IN MEMORIAM
(Everest 1217)
1963
Produced by W.S. Stevenson & Owen Bradley
Grady Martin, Hank Garland - lead guitar
Ray Edenton - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Jimmy Day - steel
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Floyd Cramer - piano
Tommy Jackson - fiddle
Ron Keller - trumpet
Sam Levine - sax
Barry Green - trombone
Vocals:
The Jordanaires (Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews, Gordon Stoker, Ray Walker)
Recorded:
Jun 1/1955, Bradley Studio, Nashville (4,6,12)
Jan 5/1956, Music City Recording, Nashville (3)
Nov 8/1956, Music City Recording, Nashville (1,10)
Dec 13/1957, Bradley Film& Recording Studio, Nashville (7,8)
Feb 13/1958, Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville (2,5,9,11)
1.
WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT
(Don Hecht - Alan Block)
« © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I go out walking after midnight out in the moonlight just like we used to do
I'm always walking after midnight searching for you
I walk for miles along the highway well that's just my way of sayin' I love you
I'm always walking after midnight searching for you
I stop to see a weeping willow crying on his pillow maybe he's crying for me
And as the skies turn gloomy night winds whisper to me
I'm lonesome as I can be
I go out walking after midnight out in the starlight just hoping you may be
Somewhere a walking after midnight searching for me
[ steel ]
I stop to see a weeping willow...
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2.
NEVER NO MORE
(Don Hecht - Alan Block - Rita Ross)
« © '58 Barnett H Schofield Music, BMI »
Never no more will I be all alone never no more will I be a stay at home
Cause I've got me somebody who makes me happy when I'm blue
Never no more will I cry for him never no more will I try for him
Cause I've got me somebody who makes me happy when I'm blue
I've been all around I've painted the town
Saw all the ol' faces in all the ol' places
That he used to know
But all that is past got someone at last
It makes me so happy that never no more will I ever never be blue
No never no more will I ever see him never no more now that I'm free of him
Cause I've got me somebody who makes me happy when I'm blue
[ guitar ]
No never no more will I ever see him...
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3.
I CRIED ALL THE WAY TO THE ALTAR
(W.S. Stevenson - Bobby Flournoy)
« © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I cried all the way to the altar
A smile was on my face but tears were in my heart
Two hearts broken and a third will soon falter
Now too late I know that we were wrong to part
Oh my darling now too late we can't go back and start anew
Now too late I've thrown away my chance of happiness with you
I cried all the way to the altar
Now too late I know that we were wrong to part
[ steel ]
Take a calendar and turn back all the pages
Take my life turn back each day since I was born
I cried all the way to the altar
Now too late I see the damage I have done
Oh my darling now too late...
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4.
HONKY TONK MERRY-GO-ROUND
(Frank Simon - Stan Gardner)
« © '55 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm on a honky tonk merry-go-round makin' ever spot in town
Startin' out early comin' home late evere night with a brand new date
I'm on a honky tonk merry-go-round actin' like a foolish clown
Still racin' those blues that you left with me
Wonderin' if I'll ever be free
Round and around and around I go ridin' high and feelin' low
Round and around just like a top well I'm a gettin' dizzy but I can't stop
I'm on a honky tonk merry-go-round actin' like a foolish clown
Still racin' those blues that you left with me
Wonderin' if I'll ever be free
[ fiddle - steel - piano ]
Round and around and around I go...
Yes I'm wonderin' if I'll ever be free
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5.
IF I COULD ONLY STAY ASLEEP
(Wayland Chandler - Ethel Bassey)
« © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Last night I dreamed of you sweetheart
Once more you loved you said we'd never part
It's gone again oh how sad am I
My dream has ended and tears filled my eyes
Dead leaves welling around my feet like memories from the past
Each leaf reminds me of a dream a dream that wouldn't last
For once I know your promise you would keep
If I could only only stay asleep
Dead leaves welling around my feet...
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6.
HIDIN' OUT
(Eddie Miller - W.S. Stevenson)
« © '55 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
People point us out and shake their heads in shame
In gossip circles we are talked about
Darling on you I hold no legal claim
But here we are again hidin' out
The kisses that you give make our wrong seem so right
It's too late to stop there's no doubt
We said we wouldn't meet tonight my dear
But here we are again hidin' out
[ steel - piano - fiddle ]
The ones we're tied to we know we'll hurt my dear
Though we're hoping they don't find us out
Sooner or later we know we'll be caught
But here we are again hidin' out
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7.
CRY NOT FOR ME
(Don Hecht - Jack Moon)
« © '57 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Cry not for me my love when I am far away
There's nothing more to say cry not for me
Cry not for me my love you'll find another girl
And though I love you still cry not for me
Love is a golden rose that grows within your heart
Unless the petal's sweet and fall apart
Cry not for me sweetheart but if a tear should start
Cry not my broken heart cry not for me
(Love is a golden rose that grows within your heart)
Unless the petal sway and fall apart
Cry not for me sweetheart but if a tear should start
Cry not my broken heart cry not for me
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8.
WALKING DREAM
(Hal Willis - Ginger Willis)
« © '57 Tree Publishing, BMI »
A walkin' dream I dreamed about you
A walkin' dream can't do without you
Lovely dream just can't forget you
Cause you're so dreamy peach'n creamy walkin' dream
Now keep on a walkin' keep on a talkin'
And I'll do my best to make the rest of this lovely dreams come true
A walkin' dream I want you near me
Walkin' dream can't you hear me
A lovely dream won't you love me
Cause you're so lovey turtle dovey walkin' dream
[ guitar ]
A walkin' dream my heart is yearnin'
Walkin' dream my lips are burnin'
A lovely dream of love I'm learnin'
Cause you're surprisin' tantilizin' walkin' dream
Now keep on a walkin' keep on a talkin'...
Cause you're so lovey turtle dovey walkin' dream
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9.
COME ON IN (AND MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME)
(V.F. Stewart)
« © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
(Now come on in and sit right down and make yourself at home)
If I had one wish I wish I could go back to my old neighborhood
Where the good folks they all loved you as their own
Then I'd go over to my neighbor's house knock on the door and they'd all sing out
Come on in and sit right down and make yourself at home
I sing their praises long and loud cause they're all my folks and I'm mighty proud
Of the little old town back home where I was born
I wish that I could hear them say in the good old fashioned friendly way
Come on in and sit right down and make yourself at home
Now they don't lock their doors at night cause they all know they're a doing right
And the good Lord's bound to have them for his own
If I'd go back to hear them pray in the little fine church they all would say
Come on in and sit right down and make yourself at home
When I was a child of only three I said my prayers at my mother's knee
And I knew right then from God I'd never roam
When I get the summons on the judgement day I hope that I hear my Saviour say
Come on in and sit right down and make yourself at home
Now come on in and sit right down and make yourself at home
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10.
PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN
(Burton Levy - Glenn Reeves - Mae Boren Axton)
« © '56 Jim Lawrence Music, BMI »
Once my love was good enough true happiness we knew
Then fame and fortune came your way and made a change in you
You'll find your ladder of success is not on solid ground
And when it starts to tumble pick me up on your way down
Pick me up when dreams are shattered when false friends cannot be found
For you know I'll still be waiting pick me up on your way down
[ steel - fiddle ]
You hit the top but it won't last there's just one way to go
The world you've chosen is not real these things you'll come to know
When folks say they don't know you and you've lost your final round
When you find that you are lonely pick me up on your way down
Pick me up when dreams are shattered...
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11.
LET THE TEARDROPS FALL
(W.S. Stevenson - Clyde C. Beam - Charles L. Jiles)
« © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Let the teardrops fall you said you wasn't gonna call
You didn't love me at all so let the teardrops fall
Since you've been gone I've been so blue
And I spend my time just a thinkin' of you
Well I sit here at home by my telephone hopin' you'll change your mind
Well it's you I dream of and I need your love so tell me you'll be mine
Cause the sun won't shine and the moon it won't glow
And these lonely nights all pass too slow
Sweet memories I still recall
But I miss you so so let the teardrops fall
[ guitar ]
Well I sit here at home by my telephone...
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12.
TURN THE CARDS SLOWLY
(Sammy Masters)
« © '55 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Turn the cards slowly while you're dealin' darlin'
Please don't double-deal to win my heart
Turn the cards slowly while you're dealin' darlin'
Don't go breaking rules right from the start
The ramblin' gamblin' reckless way you treat my heart's a sin
Each night down on my knees I pray your gamblin' ways will end
Turn the cards slowly while you're dealin' darlin'
And if you stack the deck then I'll move on
[ guitar - fiddle ]
Turn the cards slowly while you're dealin' darlin'...
The ramblin' gamblin' reckless way...
[ piano ]
Turn the cards slowly while you're dealin' darlin'
And if you stack the deck then I'll move on
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