THE TALE OF PATCHES
(Smash SRS-67020)
September/1962
Produced by Shelby Singleton
Recorded:
1962, Fred Foster Monument Studio, Nashville
1.
PATCHES
(Barry Mann - Larry Kolber)
« © 62 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
Down by the river that flows by the coal yards
Stand wooden houses with shutters torn down
There lives a girl everybody calls Patches
Patches my darling of old Shantytown
We planned to marry when June brought the summer
I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride
Now I don't see how that ever can happen
My folks say no and my heart breaks inside
Patches oh what can I do I swear I'll always love you
But a girl from that place would just bring me disgrace
So my folks won't let me love you
Each night I cry as I think of that shanty
And pretty Patches there watching the door
She doesn't know that I can't come to see her
Patches must think that I love her no more
I hear a neighbor telling my father
He says a girl name of Patches was found
Floating face down in that dirty old river
That flows by the coal yards in old Shantytown
Patches oh what can I do I swear I'll always love you
It may not be right but I'll join you tonight
Patches I'm coming to you
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2.
ROSES ARE RED (MY LOVE)
(Paul Evans - Al Byron)
« © 62 Music Sales, ASCAP / Port Music, ASCAP »
(Roses are red my love)
A long long time ago on graduation day
You handed me your book I signed this way
Roses are red my love violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love but not as sweet as you
We dated through high school and when the big day came
I wrote into your book next to my name
Roses are red my love...
Then I went far away and you found someone new
I read your letter dear and I wrote back to you
Roses are red my love violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love good luck may God bless you
Is that your little girl she looks a lot like you
Some day some boy will write in her book too
Roses are red my love...
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3.
WOLVERTON MOUNTAIN
(Merle Kilgore - Claude King)
« © 62 Painted Desert Music, BMI »
They say don't go on Wolverton Mountain
If you're looking for a wife
Cause Clifton Clovers has a pretty young daughter
He's mighty handy with a gun and a knife
Her tender lips are sweeter than honey
And Wolverton Mountain protects her there
The bears and the birds tell Clifton Clovers
If a stranger should inter there
All of my dreams are on Wolverton Mountain
I want his daughter for my wife
I'll take my chances and climb that mountain
Though Clifton Clovers he may take my life
Her tender lips..
I'm goin' go up on Wolverton Mountain
It's too lonesome down here below
It's just not right to hide his daughter
From the one who loves her so
Her tender lips...
I don't care about Clifton Clovers
I'm gonna climb up on his mountain
I'm gonna take the one I love
I don't care about Clifron Clovers
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4.
LITTLE BITTY TEAR
(Hank Cochran)
« © 60 Tree Publishing, BMI »
A little bitty tear let me down spoiled my act as a clown
I had it made up not to make a frown but a little bitty tear let me down
When you said you were leaving tomorrow that today was our last day
I said there'd be no sorrow that I'd laugh when you walked away
But a little bitty tear...
[ ac.guitar ]
I said I'd laugh when you left me full of funny as you went out the door
That I'd have another one a waiting I'd wave goodbye as you go
But a little bitty tear...
[ ac.guitar ]
Everything went like I planned it and I really put on quite a show
In my heart I felt I could stand it till you walked with your grip through the door
Then a little bitty tear...
A little bitty tear let me down a little bitty tear let me down
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5.
TELL LAURA I LOVE HER
(Ray Peterson)
« © 61 Edward B Marks Music, BMI / Wise Brothers Music, ASCAP »
Tommy and Laura were lovers he wanted to give here everything
Flowers presents and most of all a wedding ring
He saw a sign for a stockcar race a thousand dollar price it read
He couldn't get Laura on the phone so to her mother Tommy said
Tell Laura I love her tell Laura I need her
Tell Laura I may be late I've something to do that cannot wait
He drove his car to the racing ground he was the youngest driver there
The crowd roared as they started to race
Around the truck they drove at a deadly pace
No one knows what happened that day how his car overturned in flames
But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck
With his dying breath they heard him say
Tell Laura I love her tell Laura I need her
Tell Laura not to cry my love for her will never die
Now in the chapel Loaura prays for her Tommy who passed away
It was just for Laura that he lived and died
Alone in the chapel she can hear him cry
Tell Laura I love her tell Laura I need her
Tell Laura not to cry my love for her will never die
My love for her will never die
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6.
TRAVELIN' MAN
(Jerry Fuller)
« © 60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm a travelin' man made a lotta stops all over the world
And in every port I own a heart of that least one lovely girl
I have a pretty senorita waitin' for me down in old Mexico
If you're ever in Alaska stop and see my cute little Eskimo
Oh my sweet Fraulein down in Berlin town makes my heart start to yearn
And my China doll down in old Hong Kong waits for my return
Pretty Polynesian baby over the sea I remember the night
When we walked in the sands of Waikiki and I held you oh so tight
[ guitar ]
Oh my sweet Fraulein...
Oh I'm a travelin' man yeah I'm a travelin' man
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7.
MILLER'S CAVE
(Jack Clement)
« © 60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
(Dark old cave Miller's Cave)
Way down in the state of Georgia through the swamps and everglades
There's a hole in Tiger Mountain God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave
I had a girl in way cross Georgia but she had unfaithful ways
Made me feel I was unwanted like the birds and the bears in Miller's Cave
I couldn't stand the way she did me couldn't take her lowdown ways
Before I'll stay with the cheatin' woman I'll go live with the bears in Miller's Cave
(Dark old cave)
I caught her out one Sunday morning with the man they call Big Dave
Meanest man in way cross Georgia I'd rather fight a mountain lion in Miller's Cave
I said you'll pay both you and Davy I'm gonna see you in your graves
They laughed at me and then I shot 'em
I took their cheatin' skin and bones in Miller's Cave
(Dark old cave)
That woman made me feel unwanted but I showed her I was brave
Most wanted man in the state of Georgia
But they'll never find me cause I'm lost in Miller's Cave
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8.
TEEN ANGEL
(Jean Surrey - Red Surrey)
« © 62 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Teen angel teen angel teen angel uh-huh
That fateful night the car was stalled upon the railroad track
I pulled you out and we were safe but you went running back
Teen Angel can you hear me teen angel can you see me
Are you somewhere up above and am I still your own true love
What was it you were looking for that took your life that night
They said they found my high school ring clutched in your fingers tight
Teen angel can you hear me...
Just sweet sixteen and now you're gone they've taken you away
I'll never kiss your lips again they buried you today
Teen angel can you hear me...
Teen angel teen angel answer me please
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9.
RUNNING BEAR
(J.P. Richardson)
« © 58 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
On the banks of the river stood Running Bear young Indian brave
On the other side of the river stood his lovely Indian maid
Little White Dove was a her name such a lovely sight to see
But their tribes fought with each other so their love could never be
Running Bear loved little White Dove with a love big as the sky
Running Bear loved little White Dove with a love that couldn't die
He couldn't swim the raging river cause the river was too wide
He couldn't reach little White Dove waiting on the other side
In the moonlight he could see her throwing kisses cross the waves
Her little heart was beatin' faster waitin' there for her brave
Running Bear loved...
Running Bear dove in the water little White Dove did the same
And they swam out to each other through the swirling stream they came
As their hands touched and their lips met the raging river pulled them down
Now they'll always be together in that Happy Hounting Ground
Running Bear loved...
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10.
DEVIL WOMAN
(Marty Robbins)
« © 62 Mariposa Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
I told Mary about us I told her about our great sin
Mary cried and forgave me and Mary took me back again
Said if I wanted my freedom I could be free evermore
But I don't wanna be and I don't wanna see Mary cry anymore
Oh devil woman devil woman let go of me
Devil woman let me beand leave me alone I wanna go home
Mary is waitin' and weepin' down in her shack by the sea
Even after I've hurt her Mary's still in love with me
Devil woman it's over trapped no more by your charms
Yes I don't wanna stay I wanna get away woman let go of my arm
Oh devil woman...
Devil woman you're evil like the dark coral reef
Like the winds that bring high tide you bring sorrow and grief
You made me ashamed to face Mary I barely had the strenght to tell
Skies are not so black Mary took me back Mary has broken your spell
Oh devil woman...
Running alone by the seashore running as fast as I can
Even the seagulls are happy glad I'm coming home again
Never again will I ever cause another tear to fall
Down the beach I see what belongs to me the one I want most of all
Oh devil woman devil woman let go of me
Devil woman let me beand leave me alone I'm going back home
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11.
EBONY EYES
(John D. Loudermilk)
« © 61 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
On the weekend pass I wouldn't have had time
To get home and marry that baby of mine
So I want to the Chaplain and he authorised
Me to send for my ebony eyes
My ebony eyes was coming to me
From out of the skies on Flight 12-0-3
In a hour or two would I whisper I do
To my beautiful ebony eyes
The plane was way overdue so I went inside that airlines desk
I said sir I wonder why 12-0-3 is so late
He said oh they probably took off later
Or they may have run into some turbinate weather and had altered the course
So I went back outside and I waited at the gate
And I watched the beacon light from the control tower
As it flipped through the dark of ebony skies as if it were searching for
(My ebony eyes)
And then come the announcement over the loudspeaker
With those having relatives of friends on Flight No 12-0-3
Please report to the chapel across the street at once
Then I felt a burning break deep inside and I knew the heavenly ebony skies
Had taken my life's most wonderful price my beautiful ebony eyes
If I ever get to heaven I'll bet the first angel I'll recognize
She'll smile at me and I know she will be my beautiful ebony eyes
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12.
BALLAD OF A TEENAGE QUEEN
(Jack Clement)
« © 58 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
(Dream on dream on teenage queen pretties girl we've ever seen)
There's a story in our town of the prettiest girl around
Golden hair and eyes of blue how those eyes could flash at you
(How those eyes could flash at you)
Boys hung round her by the score but she loved the boy next door
Who worked at the candy store
(Dream on dream on teenage queen prettiest girl we've ever seen)
She was tops in all they said it never once went to her head
She had everything it seemed not a care this teenage queen
(Not a care this teenage queen)
Other boys could offer more but she loved the boy next door
Who worked at the candy store
(Dream on dream on teenage queen you should be a movie queen)
He would marry her next spring saved his money bought a ring
Then one day a movie scout came to town to take her out
(Came to town to take her out)
Hollywood could offer more so she left the boy next door
Working at the candy store
(Dream on dream on teenage queen see you on the movie screen)
Very soon she was a star pretty house and shiny car
Swimming pool and a fence around but she missed her old hometown
(But she missed her old hometown)
All the world was at her door all except the boy next door
Who worked at the candy store
(Dream on dream on teenage queen saddest girl we've ever seen)
Then one day the teenage star sold her house and all her cars
Gave up all her wealth and fame left it all and caught a train
(Left it all and caught a train)
Do I have to tell you more she came back to the boy next door
Who worked at the candy store
(Now this story has some more you'll hear it all at the candy store)
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