lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

HIGH NOON (DO NOT FORSAKE ME)

(Ned Washington - Dimitri Tiomkin) « © '52 Volta Music, ASCAP / Catherine Hinen, ASCAP / Patti Washington Music, ASCAP »
Do not forsake me oh my darling
On this our wedding day
Do not forsake me oh my darling wait wait along
I do not know what fate awaits me
I only know I must be brave
And I must face the man who hates me
Or lie a coward a craven coward or lie a coward in my grave

Oh to be torn twixt love and duty
Spposin' I lose my fairhaired beauty
Look at that big hand move along nearing high noon
He made a vow while in state's prison
Vowed it would be my life or his'n
I'm not afraid of death at all of what will I do if you leave me

Do not forsake me oh my darling
You made that promise as a bride
Do not forsake me oh my darling
Although you're grieving don't think of leaving
Now that I need you by my side
Wait along wait along wait along wait along
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2.

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 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 the floor
I listen for steps in the hallway
And wait for your knock on my door

Four walls to hear me...
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3.

COUNTRY HALL OF FAME

(Karl Davis) « © '67 Morning Music, ASCAP »
I was roaming round in Nashville in the state of Tennessee
For I love that country music it's as soulful as can be
I have gathered their records for I cherished every name
So I found myself a standing in the Country Hall of Fame

My heart beat somehow faster as I walked in through the door
For I heard the sound of voices I had often heard before
A happy kind of sadness brought a teardrop to my eye
Now I'll tell you what I saw there and I'm sure that you'll see why

Jimmie Rodgers' railroad lantern and his faithful old guitar
I could hear that old blue yodel coming from somewhere afar
Roy Acuff in bronze likeness with that great Fred Rose his friend
And I heard that Wabash Cannonball somewhere around the bend

The guitar of Eddy Arnold memories of Cattle Call
Chet Atkins will be with him when the work's all done this fall
From the autoharp of Maybelle Wildwood Flower seems to ring
Rally Packett and Gid Penner how they all could pick and sing

I could hear George Hay Mason as I stood there in the room
I could hear Tex Ritter singing his classic song High Noon
Minnie Pearl so glad to be there and Hank Snow keeps Movin' On
May the Lord bless those still living and the ones who's joined his throne

Cowboy Copas Hawkshaw Hawkins Gentleman Jim and Patsy Cline
Rod Bradsfield Ira Louvin these stars will always shine
Ernest Tubb and great Red Foley and Hank Williams bless his name
Though some are gone they'll live forever in the Country Hall of Fame
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4.

I'LL HOLD YOU IN MY HEART

(Vic McAlpin - Eddy Arnold - Howard Horton) « © '47 Adams Vee & Abbott Music, BMI »
I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms
Like you'd never been held before
I'll think of you each day and then I'll dream the night away
Till you are in my arms once more

The stars up in the sky know the reason why
I feel so blue when I'm away from you
I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms
So darling please wait for me

(Another lonely day passes and you're still far away
But here's what I'd do my darling until that wonderful day wonderful day)
I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms
So darling please wait for me
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5.

WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU

(Ernest Tubb) « © '41 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I'm walking the floor over you I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you

You left me and you went away you said that you'd be back in just a day
You've broken your promise and you've left me here alone
I don't know why you did dear but I do know that you're gone

I'm walking the floor over you...
[ guitar ] Someday you may be lonesome too walking the floor is good for you
Just keep right on walking and it won't hurt you to cry
Remember that I loved you and I will the day I die

I'm walking the floor over you...
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6.

LOVESICK BLUES

(Ervin Mills - Cliff Friend) « © '49 Mills Music, ASCAP »
I got a feelin' called the blues oh Lord since my baby's said goodbye
Well I don't know what I'll do all I do is sit and sigh oh Lord
That last long day she said goodbye well Lord I thought I would die
She'll do me she'll do you she's got that kind of lovin'
Lord I like to hear her when she calls me sweet daddy
Such a beautiful dream got to think it over lost my heart it seems
I've grown so used to you somehow Lord I'm nobody's sugar daddy now
And I'm lonesome I got the lovesick blues

Well I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful girl that's what's the matter with me
Well I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful girl but she don't care about me
Lord I tried and tried to keep her satisfied but she wouldn't stay
So now that she is leavin' this is all that I can say

I got a feelin' called the blues...
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7.

NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS

(Beasley Smith - Michael D. Hughes - Owen Bradley) « © '56 Peer International, BMI »
Take that night train to Memphis take that night train to Memphis
And when you arrive at the station
I'll be right there to meet you I'll be right there to greed you
So don't turn down my invitation

Hallelujah hallelujah I'll be shoutin' hallelujah all the day
Oh we'll have a jubilee down in Memphis Tennessee
And I'll shout hallelujah all the day
[ ac.guitar ] Take that night train to Memphis take that night train to Memphis
You know how I'm longing to see you
Leave that 3-50-7 and arrive at eleven
And then I'll be shoutin' hallelujah

Hallelujah hallelujah...
And I'll shout hallelujah all the day and I'll shout hallelujah all the day
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8.

SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED

(Lloyd Copas - Lois Mann) « © '57 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Signed sealed and delievered a package containing my heart
To open remove the wrapper but please don't tear it apart

You tore up this heart when you left me you left me alone and so blue
I'm sending this special delivery please handle with care it's for you

It's all that I have to offer but darling you know that it's true
Signed sealed and delievered the postman will bring it to you
[ guitar ] I thought perhaps you would keep it just for a while don't you see
Oh darling please keep it forever without you it's no good to me

Signed sealed and delievered a package containing my heart
I send it to you as a token I'm sorry we're so far apart
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9.

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

(Fred Rose - Mel Foree) « © '45 Milene Music, ASCAP »
No one will ever know my heart is breaking
Although a million tears start to flow
I'll cry myself to sleep and wake up smiling
I'll miss you but no one will ever know

I'll tell them we grew tired of each other
And realize our dreams could never be
I'll even make believe I never loved you then
No one will ever know the truth but me
[ guitar ] No one will ever know how much I'm pining
Each time the past comes back to haunt me so
No one will ever see the tears I'm hiding
You've hurt me but no one will ever know

I'll tell them I've found true love with another
That I was glad the day you set me free
I'll even make believe I never loved you then
No one will ever know the truth but me
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10.

T FOR TEXAS (BLUE YODEL NO. 1)

(Jimmie Rodgers) « © '28 Peer International, BMI »
T's for Texas T's for Tennessee
T's for Texas T's for Tennessee
T's for Telma that made a wreck out of me (yodel)

If you don't want me mama you sure don't have to stall
If you don't want me mama you sure don't have to stall
Cause I can get more women than a passanger train can haul (yodel) [ guitar ] I'm goin' where the water taste like cherry wine (sing 'em boy sing 'em)
Goin' where the water drink like cherry wine (sing 'em boy sing 'em)
Cause this Georgia water taste like perfume in time (yodel)
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11.

WHEN I STOP DREAMING

(Charlie Louvin - Ira Louvin) « © '55 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you

The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life
The first time I ever have wanted to die
Was the night that you told me you loved someone new
And asked me if I could forget
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
[ guitar ] You may teach the flowers to bloom in the snow
And you may take a pebble and teach it to grow
You may teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds
But you can't teach my heart to forget
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
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12.

PEACE IN THE VALLEY

(Thomas A. Dorsey) « © '56 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Oh well I'm tired and so weary but I must go along
Till the Lord will come and call call me away oh yes
Well the morning's so bright and the lamb is the light
And the night night is as black as the sea oh yes

(There will be peace in the valley for me some day)
There will be peace in the valley for me oh Lord I pray
(There'll be no sadness no sorrow my Lord no trouble trouble I see)
There will be peace in the valley for me
[ guitar ] Oh well the bear will be gentle and the wolf will be tame
And the lion shall lay down by the lamb oh yes
And the beast from the wild will be lead by a child
And I'll be changed changed from this creature that I am

(There will be peace in the valley...
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