be

The biggest fool in Tennessee is part compared with me

I let myself fall in love with you and now it's plain to see

The biggest fool in Tennessee knows more about love than me

You had some kisses to spare and I just happenend to be thereWell go ahead now and have your laugh but remember when you do

The biggest fool in Tennessee may turn out to be you

**********

Hank Locklin

Discography Songs Lyrics Covers gallery Biography

Sings Eddy Arnold

RCA Victor LSP-3391June / 1965




Grady Martin, Jerry Kennedy, Ray Edenton - guitarPete Drake - steel

Bob Moore, Henry Strzelecki, Roy Huskey - bass

Buddy Harman, Kenneth Buttrey - drumsFloyd Cramer - piano/vibes

Vocals:

Winifred Breast, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews, Gordon Stoker, Raymond Walker,

Dottie Dillard, Millie Kirkham, Louis Dunley, Bill Wright

Recorded:

1964, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville

1.

Bouquet Of Roses

Steve Nelson - Bob Hillard

© Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Better Half Music, ASCAP

I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses

One for every time you broke my heart

And as the door of love between us closes

Tears will fall like petals when we part

I begged you to be different but you'll always be untrueI'm tired of forgiving now there's nothing left to do

So I'm sending you a big bouquet of rosesOne for every time you broke my heart

You made our lover's lane a road of sorrowTill at last we had to say goodbye

You're leaving me to face each new tomorrow

With a broken heart you taught to cry

I know that I should hate you after all you've put me through



But how can I be bitter when I'm still in love with you

So I'm sending you a big bouquet of rosesOne for every time you broke my heart

**********

2.

Heart Full Of Love

Eddy Arnold - Steve Nelson - Roy Soehnel


I traded a heart full of love for a handful of kisses

That you were just throwing away

I traded a lifetime of dreams for a few carefree momentsThat you felt like wasting that day

If I had known you didn't care I wouldn't be so blue

Cause I'd have left my heart at home and played the game like youI'm hoping that you had your fun

Cause that handful of kisses has broken my fool heart in two

[ steel ]

I gave you a love that was true for a heart that was fickle

I wish that I had known at the timeYou had me fooled for a while cause I thought that you meant it

When you said that you would be mine

But now that we have said goodbye I see the light of day

I had a moment of happiness but what a price to pay

I traded a heart full of love for a handful of kisses

That you were just throwing away

**********

3.

I Really Don't Want To Know

Don Robertson - Howard Barnes

© Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP



How many arms have held you and hated to let you go

How many how many I wonder but I really don't want to know

How many lips have kissed you and set your soul aglow


So always make me wonder always make me guess

And even if I ask you darling don't confess

Just let it remain your secret but darlin' I love you soNo wonder no wonder I wonder no I really don't want to know

No wonder no wonder I wonder no I really don't want to know

**********

4.

Anytime

Herbert Lawson


Anytime you're feeling lonely

Anytime you're feeling blue

Anytime you feel down heartedThat will prove your love for me is true

Anytime you're thinking bout me

That's the time I'll be thinking of you

Anytime you say you want me back again

That's the time I'll come back home to you

[ steel ]

Anytime you're thinking bout me...

**********

5.

That's How Much I Love You

Eddy Arnold - Wally Fowler - Graydon Hall

© Songs Of PolyGram, BMI



If I had a nickel I know what I would do

I'd spend it all for candy and give it all to youI'd spend it all for candy and give it all to you

Cause that's how much I love you baby that's how much I love you

Now if you were a kitten with pretty glossy fur

I'd take you up and stroke you and listen to you purr



Now if you were a horsefly and I an old grey mare

I'd stand and let you bite me and never move a hair



[ guitar ]Now if you were a tiger I'd hang around your den

And pester you my honey until you let me inAnd pester you my honey until you let me in


Now if you wanna marry now let me tell you what

We'll go and find the parson and let him tie the knot

We'll go and find the parson and let him tie the knot


**********

6.

Mommy Please Stay Home With Me



A mother went out on a party she left at home her baby son

He cried and begged her not to leave him but she would not give up her funShe kissed his cheek and tried to soothe him but would not heed his childish plea

She heard him call as she was leaving please mommy please stay home with me

The mother joined the merry makers and soon was lost in trifling joy

The mellow tunes and flitting shadows made her forget her baby boy

She danced and laughed and did some drinking the world for her was full of gleeBut now and then these words would haunt her please mommy please stay home

with me



[ piano ]

She left the party feeling dizzy the smell of drink was on her breathShe hurried home to find her baby in raging pain and near in death

The doctor came and looked on sadly the case was hopeless he could see

The baby dies these words repeating please mommy please stay home with me

The mother now her life would forfeit to hear her baby's voice again

She grieves to think she rudely left him to satisfy her wishes vain

Now mothers don't neglect your duty this story should a lesson be

Do not ignore your baby's pleading please mommy please stay home with me

**********

7.

Chained To A Memory

Jenny Lou Carson


Makes no difference if we two are far apart dear

I could never ever love somebody new

Cause there isn't any room inside my heart dear

While I'm chained to a memory of you

I could never tell another I belong to them

All those whispered words of love would not be true

I could never tell another that I long for them

Cause I'm chained to a memory of you

[ steel ]

Maybe time will wear the links away and then dear

They will break and set me free to love a new

But I'll never care for someone else again dearWhile I'm chained to a memory of you

If the world should end tomorrow I'd be satisfiedCause you're gone and there is nothing I can do

All my dreams and precious hopes of yesterday have died

Yet I'm chained to a memory of you

**********

8.



I'll Hold You In My Heart

Vic McAlpin - Eddy Arnold - Howard Horton

© Adams Vee And Abbott Music, BMI

I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms

Like you'd never been held before

I'll think of you each day and then I'll dream the night away

Till you are in my arms once more

The stars up in the sky know the reason whyI feel so blue when I'm away from you

I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my armsSo darling please wait for me

(Another lonely day passes and you're still far away

But here's what I'd do my darling until that wonderful day wonderful day)


So darling please wait for me

**********

9.

Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long Way)



Just a little lovin' will go a long way

And you'll make me happy the rest of my days



Ever since that time began love has ruled the worldEven Adam set the pace and started it a whirl



Just a little lovin' will go a long way...

[ steel ]

Don't believe you really know how much I love you






That just a little lovin' will go a long way...

**********

10.

I Walk Alone

Herbert Wilson

© Adams Vee &amp; Abbott Music, BMI

I walk alone where once we wandered

It seems so strange since you are goneTill you return I'll stay the same dear

I'll still be true and walk alone

By stars above I swear to love youWith all the love I've ever known

While we're apart you'll always own me

When teardrops start I walk alone

[ piano ]

This lonely night was made to ponderThe golden hours that we once knew

No matter where you are out yonder

I walk alone and think of you

The flame of love is brightly burning

You know that I'm your very own

Each night I'll pray for your returning

But while you're gone I walk alone

**********

11.

Each Minute Seems A Million Years

Alton Watson




I have no record now I pine

For you are all that's on my mindI think of you both night and day

Each hour each minute you're away

Twas the days or years since you left

Oh how many hours now have passed

I know I've shed ten thousand trears

Each minute seems a million years

[ steel ]Each night I go to bed and then

I pray that you'll come back again

When sleep won't come to drown my tears


Till I'm back within your arms again

And until I find the nights do endI pine my way for you my dear


**********

12.

It's A Sin

Fred Rose - Zeb Turner

© Milene Music, ASCAP

It's a sin my darling how I love you

Because I know our love can never be

It's a sin to keep this mem'ry of you

When silence proves that you've forgotten me

The dream I built for us has tumbled

Each promise broken like my heartIt's a sin my darling how I love you

So much in love and yet so far apart

It's a sin to hide behind this heartache

To make believe that I've found someone new

It's a sin to say that I don't miss youWhen people know I'm still in love with you



I'm sure you're happy with another

Who shares the love I couldn't winWhy pretend that I can't live without you

When deep inside I know that it's a sin

**********

The Best Of Eddy Arnold

(# 1 top country album)

(# 34 top pop album)

RCA Victor LSP-3565

April / 1967


1.

Bouquet Of Roses

Steve Nelson - Bob Hillard

© Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Better Half Music, ASCAP

I'm sending you a big bouquet of rosesOne for every time you broke my heart

And as the door of love between us closes

Tears will fall like petals when we part

I begged you to be different but you'll always be untrue

I'm tired of forgiving now there's nothing left to do

So I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses




[ steel - guitar ]

I know that I should hate you after all you've put me throughBut how can I be bitter when I'm still in love with you

So I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses


**********

2.

(# 1 country hit)

(# 6 pop hit)

Make The World Go Away

Hank Cochran

© Tree Publishing, BMI

Make the world go away and get it off my shoulder

Say the things you used to say and make the world go away

Do you remember when you loved me before the world took me astray

If you do then forgive me and make the world go away

Make the world go away...

I'm sorry if I hurt you I'll make it up day by day

Just say you love me like you used to and make the world go away


**********

3.

Anytime

Herbert Lawson


Anytime you're feeling lonely

Anytime you're feeling blue



Anytime you feel down-hearted

That will prove your love for me is true

Anytime you're thinking bout me

That's the time I'll think of you

Anytime you say you want me back again


[ guitar ]

Anytime will be the right time

Anytime at all will doAnytime you say you want me back again


**********

4.

I'll Hold You In My Heart

Vic McAlpin - Eddy Arnold - Howard Horton



Like you'd never been held before

I'll think of you each day and then I'll dream the night awayTill you are in my arms once more

The stars up in the sky know the reason why

I feel so blue when I'm away from you


So darling please wait for me

The stars up in the sky know the reason why...

**********

5.

(# 1 country hit)(# 36 pop hit)

I Want To Go With You



Hank Cochran


I wanna go with you to that other worldThe one your love takes me to I wanna go with you

I wish I were glass so you could see through

Then you'd know before you ask that I wanna go with you

I wanna go with you...

You take me away to a world I never knew

But what else can say I wanna go with you

I wanna go with you...

The one your love takes me to I wanna go with you

**********

6.

(# 2 country hit)

(# 40 pop hit)

Last Word In Lonesome Is Me

Roger Miller


The last word in lonesome is me


My heart is as lonely as a heart can be lonely


Too bad what's happened to our good loveToo bad what's happened to our good love

Sometimes our best isn't quite good enough

And the last word in lonesome is me

The last word in lonesome is me...

My heart is as lonely...

**********



7.


What's He Doin' In My World

Carl Belew - Billy Joe Moore - Eddie Bush

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

What's he doin' in my world what's he doin' holdin' my world

If he's not more than just a friend why were you kissin' him

And what's he doin' in my world

What's he doin' in my world did you tell him that you're my girl

If your love is really true tell him my world's made for twoWhat's he doin' in my world

Oh don't let me keep on wonderin' just what you're gonna do

Wondering if the one I love loves somebody new

What's he doin' in my world we don't need him here in our world

So if it's true he's just a friend explain those kisses you gave him


**********

8.

Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long Way)



Just a little lovin' will go a long way

And you'll make me happy the rest of the days



Ever since that time began love has ruled the worldEven Adam set the pace and started in a whirl





Just a little lovin'...

I don't believe you really know how much I love you




That just a little lovin'...

**********

9.

I Really Don't Want To Know

Don Robertson - Howard Barnes


How many arms have held you and hated to let you go


How many lips have kissed you and set your soul aglow


So always make me wonder always make me guess

And even if I ask you darling don't confess

Just let it remain me your secret but darling I love you so

No wonder no wonder I wonder though I really don't want to know

**********

10.

(# 10 country hit)

You Don't Know Me

Cindy Walker - Eddy Arnold




You give your hand to me and then you say hello

And I can hardly speak my heart is beating soAnd anyone could tell you think you know me well

But you don't know me

No you don't know the one who dreams of you at night

And longs to kiss your lips and longs to hold you tight

To you I'm just a friend that's all I've ever been

But you don't know me

For I never knew the art of making love

Though my heart aches with the love for you

Afraid and shy I let my chance go by

The chance you might have loved me too

You gave your hand to me and then you say goodbye

I watch you walk away beside a lucky guyYou'll never never know the one who loves you so

No you don't know me

You gave your hand to me...

**********

11.

That's How Much I Love You


© Songs Of PolyGram, BMI

Well if I had a nickel I know what I would do

I'd spend it all for candy and give it all to youI'd spend it all for candy and give it all to you


Well if you were a kitten with pretty glossy fur




Oh if you were a tiger I'd hang around your denI'd pester you my honey until you let me in

Oh I'd pester you my honey until you let me in




[ guitar ]

Well if you were a horsefly and I an old grey mare




Well if you want to marry now let me tell you what

We'll go and find the parson and let him tie the knotWe'll go and find the parson and let him tie the knot

Cause that's how much I love you woman that's how much I love you

**********

12.

(# 1 country hit)

(# 169 pop hit)

Cattle Call

Tex Owens

© Forster Music, ASCAP

The cattle are prowlin' the coyotes are howlin'

Out with the doggies bawl

Where spurs are jinglin' a cowboy is singin'

This lonesome cattle call

(moan)

He rides in the sun till his day's work is doneAnd he rounds up the cattle each fall

(moan)

Singin' this cattle call

For hours he will ride on the range far and wide

When the night wind blows up a squall

His heart is a feather in all kinds of weather

Ge sings his cattle call(moan)

He's brown as a berry from ridin' the prairie

And he sings with an old western drawl



(moan)

Singin' this cattle call(moan)

**********

The Best Of Eddy Arnold Vol 2



RCA Victor LSP-4320

April / 1970


1.

(# 3 country hit)

(# 43 pop hit)

Tip Of My Fingers

Bill Anderson


I reached out my arms and I touched you

With soft words I whispered your nameI held you right on the tip of my fingers

But that was as close as I came

My eyes had vision of sweet lipsYeelding beneath my command



I had your love on the tips of my fingers

But I let it slip right through my handsBut I let it slip right through my hands

Somebody took you when I wasn't looking

And I should have known from the start

It's a long long way from the tip of my fingers

To the love hidden deep in your heart

To the love hidden deep in your heart

I had your love on the tips of my fingers

But I let it slip right through my hands

Yes I let it slip right through my hands

**********

2.

You Gave Me A Mountain

Marty Robbins

© Mariposa Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI

Born in the heat of the desert my mother died giving me life

Deprived of the love of a father blamed for the loss of his wifeYou know Lord I've been in a prison for something that I've never done

It's been one hill after another but I've climbed them all one by one

But this time Lord you gave me a mountain a mountain I may never climb

And it isn't a hill any longer you gave me a mountain this time

My woman got tired of the hardships tired of the grief and the strife

So tired of working for nothing tired of being my wifeShe took my one ray of sunshine she took my pride and my joy

She took my reason for living she took my small baby boy

So this time Lord you gave me a mountain...

**********

3.

Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)



Eddie Miller - W.S. Stevenson

© Roschelle Publ, BMI

(Please release me let me love again)

Please release me let me go for I don't love you anymore

To waste our lives would be a sin release me and let me love again

(Please release me let me love again)

I have found a new love dear and I will always want her near

Her lips are warm while yours are cold release me my darling let me go

Please release me let can't you see you'd be a fool to cling to me

To live a lie would bring us pain so release me and let me love again

**********

4.


Turn The World Around

Ben Peters

© Shelby Singleton Music, BMI

Turn the world around the other wayBack it up and stop on yesterday

Back to before that silly fight

And give me a chance to make things right

I said some things I didn't mean to say

Things that I am sorry for today

Down on my knees I beg you please

To turn the world around the other way

I never really wanted us to break up

And I'm sorry for each teardrop that you cried

We need to give our hearts a chance to make up

And darling will you stand in by my side

We'll turn the world around the other way

Back to where it started yesterdayJust take my hand together we can



Turn the world around the other way

Yes we'll turn the world around the other way

Back it up and stop on yesterday

Just take my hand together we can


**********

5.

It's Such A Pretty World Today

Dale Noe

© Freeway Music, BMI

It's such a pretty world today look at the sunshine

And every day's the same since I met you

It's such a pretty world today knowing that you're mine

And happinsess is being close to you

And though the rain may fall our skies will all be blue

And if I look close enough the sun will come shining through

It's such a pretty world today look at the sunshine

Today and every day since I met you

(It's such a pretty world today look at the sunshine)

And every day's the same since I met you

(It's such a pretty world today knowing that you're mine)

And happinsess is being close to you

And though the rain may fall...

(Look at the sunshine) today and every day since I met you

**********

6.


Lonely Again



Jean Chapel


(Lonely again no arms around me)

You told me that others before you

Were foolish to cause me to cry

And just when I learned to adore youYou kissed one more dream goodbye

And left me lonely again just like you found me

Lonely again no arms around me

Just when I'm sure that my heart is secureAnd my teardrops are dried with the warm blow inside

And this love of mine till the end of the line

That's always the time that I'm lonely again

You told me you wanted me only

That this time and this love would last

You told me I'd never be lonely

And now you belong to the past

And left me lonely again...

**********

7.


Misty Blue

Bob Montgomery

© Songs Of The Knoll, BMI / Talmont Music, BMI

Oh it's been such a long long time looks like I get you off my mind

Oh but I can't just the thought of you turns my world a misty blue

Just the mention of your name turns the flicker to a flame

I think of things we used to do then my whole world turns misty blue

I should forget you heaven knows I've triedBut when I said I'm glad we're through my heart knows I've lied



Oh it's been such a long long time looks like I get you off my mind

Oh but I can't just the thought of you turns my world a misty blueOh but I can't just the thought of you turns my world a misty blue

**********

8.

All The Time

Mel Tillis - Wayne P. Walker

© Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI

All the time yes darling all the time tenderly constantly I'll love you

Every day I'll prove it every day in happiness or loneliness I'll love you

Other arms may tempt me don't let that worry youFor even when they tempt me I'll never be untrue

All the time yes darling all the time

Through the years through smiles or tears I'll love you

All the time yes darling all the time...

**********

9.

(# 1 country hit)

(# 53 pop hit)

Somebody Like Me

Wayne C. Thompson

© Budde Songs, BMI

Your baby loves you now so don't make her blue now

You'd better start bein' true now I'm telling you why

Because if you break her heart somebody's gonna come alongAnd he'll steal her away from you somebody like me

Let me tell you friend I'm not botherin'

But I think it's such a sin if you don't treat her right



Because if you break her heart...

She wants to be held tight now each and every night now

You'd better treat her right now I'm telling you why


I hope you listen to now each word that I've told you now

These things you'd better do now or you will live alone


Will steal her away somebody like me

**********

10.

(# 4 country hit)

It's Over

Jimmie Rodgers

© Peer International, BMI

If time were not a moving thing and I could make it stay

This hour of love we share will always be there'd be no coming day

To shine a morning light and make us realize our night is over

When you walk away from me there is no place to put my hand

Except to shade my eyes against the sun that rises o'er the land

I watch you walk away somehow I have to let you go now it's over

If you knew just how I really feel you might return and yet

There are so many times that people have to love and then forgetThough there might have been a way I have to force myself to say it's over

So I turn my back and turn my colar to the wind

Move along in silence trying not to think at all

I send my feet before me walk the silence street before me it's over[ strings + horns ]

If time were not a moving thing...

**********



11.


Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

John D. Loudermilk


Kiss me each morning for a million years

Hold me each evening by your side

Tell me you love me for a million years

If it don't work out if it don't work out

Then you can tell me goodbye

Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss

Soften my dreams with your sigh

After you've loved me for a million years

If it don't work out if it don't work outThen you can tell me goodbye

If you must go I won't grieve

If you'll just wait a lifetime before you leave

But if you must go I won't say no

Just so we can say that we try

Tell me you love me for a million years

If it don't work out if it don't work out



**********

12.

(# 5 country hit)

(# 48 pop hit)

Tennessee Stud

Jimmie Driftwood



© Warden Music, BMI

Well there never was a horse like Tennessee Stud

Along about 1825 I left Tennessee very much alive

I never would've got through the Arkansas mud

If I hadn't been a ridin' on the Tennessee Stud

I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa

One of her brothers was a bad outlawI send her a letter by my Uncle Fudd

And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud

The Tennesee Stud was long and lean

The color of the sun and his eyes were green

He had the nerve and he had the bloodAnd there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud

[ guitar ]We drifted on down onto no man's land

We crossed the river called the Rio GrandeI raced my horse with a Spaiard foal

Till I got me a skin full of silver and gold

Me and a gambler we couldn't agree

We got in a fight over Tennessee

We jerked our guns he fell with a thud

And I got away on the Tennessee Stud[ guitar ]

Well I got just as lonesome as a man could be

Dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee

The Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue

Cause he was a dreamin' of his sweetheart too

We loped right back across Arkansas

I whoopped her brother and whopped her pa

I found that girl with the golden hairAs she was a ridin' on the Tennessee Mare

The Tennesee Stud was long and lean...

[ guitar ]

Stirrup to stirrup and side by side

We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide

We came to Big Muddy and we forded the floodAnd the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee Stud

A pretty little babyy and the cabin floor

A little horse cold playin' round the door



I love the girl with the golden hair

And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare

The Tennesee Stud was long and lean...

**********

The Everlovin' World Of Eddy Arnold



RCA Victor LSP-3931

January / 1968


Recorded:

Apr 24/1967, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (7)

July 5/1967, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (8,11)

Oct 30/1967, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (6,12)

Oct 31/1967, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (3,5)

Nov 1/1967, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (1,2,4,9,10)

1.

All The Time

Mel Tillis - Wayne P. Walker

© Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI

All the time yes darling all the time tenderly constantly I'll love youEvery day I'll prove it every day in happiness or loneliness I'll love you



Other arms may tempt me don't let that worry you

For even when they tempt me I'll never be untrueAll the time yes darling all the time

Through the years through smiles or tears I'll love you

All the time yes darling all the time...

**********

2.

In The Misty Moonlight

Cindy Walker


In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight

Any place is all right long as I'm with you

In a faraway land on the trophic sea sand

If your hand's in my hand I won't be blue

Way up on the mountain a way down in the valley

I know I'll be happy anyplace anywhere I don't care

In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight

Any place is all right long as you are there

Way up on the mountain...

**********

3.

There You Go

Joe Allison


There you go pretending that you own me

Acting like you turn the world in which I liveThere you go pretending that you'll never hurt me

Acting like an angel that I should forgive



There you go now can't you see I'm not part of your show now

I'm just a fool not the leading guy you used to knowThere you go pretending that you'll never hurt me

Acting like you turn the world in which I live

There you go acting like I'll always need you

There you go guess you think I always will

There you go guess you think I always will

**********

4.

Song For Shara

Bob Tubert - Demetrius Tapp

© Vintage Music, BMI

If all the world were as pretty as you

There'd be a million smiles for every tear or two

And love would grow where once hurt only grewIf all the world were as pretty as you

All the raindrops fall just to be where you are

And just to see your smile is the wish for every fallen star


There'd be no need to dream our dreams the way we do

For here on earth would be heaven come true



**********

5.

Sunny

Bobby Hebb

© Portable Music, BMI

Sunny yesterday my life was filled with rain

Sunny you smiled at me and really eased the pain



Oh the dark days're done and the bright days're here

My Sunny one she's so sincereOh Sunny one so true I love you

Sunny I thank you for the sunshine bouquet

Sunny thank you for the love you brought my way

You gave to me your all and all now I feel ten feet tall

Sunny one so true I love you

Sunny thank you for the truth you've let me seeSunny thank you for the facts from A to Z

My life was torn like wind blown sand

Then a rock was formed when we held hands

Sunny one so true I love you

Sunny thank you for that smile upon your face

Sunny thank you for the gleam that flows with graceYou're my spark of nature's fire you're my sweet complete desire

Sunny one so true I love you Sunny one so true I love you

**********

6.

Dear Heart

Jay Livingston - Ray Evans - Henry Mancini

© Northridge Music, ASCAP

Dear heart I wish you were here to warm this night

And dear heart it seems like a year since you've been out of my sight

A single room a table for one it's a lonesome town alrightBut soon I'll kiss you hello at our front door

And dear heart I want you to know I'll leave your arms never more

A single room a table for one...

**********

7.

How Is She



Marijohn Wilkin

© Buckhorn Music, BMI

How is she is she well is she happy could you tellIs it all working out the way she wanted it to

Did her expressions change when you mentioned my name

No don't answer that just tell me how is she

I guess the less I know of her the better off I'm bound to be

I don't really wanna hear she's happy without me but how is she

I just gotta know I still miss her so you seen her I know so tell me how is she

**********

8.

(# 2 country hit)

(# 91 pop hit)

Here Comes Heaven

Bob Tubert - Joe Byers


Here comes heaven all satin and lace

Love in her heart and a smile on her faceShe's the world to me heaven is all my heart can see

Here comes heaven with soft golden hair

Laughing blue eyes that tell me she cares

She's my night my day heaven is just a kiss away

I was so lonely till she took my hand

She lifted my eyes and she made me understand

Here comes heaven like spring soft and warm

I'd give my life to keep her from harm

She makes my heart sing here comes heaven again

Here comes heaven again

**********

9.



World I Used To Know

Rod McKuen

© Almo Music, ASCAP

Some day some old familiar rain will come along and know my name

And then my shelter will be gone and I'll have to move along

But till I do I'll stay awhile and track the hidden country of your smile

Some day the man I used to be will come along and call on me

And then because I'm just a man you'll find my feet are made of sandBut till that time I'll tell you lies and chart the hidden boundrys of your eyes

Some day the world I used to know will come along and lead me go

Then I'll be leaving you behind for love is just a state of mindBut till that day I'll be your man and love away your troubles if I can

**********

10.

Secret Love

Paul F. Webster - Sammy Fain

© WB Music, ASCAP

Once I had a secret love that lived within the heart of me

All too soon my secret love became impatient to be free

So I told a friendly star the way that dreamers often do

Just how wonderful you are and why I'm so in love with you

Now I shout it from the highest hills even told the golden deffodilsAt last my heart's an open door my secret love's no secret anymore

Now I shout it from the highest hills...

**********

11.

Baby That's Living



Jean Chapel


I used to cry and then I forgot how and that's livingIf there's no sweatin' up for my brow well that's living

I'm doing everything I wanna do

Do they do to nothin' that I don't want to

Well that's living baby that's living

Planted my garden with seeds of love and happiness

And never left a pot of ground for fate to plant loneliness

I love everybody cause I'm full in love well that's living

Got the sun and the moon and the stars above and that's livingRose is blooming all over the place I've got bouquets for the human race

Well that's living baby that's living

The beauty in life is all there to see that's living

Ugly never gets through to me well that's living

Songs are ringing inside of me I can't quit humming that melody

That's living baby that's living

Planted my garden with seeds...

**********

12.

Nothing But Time

Charlie Williams - Jill Marie Jones


I never had time to wonder if you were happy or sad

I never had time to ask you what kind of day you had

For I was too busy to notice that we were drifting apart

Never had time to see just what you meant to meAnd now I've got nothing but time

I never had time to tell you it was nice just having you near

I never had the time to look for some small way to say that I care

The time just flew and I didn't see that I was breaking your heart

Never had time to see just what you meant to me

And now I've got nothing but time



**********

The Romantic World Of Eddy Arnold



RCA Victor LSP-4009

April / 1968


Recorded:Oct 30/1967, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (8)

Oct 31/1967, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (10)

Apr 1/1968, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (3,4,5,7)Apr 2/1968, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (2,6,9)

Apr 3/1968, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (1,11,12)

1.

(# 4 country hit)

It's Over

Jimmie Rodgers


If time were not a moving thing and I could make it stay

This hour of love we share will always be there'd be no coming dayTo shine a morning light and make us realize our night is over



When you walk away from me there is no place to put my hand

Except to shade my eyes against the sun that rises o'er the landI watch you walk away somehow I have to let you go now it's over

If you knew just how I really feel you might return and yet

There are so many times that people have to love and then forget

Though there might have been a way I have to force myself to say it's over

So I turn my back and turn my colar to the wind

Move along in silence trying not to think at allI send my feet before me walk the silence street before me it's over

[ strings + horns ]

If time were not a moving thing...

**********

2.

By The Time I Get To Phoenix

Jim Webb

© Sosaha Music, BMI / Jonathan Three Music, BMI

By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising

She'll find the note I left hanging on her doorShe'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leaving

Cause I've left that girl so many times before

By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working

She'll probably stop at lounch and give me a call

But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringing

Off the wall that's all

By the time I make Oklahoma she'll be sleeping

She'll turn softly and call my name out low

And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave herThough time and time I've tried to tell her so

She didn't know that I would really go

**********

3.



What Now My Love

Carl Sigman - Pierre Delanoe - Gilbert Becaud

© BMG Songs, ASCAP

What now my love now that you left me

How can I live through another day

Watching my dreams turn into ashes

And my hopes into bits of clay

Once I could see once I could feelNow I am numb I've become unreal

I walk the night but without a goalStripped of my heart my soul

What now my love now that it's over

I feel the world closing in on me

Here come the stars tumbling around me

And there's the sky where the sea should be

What now my love now that you're gone

I'd be a fool to go on and on

No one would care no one would cry

If I should live or die

What now my love now there is nothing

Only my last goodbye

**********

4.

Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You

Bob Crewe - Bob Gaudio

© Longitude Music, BMI

You're just too good to be true can't take my eyes off of you

You'd be like heaven to touch I wanna hold you so much

And long last love has arrived and I thank God I'm alive

You're just too good to be true can't take my eyes off of you

Pardon the way that I stare is nothing else to compare



The sign of you usually weak there are no words left to speak

But if you feel like I feel please let me know that it's realYou're just too good to be true can't take my eyes off of you

[ horns ]

I love you baby and if it's quite all right

I need you baby to warm your lonely night

I love you baby trust in me when I say

Oh pretty baby don't bring me down I pray

Oh pretty baby come on and find you stay

And let me love you baby let me love you

You're just too good to be true...

Can't take my eyes off of you can't take my eyes off of you

**********

5.

Am I That Easy To Forget

Carl Belew - W.S. Stevenson


They say you've found somebody new but that won't stop my loving you

I just can't let you walk away forget the love I had for you

Guess I could find somebody too but I don't want no one but you

How could you leave without regret am I that easy to forget

Before you leave be sure you find you want his love much more than mine

Cause I'll just say we've never met if I'm that easy to forget

[ horns ]

They say you've found somebody new...

**********

6.

What A Wonderful World

George Weiss - George Douglas - Bob Thiele




I see trees of green red roses too

I see them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white

The bright blessed day the dark sacred night

And I think to myself what a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people going by

I see friends shaking hands saying how do you doThey're really sayin' I love you

I hear babies cry I watch them grow

They'll learn much more than I'll ever know

And I think to myself what a wonderful worldYes I think to myself what a wonderful world

**********

7.

Honey

Bobby Russell

© PolyGram Int, ASCAP

See the tree how big it's grown but friend it hasn't been too long it wasn't big

I laughed at her and she got mad the first day that she planted it was just a twig

And then the first snow came and she ran out to brush the snow away so it wouldn't

die

Came running in all excited slipped and almost hurt herself and I laughed till I cried

She was always young at heart kinda dumb and kinda smart and I loved her so

And I surprised her with a puppy kept me up all Christmas Eve two years agoAnd it would sure embarrass her when I came in from working late cause I would

know

That she'd been a crying over some sad and silly late late showAnd honey I miss you and I'm being good and I'd love to be with you if only I could

She wrecked the car and she was sad so afraid that I'd be mad but what the heck

Though I pretended hard to be guess you could say she saw through me and hugged

my neck

I came home unexpectedly caught her crying needlessly in the middle of the dayThen it was in the early spring when flowers bloom and robins sing she went away

And honey I miss you and I'm being good and I'd love to be with you if only I could



Yes one day while I was not at home when she was there and all alone the angelscame

Now all I have is memories of honey and I wake up nights and call her name

And now my life's an empty stage where honey lived and honey played and love

grew up

A small cloud passes overhead and cries down on the flower bed that honey loved

Yes see the tree how big it's grown but friend it hasn't been too long it wasn't big

I laughed at her and she got mad the first day that she planted it was just a twig

And honey I miss you and I'm being good and I'd love to be with you if only I could

**********

8.

No Matter Whose Baby You Are

Jean Chapel


You're somebody's baby you just gotta be

That much to offer can't walk around tree

My thoughts're takin' my heart for much too far

No matter whose baby you are


No matter who's a gettin' those kisses so fine

I wish those sweet lips were your lips meet mine

To see is to love you to lose leaves a scar



Someone is your lover I wish I could beYour kind of loving was ordered for me

I wish you were mine it's my wish on a star

No matter whose baby you areNo matter whose baby you are

Somebody's warm arms are holding you tight

While my dreams awaken me all through the night

I'm sure that our love would be up too far

No matter whose baby you areNo matter whose baby you are



**********

9.

Gentle On My Mind

John Hartford

© Ensign Music, BMI

It's knowing that your door is always open

And your path is free to walk

That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up

And stashed behind your couch

And it's knowing I'm not shacked by forgotten words and bons

And the ink stains that have dried upon some lineThat keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry

That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clinging to the rocks and I'd be planted on their columns now that bind meOr something that somebody said because they thought we fit together walking

It's just knowin' that the world will not be cursin' or forgiving

When I walk along some railroad track and find

You're movin' on the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry

And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheet fields and the clothes lines

And the junk yards and the highways come between us

And some other woman crying to her mother cause she turned and I was gone

I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face

And a summer sun might burn me till I'm blind

But not to where I cannot see you walking on the back roads

By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind

**********

10.

From This Minute On

Ben Peters




(From this minute on) my heart belongs to you

From this minute on I'll never be untrueEvery minute every hour every day

I'll give all the love I have in every way

From this minute on you're all I'm living for

From this minute on I'll need you more and more

And I promise that you'll never be alone

I'll be by your side from this minute on

With every beat of my heart every breath that I take

Darling you'll be a part of every move that I make

From this minute on I'll never change my mind

From this minute on until the end of time

No greater love the world has ever known

That my love for you from this minute on

**********

11.

Evergreen

Carl Belew - Van Givens


Each time I see an evergreen that makes me think of you

Cause an evergreen is always green and true love's always true

Your love is like an evergreen standing tall and strong

Evergreen evergreen I'm glad you came along

A perfect love a lasting love a love completely trueIs like a pretty evergreen that never turns to blue

And every tree's not ever green and every love's not true

Evergreen evergreen I'm lucky I found youEvergreen evergreen I'm lucky I found you

My pretty evergreen

**********

12.



I Really Go For You

Jean Chapel

© Blind Squirrel Music, BMI

I really go for you knowin' in my heart you won't be there

I'd cross the seven seas your smallest whim to please

Around the world and then all the way back again

To love the way I do seems so unfair

I really go for you knowin' in my heart you won't be there

I really go for you oh can't you seeHow much I want you to go for me

A little love that's true each none and allI really go for you dream a mighty big to be so small

I really go for you it's more realI really want you to feell what I feel

The message can't get through my heart could say

I really go for you I wish you go with me all the way

**********

The World Of Eddy Arnold


RCA Victor APL1-0239

July / 1973

Produced by Chet Atkins & Lee Hazlewood

1.



End Of The World

Arthur Kent - Sylvia Dee

© Edward Proffitt Music, ASCAP / Music Sales, ASCAP

Why does the sun go on shining why does the sea rush to shore

Don't they know it's the end of the world cause you don't love me anymore

Why do the birds go on singing why do the stars glow above

Don't they know it's the end of the world it ended when I lost your love

I wake up in the morning and I wonder why everything's the same as it was

I can't understand no I can't understand how life goes on the way it does

Why does my heart go on beating why do these eyes of mine cryDon't they know it's the end of the world it ended when you said goodbye

Why does my heart go on beating...

**********

2.

Make The World Go Away

Hank Cochran


Make the world go away and get it off my shoulder

Say the things you used to say and make the world go away

Do you remember when you loved me before the world took me astray

If you do then forgive me and make the world go away


I'm sorry if I hurt you I'll make it up day by day

Just say you love me like you used to and make the world go away


**********



3.

New World In The Morning

Roger Whittaker

© BMG Songs, ASCAP

Everybody talks about a new world in the morning

A new world in the morning so they say

I myself don't talk about a new world in the morningA new world in the morning that's today

And I can feel a new tomorrow coming on

And I don't know why I have to make a song

Everybody talks a bout a new world in the morning

New world in the morning takes so long

I met a man who had a dream he had since he was twentyI met that man when he was eighty-one

He said too many folks just stand and wait up till the morning

Don't they know tomorrow never comes

And he would feel a new tomorrow coming on

And when he'd smile his eyes would twinkle up in fun

Everybody talks about a new world in the morning

New world in the morning never comes

**********

4.

This World Of Ours (Cette Nutt La)

Jean DeBout - Delosmone LeSenechel

© France Music, ASCAP

*****

5.



Turn The World Around

Ben Peters




Back to before that silly fight

And give me a chance to make things right

I said some things I didn't mean to say

Things that I am sorry for todayDown on my knees I beg you please

To turn the world around the other way

I never really wanted us to break upAnd I'm sorry for each teardrop that you cried

We need to give our hearts a chance to make up

And darling will you stand in by my side

We'll turn the world around the other way

Back to where it started yesterday

Just take my hand together we can


Yes we'll turn the world around the other way


Just take my hand together we canTurn the world around the other way

**********

6.

Welcome To My WorldRay Winkler - John Hathcock


Welcome to my world won't you come on in

Miracles I guess still happen now and then

Step into my heart leave your cares behind

Welcome to my world built with you in mind



Knock and the door will open seek and you will find

Ask and you'll be given the key to this world of mineI'll be waiting here with my arms unfurled

Waiting just for you welcome to my world

Waiting just for you welcome to my world

**********

7.

What A Wonderful World

George Weiss - George Douglas - Bob Thiele


I see trees of green red roses too

I see them bloom for me and you


I see skies of blue and clouds of whiteThe bright blessed day the dark sacred night


The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people going byI see friends shaking hands saying how do you do

They're really sayin' I love you

I hear babies cry I watch them grow

They'll learn much more than I'll ever know


Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world

**********

8.

What's He Doin' In My World

Carl Belew - Billy Joe Moore - Eddie Bush




What's he doin' in my world what's he doin' holdin' my world

If he's not more than just a friend why were you kissin' himAnd what's he doin' in my world

What's he doin' in my world did you tell him that you're my girl

If your love is really true tell him my world's made for two

What's he doin' in my world

Oh don't let me keep on wonderin' just what you're gonna do

Wondering if the one I love loves somebody new

What's he doin' in my world we don't need him here in our world

So if it's true he's just a friend explain those kisses you gave him


**********

9.

When Your World Stops Turning

Bob Tubert - Gene Strasser - George Winters

© Vintage Music, BMI

What do you do when your world stops turningTo start your world turning again

You know you should leave get her out of your mind

Turn the page close the door say goodbye

You know that it's hopeless she's gone like the wind

Your world won't start turning again

What do you do when your world stops turningAnd the torch starts burning again

What do you do when your hearts starts hurting

To start your world turning again

You live without night and you live without day

You're lost like a last tear you cried

You hope that it's maybe she'll come back

And then your world will start turning again

What do you do when your world stops turning...



**********

10.

World I Used To Know

Rod McKuen

© Almo Music, ASCAP

Some day some old familiar rain will come along and know my name

And then my shelter will be gone and I'll have to move along

But till I do I'll stay awhile and track the hidden country of your smile

Some day the man I used to be will come along and call on me

And then because I'm just a man you'll find my feet are made of sandBut till that time I'll tell you lies and chart the hidden boundrys of your eyes

Some day the world I used to know will come along and lead me go

Then I'll be leaving you behind for love is just a state of mindBut till that day I'll be your man and love away your troubles if I can

**********

Wanderin' With Eddy Arnold

RCA Victor LPM-11111955

Produced by Stephen Sholes

Hank Garland, Jack Shook - guitar

Roy Wiggins - steel



Ernest Newton - bass

Farris Coursey - drumsMarvin Hughes - piano

Anita Kerr Singers - vocals

Recorded:

May 30/1955, RCA Methodist Television Radio Film Commission, Nashville

(1,6,13,14)

May 31/1955, RCA Methodist Television Radio Film Commission, Nashville

(3,5,7,8,12)

June 1/1955, RCA Methodist Television Radio Film Commission, Nashville(4,7,9,11)

June 2/1955, RCA Methodist Television Radio Film Commission, Nashville (2,10)

1.

Wanderin'

Charles Grean

© Alley Music, BMI

(Wanderin' wanderin' mhm)

My father is an engineer my brother drives a hack

My sister takes in washin' and the baby bolls a jack

And it looks like I'm never gonna cease my wanderin'(Wanderin' wanderin' mhm)

I've done a lotta wanderin' early and late

From New York City to the Golden Gate

And it looks like I'm never gonna cease my wanderin'


Been a working on a railroad been a working on a farmBut all I got to show for it is a muscle on my arm

And it looks like I'm never gonna cease my wanderin'


**********

2.

Roving Gambler



Elie Seigmaister

© Universal Music Group, ASCAP

I am a roving gambler I've gambled all aroundWhenever I need with the deck of cards I lay my money down

I've gambled down in Washington I've gambled over in Spain

I'm on my way to Tennessee to get down my last game

I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three

When I fell in love with a pretty little maid who she in love with me

She took me in her parlor she cooled me with her fan

She whispered low in mother's ear I love that gambling man

[ guitar ]Oh daughter oh dear daughter how could you treat me so

To leave your dear old mother and with the gambler go

Oh mother my dear mother you know I love you well

But the love I have for the gambling man no human tongue can tell

No human tongue can tell no human tongue can tell

[ guitar ]

I wouldn't marry a farmer he's always in the rain

I wouldn't marry a railroad man who's always on a trainI wouldn't marry a doctor he's always gone from home

All I want is the gambling man fore he leave me alone[ guitar ]

I hear a train a coming a coming roun the curve

A whistlin' and a blowin' and strainin' every nerve

Oh mother oh dear mother I'll tell you if I can

If you ever see me coming back I'll be with that gambling man

**********

3.

Lonesome Road

Gene Austin - Nathaniel Skilkret

© Paramount Music, ASCAP / Nathaniel Shilkret Music, ASCAP

Look down look down that lonesome road

Before you travel on

Look up look up and seek your maker

Fore Gabriel blows his horn



Weary totin' such a load

Tragin' down that lonesome roadLook down look down that lonesome road


[ strings ]

True love true love what have I done

That you should treat me so

You caused me to walk and talk

Like I never did before

Weary totin' such a load...


**********

4.

Down In The Valley ( Birmingham Jail)

Traditional

© Unart Catalog, BMI

Down in the valley the valley so low

Late in the evening hear the train blow

Hear the train blow boys oh hear the train blowDown in the valley hear the train blow

Write me a letter send it by mail

Send it in care of the Birmingham jail

(Write me a letter containing three lines)

Answer my question will you be mine

(Roses love sunshine violets love dew)Angels in heaven know I love you

Know I love you dear know I love you

Angels in heaven know I love you

Down in the valley the valley so low

Late in the evening hear the train blow

**********

5.



Barbara Allen

Traditional


In Scarlet Town where I was born there was a fair maid dwelling

And every youth cried Well Away her name was Barbara Allen

Twas in the merry month of May when all green buds were swelling

Young William on his death bed lay for the love of Barbara Allen

He sent his servant into town to the house where she was dwelling

Said you must come to my Master if your name'd be Barbara Allen

So slowly slowly she got up and slowly she came nigh himBut the only thing she said to him young man I think you're dying

Oh I am sick so very sick and death is on me dwelling

No better I will ever be if I can't have Barbara Allen

As she walked slowly toward her home she heard the death bells tolling

And every bell appeared to say how hard is Barbara Allen

Oh father father dig my grave and dig it long and narrowMy William died for me today I'll die for him tomorrow

Upon her grave there grew a rose on William's grave were briarsThey twine and twine in a true love's knot and the rose grew round the briar

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6.

On Top Of Old SmokeyCharles Grean

© Alley Music, BMI

On top of old Smokey all covered with snow

I lost my true lover for courtin' too slow

Oh courtin's a pleasure parting is grief

And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief



A thief will just rob you take all that you have

But false-hearted lovers take you to your graveThe grave will decay you turn you into dust

And it just isn't one girl a poor boy can trust

[ steel ]

So come all you lovers and listen to me

Don't place your affection on a green willow tree

The leaves will all wither the roots will all die

Then you'll be forgotten but you'll never know why

On top of old Smokey all covered with snow

I lost my true lover for a courtin' too slow

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7.

I Gave My Love A Cherry

Traditional

© Public Domain

I gave my love a cherry without a stone

I gave my love a chicken without a bone

I gave my love a ring without an endI gave my love a baby with no cryin'

[ string ]

How can there be a cherry without a stone

How can there be a chicken without a bone

How can there be a ring without an end

How can there be a baby with no cryin'

A cherry when it's blooming it has no stoneA chicken when it's pipping it has no bone

A ring when it's rolling it has no end

A baby when it's sleeping has no cryin'

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8.

Wayfaring Stranger



Traditional

© Ludlow Music, BMI

I'm just a poor wayfaring strangerA traveling through this world of woe

But there's no sickness toil nor danger

In that bright world to which I go

I'm going there to meet my Father

I'm going there no more to roam

I'm just a going over Jordan

I'm just a going over home

[ string ]I'm just a poor and lonesome traveler

Behind the mule that's awful slow

A plowin' on to death and worry

The only place that I can go

I'm going there to meet my Father...

My father lived and died a farmerA reaping less that he did sow

And I just follow in his footstepsA knowing less than he did know

I'm going there to meet my Father...

Going over home

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9.

Across The Wide Missouri

Ervin Drake - Jimmy Shirl

© Gentleman Jim Music, ASCAP

My lady love she stands a waitin'

Far across the wide Missouri

On the banks I hear her calling to me

A ro a ro la lee across wide Missouri




For seven years I've been a roamin'

Seven years I led the valleyNow I live just for my true love to see



I'm pushin' off when dawn is breaking

Goin' cross the wide Missouri

Where my love she stands a waitin' for me

A ro a ro la lee across wide MissouriA ro a ro la lee across wide Missouri

(A ro la lee)

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10.

Careless Love

Charles Grean

© Handy Bros Music, ASCAP / Alley Music, BMI

Love oh love oh careless love love oh love oh careless love

Oh love oh love oh careless love oh look what love has done to me

It's made me cry it's made me moan it's made me cry it's made me moanIt's made me cry it's made me moan it's made me leave my happy home

[ steel ]

Sorrow's sorrow's in my heart sorrow's sorrow's in my heart

Sorrow's sorrow's in my heart since my love and I did part

Now I wander all alone now I wander all alone

Now I wander all alone a thousand miles away from home

[ guitar ]

How I wish that trail would come how I wish that trail would comeHow I wish that trail would come to take me back where I come from

Love oh love oh careless love love oh love oh careless love...

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11.

Red River Valley



Traditional

© Public Domain

From this valley they say you are leavingI wll miss your brown eyes and sweet smile

For you take with you all of the sunshine

That lightened my way for a while

Come and sit by my side if you love me

Do not hasten to bid me adieu

And remember the Red River Valley

And the boy who has loved you so true

[ strings ]Always think of the valley you're leavin'

Oh how lonesome and sad it will be

And then think of the fond heart you're breaking

And the grieve you are bringing to me

(Come and sit by my side if you love me...

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12.

Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

Traditional

© Public Domain

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child



A long way from home

A long way from home always wanderin'

Sometimes I feel like my life's not worthwhileSometimes I feel like my life's not worthwhile

Sometimes I feel like my life's not worth while




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13.

Sweet Betsy From Pike

Jimmie Driftwood

© Warden Music, BMI

(Didli ai di ai didl didli ai di ai dei)

Oh do you remember sweet Betsy from PikeShe crossed the big mountains with her lover Ike

With two yoke of oxen and a big yellow dog

And a tall Shanghai rooster and one spottled hog

Didli ai di ai didl didli ai di ai dei

They soon reached the desert where Betsy gave out

And down in the sand she lay rolling aboutWhile Ike in great tears looked on in surprise

Saying Betsy get up you'll get sand in your eyes


Betsy got up in the great deal of pain

She said she'd go back to Pike County again

But I gave a sigh then he fondly embracedAnd he traveled along with his arm round her waist

(How can sweet Betsy went out to the dance

And Ike poor a fellow he's down at his pants)

Betsy was dressed up in ribbons and rings

Said Iken you're an angel but where are your wings


Well the miner said Betsy will you dance with meShe answere I will if you want make two free

I can't dance too hard do you want to know why

Because I'm so full of that strong out cool

Ike and sweet Betsy got married of course

But Ike was so jealous he gotta divorce

And Betsy well satisfied said with a shoutGoodbye forever I'm glad you've backed out




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14.

Home On The Range

Gene Autry - Dan Kelley - Brewster Highley

© Western Music, ASCAP

(Home home on the range)

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam

Where the deer and the antelope playWhere seldom is heard a discouraging word

And the skies are not cloudy all day

Home home on the range...

Oh give me a land where the bright diamond

Sand flows lazyly down the stream

Where the graceful white swan goes a gliding

Along like a maid in a heavenly dream

Home home on the range...

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the great eddy arnold, lyrics

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