BLUEGRASS MUSIC
(MGM E-4018)
June/1962
Produced by Wesley Rose & Jim Vienneau
Sonny Osborne - vocal/banjo
Bob Osborne - vocal/mandolin
Hank Garland - lead guitar
Ray Edenton, John Slagle, Rusty Kershaw - guitar
Pete Drake - steel
Floyd Chance, Roy Huskey - bass
Buddy Harman, Morris Palmer - drums
Recorded:
Jan 9/1959, Bradley Film & Recording, Nashville (3,5,9,11)
Sept 10/1959, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (2,6,8,12)
Nov 15/1960, Bradley Film & Recording, Nashville (1,4,7,10)
1.
BLACK SHEEP RETURNED TO THE FOLD
(Fred Rose)
« © '60 Milene Music, ASCAP »
Oh long is the night I have travelled the way was so bitter and cold
I long for the day when my shepard will say
The black sheep returned to the fold
Forever my dreams are of heaven a treasure more precious then gold
The church bells will ring and the angels will sing
The black sheep returned to the fold
[ steel - banjo ]
My mission on earth now is ended my body is weary and cold
The words have been blessed in this heacen of rest
The black sheep returned to the fold
So bury me there in the churchyard the story of life has been told
And let it be known by the words on the stone
The black sheep returned to the fold
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2.
LONELY LONELY ME
(Bobby Osborne)
« © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Lonely lonely me lonely lonely me
My baby said she loved me but she's gone again
I've never been so lonely yet I don't remember when
Lonely lonely me lonely lonely me
[ banjo ]
Somegow I've got a feeling our love was not to be
She left me all this loneliness lonely lonely me
Lonely lonely me lonely lonely me
Lonely lonely me
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3.
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW (HOW MUCH IT HURTS)
(Don Gibson)
« © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You'll never know how much you'll miss
The one that you love till she's gone you'll never know
You'll never know how much you'll be
Left all alone till she's gone you'll never know
You'll wonder why you're gonna stop the pain
Or how you'll cry and want her back again
You'll wish a thousand times you haven't said me things
You'll wonder if the sorrow and regret will be in vain
You'll never know how much it hurts
To know you were wrong till she's gone you'll never know
[ banjo ]
You'll never know how much you'll miss...
You'll wonder why you're gonna stop the pain...
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4.
AT THE FIRST FALL OF SNOW
(Lorene Rose)
« © '53 Milene Music, ASCAP »
I talked with a stranger so sad and forlorn
His garments were sack cloth all tattered and torn
He told me a story of sorrow and woe
His heart went to heaven at the first fall of snow
He spoke of his angel a dear baby girl
He loved every footstep he loved every curl
But she went to heaven just one year ago
The angels came for her at the first fall of snow
He still have the dolly the one that she used to love
He held and caressed it and he gazed up above
He whispered my darling you're waiting there I know
I'll bring you your dolly at the first fall of snow
And there as I listened my eyes filled with tears
I know she was part of his happier years
His frail bady trembled he spoke soft and low
I'll be with my darling at the first fall of snow
I just couldn't tell how I felt inside
I patted his shoulder my feeling's too high
He smiled as we partred cause he didn't know
That we both lost our baby at the first fall of snow
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5.
IT'S JUST THE IDEA
(John D. Loudermilk)
« © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
It's not your kiss so much I miss
It's not your touch I miss so much
That makes me cry the whole night long
It's just the idea that you're gone
It's just the idea a bitter idea
That it lasted long enough and now you're gone
It's not the first that I'm alone
It's just the idea that you're gone
[ guitar ]
It's just the idea a bitter idea
That it's really over and you're really gone
It's not the loneliness that hurts
It's just the idea that you're gone
It's just the idea that you're gone
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6.
THERE'S A WOMAN BEHIND EVERY MAN
(Wayne P. Walker - Marijohn Wilkin)
« © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
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7.
EACH SEASON CHANGES YOU
(Ruth Talley - Al Gore - Mel Foree)
« © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Like the weather your heart changes with each season
Springtime summer fall and winter too
Though I know I'll never understand the reason
I still wonder why each season changes you
It was springtime when I found you like the flowers
And our love grew warmer with the summer sun
In the fall I could see our love was changing
It broke my heart to see what wintertime had done
Like the weather your heart changes...
[ banjo ]
Came the spring again you said that you were sorry
And the summer brought a golden memory
In the fall again I saw your love was changing
And the winter brought the same old misery
Like the weather your heart changes...
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8.
BLAME ME
(Johnny Paycheck - Darrell Young)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Blame me if you want to I'll just keep on keep on keep on loving you
Lie to me find someone new but I'll just keep on keep on keep on loving you
I met you not so long ago and oh how I felt
Every time you looked me your eyes would cast the spell
But that spell became a broken dream for your love was never true
And no matter what they say I'll just keep on loving you
[ mandolin ]
Blame me if you want to...
Blame me
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9.
GIVE THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR HEART
(Charlie Louvin - Ira Louvin)
« © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Give this message to your heart read my letter one more time
Don't let me tear our world apart please don't read between the lines
Give this message to your heart
I don't know what made me lie to you
Most of all I just don't know why I cheated on you
Give me the chance that I'd give you
Give this message to your heart
[ mandolin ]
It's hard to ask you to forgive
For you have more than done your part
But if you don't then I can't live
Give this message to your heart
I don't know what made me lie to you...
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10.
FAIR AND TENDER LADIES
(Maybelle Carter)
« © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court young men
They're like a star on a summer morning
They first appear and then they're gone
They'll tell to you some loving story
And they'll make you think that they love you well
Then away they'll go and court some other
And leave you there in grief to dwell
I wish I was on some tall mountain
Where the ivy rocks are black as ink
I'd write a letter to my false true lover
Whose cheeks are like the morning pink
Oh love is handsome love is charming
And love is pretty while it's new
But love grows cold as love grows old
And fades away like morning dew
And fades away like morning dew
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11.
I LOVE YOU ONLY
(Dusty Owens)
« © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I love you only for what you are
You may have been a queen or a fallen star
I love you only though you may be
The poorest girl on earth you're still an angel for me
I'd climb the highest hill to prove that I love you so
I'd even shouted loud enough the world would know
I love you only though you may be
The poorest girl on earth you're still an angel for me
[ guitar ]
I'd climb the highest hill...
I love you only
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12.
SWEETHEARTS AGAIN
(Bob Gallion)
« © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'll never love another it's true
Other lips don't kiss me like you do
Other arms don't thrill me like you do
Just one more chance to be with you
Let's be sweethearts again just the way we used to be
Let's be sweethearts again darling just you and me
[ banjo ]
Just one more chance with you again
My tortured heart heart knows how it sin
One more chance and I'll be true
Just one more chance with you
Let's be sweethearts again...
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