lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

SAGINAW MICHIGAN

(Bill Anderson - Don Wayne)
« © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I was born in Saginaw Michigan I grew up in a house on Saginaw bay
My dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman
Too many nights he came home with too little pay
I loved a girl in Saginaw Michigan the daughter of a wealthy wealthy man
But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman
Not good enough to claim his daughter's hand

That's why I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold
Like a crazy fool I'm diggin' in this frozen ground so cold
But with each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then
I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw Michigan
[ guitar ] I wrote my love in Saginaw Michigan
I said honey I'm coming home please wait for me
You can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man
I've hit the biggest strike in Klondyke history
Her dad met me in Saginaw Michigan
He gave me a great big party with champagne
Then he said son you're a wise young ambitious man
Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondyke claim

So now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold cold ground
The greedy fool is a lookin' for the gold I never found
It serves him right and no one here is missing him
Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw Michigan
Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw Michigan
Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw Michigan
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2.

BILLY BAYOU

(Roger Miller)
« © '58 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Back about eighteen hundred and some a Louisiana couple had a red headed son
No name soothed him Jim Jack or Joe so they just called him Billy Bayou

Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go you're walkin' on quick sand and (walk slow)
Billy Billy Bayou watch what you say a pretty girl'll get you one of these days
[ guitar ] Billy was a boy kinda big for a size red hair and freckles and big blue eyes
Thirteen years from the day he was born Billy fought the battle of the Little Big Horn
Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go...
[ guitar ] One said day Billy cried hoho I can whip the feathers of Geronimo
He smarted off the chief got mad that like to have ended our Louisiana lad

Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go...
[ guitar ] The one day in 1878 a pretty girl walked through Billy's front gate
He didn't know whether to stand there and run
He would up married cause he did neighter one

Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go...
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3.

HEART OVER MIND

(Mel Tillis)
« © '62 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I love you so much that I can't leave you
Even though my mind tells me I should
But then you make me think that you still love me
And all my thoughts of leaving do no good

You've got me heart over mind worried all the time
Knowing you will always be the same
You keep hurting me I know but I still can't let you go
For my heart won't let my love for you change
[ steel ] Friends tell me they see you out with others
And in my heart I try hard to forget
But then you come home and say you love me
I still hope there's some chance for us yet

You've got me heart over mind...
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4.

HALF A MIND

(Roger Miller)
« © '58 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I don't love you like I used to do but I'm afraid to tell you so
I've got half a mind to leave you but only half a heart to go

Words to tell you just don't come to me I guess my courage is too slow
I've got half a mind to leave you but only half a heart to go
[ steel ] Maybe time will prove you're not to blame but now the time I need to know
I've got half a mind to leave you but only half a heart to go
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5.

WAITING FOR A TRAIN

(Jimmie Rodgers)
« © '29 Peer International, BMI »
All around the water tank waitin' for a train
A thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain
I walked up to a brakeman to give him a line of talk
He says if you've got money I'll see that you don't walk
I haven't got a nickel not a penny can I show
He said get off you railroad bum and slammed the boxcar door
[ steel ] He put me off in Texas a place I truly love
Wide open spaces round me the moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me or to lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way to Frisco going back to Dixie Land
My pocketbook is empty and my heart is filled with pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home just waitin' for a train
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6.

COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES

(Jimmie Davis - Eva Sargent)
« © '59 Peer International, BMI »
Way down in Columbus G-e-o-r-g-i-a wanna be back in Tennessee
Way down in Columbus Stockade all of my friends have turned their backs on me

Go on and leave me if you wish to and never let me cross your mind
In your heart you love another well leave me little darling I don't mind
[ guitar ] Last night as I lay sleeping I dreamed that you were in my arms
Then I found I was mistaken I was peeping through the bars

So go on and leave me if you wish to...
Go on and leave me little darling I don't mind
Why don't youleave me little darling I don't mind
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7.

LONG BLACK VEIL

(Marijohn Wilkin - Danny Dill)
« © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was killed neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

The judge said son what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die
I spoke not a word though it meant my life
For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me
[ guitar ] The scaffold was high and eternity near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones

She walks these hills...
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8.

LONESOME 7-7203

(Justin Tubb)
« © '61 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Had our number changed today although I hated to
But each time the phone would ring they wanna speak to you
And it hurt to tell them you weren't here with me
Maybe now oh telephone will let me be

It's not in the book so now you'd better write it down
Just in case your love for me should ever come around
You might want to call and break the news to me just call Lonesome 7-7203
[ steel ] I keep the telephone beside me all the time
Hoping you might wanna call and say you've changed your mind
If you do then darling you know where I'll be I'm at Lonesome 7-7203
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9.

I MISS YOU ALREADY

(Marvin Rainwater - Faron Young)
« © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
(Yes I miss you already and you not even know)

The times has come you're telling me goodbye
I know that I can't stop you if I try
I've had too many chances now I'll have to set you free
I watch you go too late I know how much you mean to me

Yes I miss you already don't know how I'll go on
I miss you already and you not even know

So kiss me once again and please don't cry
I promise there'll be no more alibis
I'll have to find myself a way to face this loneliness
I watch you go too late I know I've lost my happiness

Yes I miss you already...
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10.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BABY TO CRY

(Bob Merrill - Terry Shand)
« © '50 RFD Music, ASCAP »
You don't have to be a baby to cry all you need is your love to go wrong
You don't have to be a baby to cry or you lie awake the whole night long
When you leave me my golden rainbow disappears
Then you leave me a broken heart that's full of tears
These ain't raindrops in my eyes why should I lie
You don't have to be a baby to cry
[ guitar ] Well these ain't raindrops...
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11.

WORRIED MIND

(Ted Daffan - Jimmie Davis)
« © '41 Peer International, BMI »
You promised me love that would never die
That promise you've made was only a lie
Now after you've gone all alone I'll pine
For all that I've got is a worried mind

I gave you a ring I gave you a home
You promised me truth that you never wrong
I bought you fine clothes and I bought you wine
But all that you gave is a worried mind

You promised me love...
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12.

TEXARKANA BABY

(Fred Rose - Cottonseed Clark)
« © '48 Milene Music, ASCAP »
She's my Texarkana baby do I love her Lowdy Law
Her pappy came from Texas her maw from Arkansaw
I'm twisted round her finger like a little piece of string
And yet I'm satisfied because she's such a precious thing
If she hauled off and slapped me I wouldn't feel the sting she's my Texarkana baby
She's my Texarkana baby do I love her Lowdy Law
Her pappy came from Texas her maw from Arkansaw
She's pretty as a picture and you ought to hear her name
It's sweet as sarghum syrup and good ol' blue ribbon cane
She gives me lots of sugar and she never spill a grain she's my Texarkana baby
[ choir ] She's my Texarkana baby do I love her Lowdy Law
Her pappy came from Texas her maw from Arkansaw
One night I went a callin' on my pretty little maid
I must admit to you I was a little bit afraid
To offer her a diamond ring with one installment paid she's my Texarkana baby
She's my Texarkana baby do I love her Lowdy Law
Her pappy came from Texas her maw from Arkansaw
I wanted to get married but she said we ought to wait
Because she's busy breakin' hearts in almost every state
I guess we'll put it off until she's broken six or eight she's my Texarkana baby
[ choir ] She's my Texarkana baby do I love her Lowdy Law
Her pappy came from Texas her maw from Arkansaw
She's got two eyes that twinkle like a good ol' country star
She's got a perfect figure that'll stop you wherever you are
And every time I look at her I think of my guitar she's my Texarkana baby
She's my Texarkana baby she's my Texarkana baby
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