COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME HITS 1
(Smash SRS-67117)
April/1969
Produced by Jerry Kennedy
Jerry Lee Lewis - vocal/piano
Jerry Kennedy - lead guitar
Ray Edenton, Chip Young - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Pete Drake, Lloyd Green - steel
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman, Kenneth Buttrey - drums
Kenneth Lovelace - fiddle
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano/organ
Vocals:
The Jordanaires (Neal Matthews, Gordon Stoker, Raymond Walker, Hoyt Hawkins, Duane West),
Dorothy Ann Dilard, Louis Nunley, Jeannie Ogletree, William Wright
Recorded:
Feb 25-28/1969, Columbia Studio, Nashville
1.
I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT
(Johnny Bond)
« © '41 Red River Songs, BMI »
Tonight I'm sad my heart is lonely wondering if I'm wrong or right
To dream about you though you left me I wonder where you are tonight
That old rain is cold and slowly falling upon my window pane tonight
And though your love for me grow colder I wonder where you are tonight
[ piano ]
Your heart was cold you never loved me though you often said you cared
And now you've gone to love another someone who'll know the love I've shared
That old rain is cold and slowly falling...
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2.
I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY
(Hank Williams)
« © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill he sounds too blue to fly
That midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry
I've never seen a night so long when time goes crawling by
That old moon just went behind a cloud to hide its face and cry
Did you ever see a robin weep when leaves began to die
That means he's lost the will to live I'm so lonesome I could cry
The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are I'm so lonesome I could cry cry cry cry
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3.
JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU)
(Hank Williams)
« © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Goodbye Joe me gotta go me oh my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne the sweetest one me oh my oh
Son of a gun we'll have a big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
Cause tonight I'm a gonna see my ma cher amio
Gonna pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun we'll have a big fun on the bayou
[ fiddle ]
Thibodaux Fontaineaux the place is a buzzin'
Kkinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style and go hog wild me oh my oh
Son of a gun i'm gonna have a little fun down on the bayou
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo...
I said jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo...
Son of a gun we're gonna have a big fun on the bayou
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4.
FOUR WALLS
(George Campbell - Marvin Moore)
« © '57 Unart Catalog, BMI »
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 I whisper your name
Four walls to hear me four walls to see
Four walls too near me closing in on me
One night with you is like heaven and so while I'm walking that old floor
I listen for steps in the hallway and wait for that old knock on my door
Four walls to hear me...
Closing in on me
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5.
HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER
(Harlan Howard)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Heartache number one was when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
And heartache number two was when you came back again
You came back and never meant to stay
Now I've got heartaches by the number troubles by the score
Every day you love me less each day I love you more
Yes I've got heartaches by the number a love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting that's the day my world will end
[ piano ]
Heartache number three was when you called me
And said that you were coming back to stay
With hopeful heart I waited for your old knock on the door
I waited but you must have lost your way
Now I've got heartaches by the number...
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6.
MOM AND DAD'S WALTZ
(Lefty Frizzell)
« © '51 Peer International, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
I'd walk for miles cry or smile for mama and daddy
Cause I want them to know I love 'em so
I'd work and slave and never rave to my mama and daddy
Cause I want them to know I love 'em so
In my heart the joy tears start cause I'm happy
And I pray every day for mom and pappy and each night
I'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mama and daddy
Cause I want them to know I love 'em so
[ piano ]
In my heart the joy tears start cause I'm happy so happy
And I pray every day for mom and pappy and each night
I'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mama and daddy
Cause I want them to know I love 'em so
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7.
SWEET DREAMS
(Don Gibson)
« © '55 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Sweet dreams of you dreams I know they can't come true
Why can't I forget you and start my life anew
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
You don't love me it's plain so plain
I should know you'll never never wear my name
Oh Lord I should hate you girl the whole whole night through
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
[ piano ]
Sweet dreams of you and I know they can't come true
Why can't I forget the past start loving someone new
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
Instead of having old sweet dreams sweet dreams about you
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8.
BORN TO LOSE
(Frankie Brown)
« © '43 Peer International, BMI »
Born to lose I've lived my life in vain
Every dream has only brought me pain
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
Born to lose it seems so hard to bear
How I long to always have you near
You've grown tired and now you say we're through
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
[ piano ]
You've grown tired and now you say we're through
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
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9.
OH LONESOME ME
(Don Gibson)
« © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Everybody's going out and having fun
I'm just a fool I'm staying home and having none
Well I can't get over how she set set me free oh lonesome me
A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
I'm a lovesick fool that's blind and just can't see oh lonesome me
Well I'll bet she's not like me she's out and fancy free
She's flirtin' with the boys with all her charms
But I still love her so and buddy don't you know
That I'd welcome her right back here in my arms
Yeah there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find me somebody new
This lovesick fool is blind and just can't see oh lonesome me yeah
[ piano ]
I'll bet she's not like me...
There must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues...
Oh lonesome me oh lonesome me
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10.
YOU'VE STILL GOT A PLACE IN MY HEART
(Leon Payne)
« © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If the one you'd think is true ever turns his back on you
Honey you've still you've still got a place in my heart
And if every road you take proves to be a big mistake
Baby you've still got a place in my heart
If I'm a fool to pray that you'll return to me some day
Well then I'll know of million fools that love has made that way
If the years should make you cry don't go on livin' a lie
Baby you've still got a place in my heart
If the years should make you cry...
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11.
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
(Leon Payne)
« © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I love you because you understand dear
Every single thing I try to do
You're always there to lend a halping hand dear
But I love you most of all because you're you
No matter what the world may say about me
I know your love will always see me through
I love you for the way you never doubt me
But most of all I love you cause you're you
I love you because my heart is lighter
Every time I'm a walking by your side
I love you because the future's brighter
The door of happiness you've opened wide
No matter what may be the style or seasons
I know your heart will always be true
I love you for a hundred thousand reasons baby
But most of all I love you cause you're you
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12.
JACKSON
(Billy Ed Wheeler - Gaby Rogers)
« © '65 Bexhill Music, ASCAP »
[ with Linda Gail Lewis ]
Well we got married in a fever it was hotter than a pepper sprout
Now we've been talkin' bout Jackson ever since the fire went out
I'm goin' to Jackson yeah I'm gonna mess around
Take a trip down to Jackson look out Jackson town
When they laugh at you in Jackson I'll be dancin' on the pony keg
When I'll lead you around town like a scalded hound
With your tail tucked between your legs
I'm goin' to Jackson I'm gonna mess around
Yeah I'm goin' to Jackson look out Jackson town
Well we got married in a fever...
When I breeze into that city people gonna stoop and bow
All them women gonna make me teach 'em what they don't know how
I'm goin' to Jackson honey turn loose my coat
I said I'm gonna take a trip down to Jackson bye bye that's all she wrote
Oh we got married in a fever...
Well we got married in a fever...
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