GRAND OLE OPRY FAVORITES
(RCA Victor LSP-2784)
December/1963
Produced by Chet Atkins
Jim Ed, Maxine, Bonnie Brown - vocal
Jerry Reed - guitar
Velma Smith - rh.guitar
Harold Morrison - dobro/banjo
Henry Strzelecki - bass
Kenneth Buttrey - drums
Bill Pursell - piano
Vocals:
Anita Kerr, Priscilla Hubbard, Louis Nunley, Bill Wright, Glenn Baxter
Recorded:
Oct 7-8/1963, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
1.
DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES
(Slim Willett)
« © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Don't let the stars get in your eyes don't let the moon break your heart
Love blooms at night in daylight it dies don't let the stars get in your eyes
And keep your heart for me for someday I'll return
And you'll know you're the only one I'll ever love
Too many nights too many days too many nights to be alone
Oh please keep your heart while we are apart
Don't linger in the moonlight while I'm gone
Don't let the stars get in your eyes...
[ banjo ]
Don't let the stars get in your eyes...
You're the only one I'll ever love
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2.
SUGARFOOT RAG
(Vaughn Horton - Hank Garland)
« © '49 Hollis Music, BMI »
Gonna get out my sycamore and shine up my shoes
Meet my baby and tell her the news
I bet my bundle on a swayback nag
And I came home winner with a plenty o'swag
One foot two foot slew foot drag
Swing your honey to the Sugarfoot Rag
Dig a little jig with a zig and a zag
While the guitar pickin' the Sugarfoot Rag
[ guitar ]
I got a big jug o'cinder and a bottle of wine
One's for and honey and the other is mine
Sip on the cider and sip on the wine
Both sip together and a have a good time
One foot two foot...
[ banjo ]
Gonna spend all my money and a git on a jag
Swing my honey to the Sugarfoot Rag
Walk right up and stomp on the floor
And swing up the middle with a shoofly four
One foot two foot...
[ guitar ]
One foot two foot...
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3.
GREAT SPECKLED BIRD
(Roy Carter - Guy Smith)
« © '36 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
What a beautiful thought I am thinking concerning the great speckled bird
Remember her name is recorded on the pages of God's holy word
Desiring to lower her standards they watch every move that she makes
They long to find fault with her teaching but really they found no mistakes
I am glad I have learned of her meekness I'm proud that my name is in the book
For I want to be one never fearing the face of my Saviour's true look
When he come in descending from heaven on the clouds as he writes in his word
I'll be joyfully carried to meet him on the wings of the great speckled bird
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4.
YOU NEARLY LOSE YOUR MIND
(Ernest Tubb)
« © '52 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Well if you love your mama and you treat her right
But she keeps a fussin' at you every day and night
She's triflin' on ye they'll do it every time
And when your baby starts to steppin' Lord you nearly lose your mind
But if your mama's good I'll tell you what to do
Give her lots of lovin' and what she wants to do
She'll trifle on ye they'll do it every time
And when your baby starts to steppin' Lord you nearly lose your mind
[ guitar ]
Now I've been lots of places not much I ain't done
But when it comes to women I just don't trust a one
Because they'll trifle on ye they'll do it every time
And when your baby starts to steppin' Lord you nearly lose your mind
You come home to your mama find your clothes ain't clean
You can bet you're slippin' if you know just what I mean
She's triflin' on ye they'll do it every time
And when your baby starts to steppin' Lord you nearly lose your mind
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5.
MANSION ON THE HILL
(Hank Williams - Fred Rose)
« © '48 Milene Music, ASCAP / Intersong USA, ASCAP »
Tonight down here in the valley I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin I can see your mansion on the hill
Do you recall when we parted the story to me you revealed
Yes you said you could live without love dear in your loveless mansion on the hill
[ piano ]
I've waited all through the years love to give you a heart true and real
Cause I know you are living in sorrow in your loveless mansion on the hill
The light shines bright from your window the trees stand so silent and still
Oh I know you're alone with your pride dear in your loveless mansion on the hill
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6.
TRAGIC ROMANCE
(Louis M. Jones - Wiley Morris - Zake Morris)
« © '46 Peer International, BMI »
Nestled in the heart of the Tennessee Hills
Mist peaceful pines midst the rocks and the rills
There stands my old homestead of long long ago
It brings back fond mem'ries of the one I loved so
I courted that maiden so sweet and so fair
With heavenly eyes and with chestnut brown hair
She told me she loved me and that she'll be mine
But I went away leaving her far behind
I'll tell you the reason that I left here there
To roam this old world with its sorrow and care
I saw her one night in the arms of a man
Just hugging and kissing as two lovers can
I went to my home with a heart full of woe
Packed my belongings determined to go
For many long years this old world I did roam
With thoughts of my darling my sweetheart my home
[ dobro ]
While dining one night in a little country town
A stranger walked in and he chanced to sit down
While talking of loved ones I happened to find
That his sister was that old sweetheart of mine
And when he heard my story to me he then said
The one that you loved has a long time been dead
She waited so long for the day that you'd return
And just why you had left her she never did learn
Oh I was the one who you saw that fatal night
All wrapped in the arms of my sister so tight
She loved you so dearly but you broke her heart
Now stranger from her ever more you must part
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7.
FAIR AND TENDER LADIES
(Maybelle Carter)
« © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Come all ye fair and tender ladies take warning how you court young men
They're like a star on a summer morning they first appear and then they're gone
They'll tell to you some loving story and make you think they love you so well
Then away they'll go and court some other and leave you there in grief to dwell
Oh love is handsome love is charming and love is pretty while it's new
But love grows cold as love grows old and fades away like morning dew
And fades away like morning dew
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8.
RHUMBA BOOGIE
(Hank Snow)
« © '52 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Well come all you children give a listen to me
Let me tell you bout a new boogie beat
There's no hesitation it's sweepin' the nation
It's the Rhumba Boogie down the South American way
While Madame Lozonga was teachin' La Conga
In her little cabana in old Habana
The folks in old Mexico where doin' the tango
And we were steppin' to the rhythm of an old guitar
Then across the water came Cuban Pete
He started the boogie to the Rhumba Beat
It's the Rhumba Boogie let's give it a whirl
While he plays the boogie in the South American style
(It's the Rhumba Boogie down the South American way)
When that old piano starts to beat everybody then starts to sing
To the Rhumba Boogie done the tropical style
It's the Rhumba Boogie and they're doin' it all of the while
Well the guy responsible for leadin' the band
He yells do you stuff it's the best in the land
It's the Rhumba Boogie let's dancin' a while
To the boogie woogie done the all American style
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9.
MOMMY PLEASE STAY HOME WITH ME
(Eddy Arnold - Wally Fowler - Graydon J. Hall)
« © '43 Unichappell Music, BMI »
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 fun
She 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 merrymakers 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 glee
But now and then these words would haunt her
Please mommy please stay home with me
She left the party feeling dizzy the smell of drink was on her breath
She 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
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10.
LOOKING BACK TO SEE
(Jim Ed Brown - Maxine Brown)
« © '54 Dandelion Music, BMI »
I was looking back to see if you were looking back to see
If I was looking back to see if you were looking back at me
You were cute as you could be standing looking back at me
And it was plain to see that I'd enjoy your company
One Sunday afternoon as I was ridin' down the street
I met a cute little girl all dressed up so sweet
And the way that she was stacked I wish I'd've had a Cadillac
But who would notice me just a drivin' this model T
I was looking back to see...
[ banjo ]
Now listen baby it doesn't matter to me
Even in your model T you're as cute as you can be
If you'll take me for a ride I will stay close by your side
And I will guarantee that we'll have fun on man alive
I was looking back to see...
Oh me oh gee perhaps you'd notice me if I wadn't drivin' this model T
I was looking back to see...
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11.
FOUR WALLS
(George Campbell - Marvin Moore)
« © '57 Unart Catalog, BMI »
(Four walls to near me closing in on me)
Out where the bright lights are glowing you're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's overflowing while I sit and whisper your name
Four walls to hear me four walls to see four walls too near me closing in on me
Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting but my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love not for haiting but here where you left me I'll stay
One night with you is like heaven and so while I'm walking this floor
I listen for steps in the hallway and wait for your knock on my door
Four walls to hear me four walls to see four walls too near me closing in on me
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12.
WONDERING
(Joe Werner)
« © '51 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Wondering wondering who's kissing you
Wondering just wondering if you're wondering too
Every hour through the day since you went away
I've been wondering yes wondering if you're wondering too
I pray every night to the good Lord above
To send back to me the one I really love
(Wondering wondering) who's kissing you
(Wondering just wondering) if you're wondering too
[ dobro ]
I pray every night...
Every hour through the day since you've been away
I've been wondering yes wondering if you're wondering too
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