(RCA Camden CAL-705)
March/1962
Produced by Stephen H. Sholes & Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins, Sam Pruett - el.guitar
Velma Smith, Jack Shook, Ray Edenton - rh.guitar
Jimmy Day - steel
Ernie Newton, Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Tommy Vaden, Tommy Jackson, Dale Potter - fiddle
Floyd Cramer - piano
Recorded:
1955-1956, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
1.
FIRST TIME
(Ewan McColl)
« © '56 David Platz Music, BMI »
You opened the door to heaven the first time I kissed you the first time
With you in my arms I knew then the first time I kissed you you were mine
I can't stay away from you it's true
You were meant for me and I was meant for you
I've fallen in love with an angel the first time I kissed you the first time
[ guitar + piano ]
I can't stay away from you...
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2.
YOU CAN'T NEVER TELL
(Luke McDaniel)
« © '55 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Well the other night I had a dream I dreamed I had a castle and I was a king
But you can't never tell Lord you can't never tell
Cause when I woke up my castle was a city jail
Well I met a little gal I thought she was swell
Like a bottom of a bucket I really fell
But you can't never tell Lord you can't never tell
If she's really true or double crossin' you you can't never tell
[ fiddle ]
Well I thought I get rich so I bought a Cadillac
The finance company come and took it back
So you can't never tell Lord you can't never tell
If you're gonna be rich or wind up in the ditch you can't never tell
[ steel ]
Well today you might be a doing fine tomorrow you might be a doing time
So you can't never tell Lord you can't never tell
If you're on the right track or trackin' it back you can't never tell
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3.
GOOD WOMAN'S LOVE
(Cy Coben)
« © '55 Delmore Music, ASCAP »
I was a rover on land and on sea till a good woman's love made a new man of me
Life had no meaning it was so incomplete
Till a good woman's love put me back on my feet
Stead of roamin' I go home in the evening she's waiting there
And I know that no matter what happens she'll always care
And when the night falls and the moon shines above
I'm a man with a dream and a good woman's love
[ fiddle ]
Stead of roamin' I go home...
And a good woman's love
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4.
SEVEN OR ELEVEN
(Luke McDaniel)
« © '55 Hank Snow Music, BMI »
A seven or eleven that would put me high
But it would be just my luck to roll an old snakeye
Well once I had a woman who lived just for me
But a pair of these old shining dice made us disagree
I should have been a farmer we've got along just fine
But I couldn't resist these old dice and a jug of warm red wine
A seven or eleven I could make the bar
But it would be just my luck to roll an old boxcar
[ fiddle - steel ]
Well a woman is like the ocean that flows so deep and wide
Someday she'll take a notion and leave you on the other side
Well a seven or eleven that would put me high
But it would be just my luck to roll an old snakeye
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5.
SAME SWEET GIRL
(Hank Locklin)
« © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
All the years have seemed so short since I have known you
And the love I've shared with you I won't forget
And if we should ever reach a hundred years dear
You will be the same sweet girl as when we met
I'm so glad that I have found you little darling
In my heart I hold the sweetest memory
And each time I gaze into your eyes it's heaven
I can see the same sweet girl so dear to me
[ piano ]
You will never have to live on just a promise I will always be around you when you call
I will never share my kisses with another only with the same sweet girl my one and all
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6.
RICH AND THE POOR
(Ted Daffan - Herman Shoss)
« © '56 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Sometimes I get so lonely and I don't know what to do
Though there's people all around me still I feel so sad and blue
Then I heard your happy laughter as though an angel were to sing
And I knew that I was bankrupt and you were wealthy as a king
My heart's so cold and lonely that I live in poverty
Your heart's so warm and lovin' you are richer more than me
Won't you share your precious laughter you're so rich in happiness
Lend your love to one who needs it and your share will not grow less
[ guitar ]
A wealth you have to offer can't be bought with wordly gold
The love that gold can purchase is kinda bit and oh so cold
I am just a beggar pleading for a smile from you
Lend your love to one who needs it won't you make me wealthy too
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7.
FOURTEEN KARAT GOLD
(Sy Sandler - Eddie Zack)
« © '56 Peer International, BMI »
A chain of steel a wall of stone could not keep me from you
But while your finger wears a ring of gold what can I do
I'm burning up with love but still I'm left out in the cold
Because you wear a yellow band of fourteen karat gold
I never should have let my heart go roaming by itself
But it gets awful lonesome when your heart sets on the shelf
I should have hide it with the stream so it could be control
To stay away from a yellow band of fourteen karat gold
[ guitar - piano ]
I realize that I was wrong that I was all to blame
If there's a ring upon her finger never fan the flame
I'm ready now to pay the price of loving much too bold
A girl who wears a yellow band of fourteen karat gold
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8.
FROM HERE TO THERE TO YOU
(Pete McKinley - Larry Lee Smith)
« © '56 Bathurst Music, BMI »
(From here to there to you)
From here to there to you my letter is on its way
To tell you how I miss you ever since you sailed away
To tell you things are not the same when I'm so far from you
I'm sending all my love from here to there to you
From here to there to you and that's oh so far away
Across this little painted map from here to there to you
I wish that I could go myself across this ocean of blue
Along with my love letter from here to there to you
[ piano ]
From here to there to you...
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9.
I'M A FOOL
(Tom LeMay - Charles Hagaman - Jack Comer)
« © '55 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I'm a fool I gave my heart away
And traded all my dreams for just one kiss from you
I'm a fool to pay the prize I've paied
For just a chance that someday you might love me too
You break my heart each time you say you found somebody new
But I'm a fool so when he's gone I come right back to you
How I pray that someday you'll be true
But till that day I'll be a fool in love with you
[ guitar - fiddle ]
You break my heart each time...
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10.
SHE'S BETTER THAN MOST
(Shorty Long - Dick Wentzel)
« © '56 Mamy Music, BMI »
Don't whisper gossip about her though it may be true what you say
I don't want to hear it I don't need to hear it
To me she's better than most and I love her
Don't talk to me of affairs in the past give her your blessings she's found love at last
So don't whisper gossip about her though it may be true what you say
The stories you rake up can't cause us to break up
To me she's better than most and I love her
[ steel - fiddle ]
The tears that she's cried have not been in vain
Tears clean a heart of heartaches and shame
So don't whisper gossip about her your stories can't stand in our way
Cause I'll just upset them forgive and forget them
To me she's better than most and I love her
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11.
LOVE OR SPITE
(Cy Coben - Bill Carver)
« © '55 Tannen Music, BMI »
Once I know you cared for only me a love we shared I know was right
Tomorrow you'll wed someone else tell me darling is it love or is it spite
When your jealous heart drove me from you you found other arms to hold you tight
Tomorrow when you'll say I do will you marry him for love or is it spite
Is it love or spite that drives you to his arms
Can you make your heart believe it's right
Can't you see that you are doing wrong tell me darling is it love or is it spite
[ steel ]
Though tomorrow wedding bells will ring and I'll see you standing at his side
In my heart I'll still be wondering is it love or spite that's making you his bride
Is it love or spite that drives you...
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12.
TOUJOURS MOI (ALWAYS ME)
(Cindy Walker)
« © '56 Bathurst Music, BMI »
When the moon is shining down down through the moss covered trees
Never let to see you kiss anyone else but me
Toujours moi toujours moi let it be always me
Toujours moi toujours moi your love belongs to me
[ piano ]
When your heart is lonesome for sweet words of love cherry
Promise me nobody else will tell you those words but me
Toujours moi toujours moi...
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