lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

MOONLIGHT AND ROSES (BRING MEM'RIES OF YOU)

(Ben Black - Neil Moret - Edwin H. Lemare - Charles Daniels)
« © '50 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Moonlight and roses bring wonderful mem'ries of you
My heart reposes in beautiful thoughts so true
June light discoses love's golden dreams sparkling anew
Moonlight and roses bring mem'ries of you
[ guitar - organ ] Moonlight and roses bring wonderful mem'ries of you...
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2.

MISSOURI WALTZ

(Traditional)
« © '53 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Hush a bye my baby slumber time is coming soon
Rest your head upon my breast while mommie hums a tune
The sandman is calling when shadows are falling
While the soft breezes sigh as in days long gone by
Way down in Missouri where I heard this melody
When I was a little feller on my mommie's knee
The old folks were humming the banjos were strumming so sweet and low
[ guitar ] Hush a bye my baby go to sleep on mommie's knee
Journey back to Dixie Land in dreams again with me
It seems like your mommie was there once again
And the old folks were strumming that same old refrain
Way down in Missouri where I learned this lullaby
When the stars were blinking and the moon was standing high
And I hear mommie clove as in days long ago singing hush a bye singing hush a bye
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3.

I'M GONNA LOCK MY HEART (AND THROW AWAY THE KEY)

(Jimmy Eaton - Terry Shand)
« © '53 Shapiro-Bernestein Co, ASCAP »
I'm gonna lock my heart and throw away the key
I'm wise to all those tricks you played on me
I'm gonna turn my back on love gonna stop the moon above
She lower my windows up with tin so the love bug can't get in

I'm gonna park my romance right along the curve
Hang a sign upon my heart please don't disturb
And if I'd never fall in love again that's soon enough for me
I'm gonna lock my heart and throw away the key
[ guitar - piano ] I'm gonna lock my heart and throw away the key...
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4.

YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE

(Doris Fisher - Allan Roberts)
« © '53 Allan Roberts Music, ASCAP »
You always hurt the one you love
The one you shouldn't turn at all
You always take the sweetest rose
And crash it till the petals fall

You always break the kindest heart
With hasty words you can't recall
So if I broke your heart last night
It's because I love you most of all
[ guitar - piano ] You always break the kindest heart...
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5.

I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES

(A.P. Carter)
« © '51 Peer International, BMI »
Could been better for us both had we never
In this wide and wicked world had never met
Why the pleasures we both seemed together
I am sure love I'll never forget

Oh I'm thinking tonight of my blues eyes
Who is sailing all over the sea
Oh I'm thinking tonight of her only
And I wonder if she ever thinks of me
[ fiddle ] Oh you told me once dear that you love me
And you said that we never would part
But a linking the chain has been broken
Leaving me with a sad and aching heart

Oh I'm thinking tonight of my blues eyes...
[ steel ] When the cold cold grave shall inclose me
Won't you come dear and shed just one tear
And say to the strangers around you
Of your heart you have broken last year

Oh I'm thinking tonight of my blues eyes...
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6.

IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW

(Floyd Tillman - Jimmie Davis)
« © '39 Peer International, BMI »
Makes no difference now what kind of life fate hands me
I'll get along without you now that's plain to see
I don't care what happens next for I'll get by somehow
I don't worry cause it makes no difference now

It was just a year ago when I first met you
I learned to love you and I thought you'd love me too
But now that's all in the past and I'll forget somehow
I don't worry cause it makes no difference now
[ guitar ] Now that we have really parted I can't believe we're through
I don't blame myself and I'm sure I can't blame you
There was something had to happen and it happened somehow
I don't worry cause it makes no difference now
[ steel ] After all it's said and done I'll soon forget you
Although I know that it will be so hard to do
Let things happen as they will and I'll get by somehow
I don't worry cause it makes no difference now
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7.

I'M WAITING FOR THE SHIPS THAT NEVER COME IN

(Jack Yellen - Abe Olsen)
« © '53 Cromwell Music, ASCAP »
I'm waiting for ships that never come in
Watching and waiting in vain
It seems that life's stormy sea holds nothing for me
But broken dreams and shattered schemes

With each day of sorrow I love to pretend
One more tomorrow and waiting will end
I'm waiting for ships that never come in
I wonder where they can be
[ guitar - organ ] With each day of sorrow I love to pretend...
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8.

I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER

(Joe Young - Fred E. Ahlert)
« © '35 Fred Ahlert Music, ASCAP »
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
I'm gonna write words oh so sweet
They're gonna knock me off my feet
A lot of kisses on the bottom I'll be glad I got 'em
I'm gonna smile and say I hope you're feeling better
And close with love the way you do
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
[ guitar ] I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter...
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9.

WHEN YOUR HAIR HAS TURNED TO SILVER

(Charles Tobias - Peter DeRose)
« © 'Ched Music, ASCAP »
When your hair has turned to silver
I will love you just the same
I will only call you sweetheart
That will always be your name

Through a garden filled with roses
Down the sunset trail we'll stray
When your hair has turned to silver
I will love you as today
[ organ ] Through a garden filled with roses...
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10.

ANGRY

(Dudley Mecum - Henry Brunies - Merritt Brunies - Jules Cassard)
« © '25 Edwin H. Morris Co, ASCAP »
Angry please don't be angry cause I was only teasing you
I wouldn't even let you think of leavin' don't you know I love you true
Just because I took a look at somebody else
That's no reason you should put poor me on the shelf
Angry please don't be angry cause I was only teasing you
[ piano - guitar - steel ] Don't believe a thing you hear just wait till you see
Then you'll find no cause to show you're jealous of me
Angry please don't be angry cause I was only teasing you
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11.

PRISONER'S SONG

(Guy Massey)
« © '24 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »
Oh I wish I had someone to love me
Yes someone to call me their own
Oh I wish I had someone to live with
Cause I'm tired of living alone

Oh please meet me tonight in the moonlight
Oh please meet me tonight all alone
For I have a sad story to tell you
It's a story that's never been told
[ steel ] I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow
Leaving my poor darling alone
With the cold prison bars all around me
And my head on a pillow of stone

Now I have a grand ship on the ocean
All mounted with silver and gold
And before my poor darling would suffer
Oh that ship would be anchored and sold

Now if I had the wings like an angel
Over these prison walls I would fly
And I'd fly to the arms of my darling
And there I'd be willing to die
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12.

SEVEN YEARS WITH THE WRONG WOMAN

(Bob Miller)
« © '52 MCA Music, ASCAP »
Seven years with the wrong woman is more than a man can stand
Seven years with the wrong woman will wreck most any good men
Seven years with the wrong woman it's the same in the mountain or dale
She'll stay awake all night tryin' to start a fight then have you thrown in the jail

Seven years with the wrong woman is punishment there is bad
Seven years with the wrong woman will drive most any man mad
When you married the wrong woman there is only one thing you can do
Dig yourself a hole crawl in the hole then put the ground over you
[ steel ] Listen boys if you're thinking of marriage take warning to what I tell
Don't you marry the wrong woman it's worse than living in jail
Seven years with the wrong woman it'll end you and turn your hair gray
They say love is blind but search till you find a face you can stand every day
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