lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

HEARTSONG

(Dolly Parton) « © '94 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
A heartsong melody plays like a symphony
The sweetest music I have ever known
A song of joy and pain the mountain angels sing
A bittersweet refreign of my Smokey Mountain home heartsong

Farmer's daughter if you will and I often wonder still
In mem'ries where I rammbled as a child
Makes me cry and makes me laugh my reflections on the past
And the family friends and faith that shaped my life
Ragged clothes and hand-me-downs just enough to go around
But the sweetest things in life are always free
Like the songs the birds would sing and the sweet new grass of spring
And the sacred blossoms on the dogwood tree

A heartsong melody plays like a symphony...

And I recall the thrill and joy of a Smokey Mountain boy
I remember my first kiss and my first love
And the songs I'd song and write and the dreams I'd clutch so tight
And the loved ones that gave me that extra shove
And in that little house a prayer where I spent many hour
Prassing God and lifting up his name
And asking him to lead and to keep watch over me
As I headed up that rocky road to fame

And now this Smokey Mountain girl has been all around the world
But it makes no difference just how far I roam
I still cling to that part that is so dear to my heart
My faith in God and memories of home

A heartsong melody plays like a symphony...
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2.

I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES

(A.P. Carter) « © '51 Peer International, BMI »
Oh I'm thinking tonight of my blues eyes
Who is sailing all over the sea
And I'm thinking tonight of him only
And I wonder does he ever think of me

Could been better for us both had we never
In this wide wicked world had never met
For the pain and the pleasures he's brought me
I am sure I will never forget

So I'm thinking tonight of my blues eyes...

Oh you told me once dear that you love me
And you swore that we never would part
But a linking the chain has been broken
Leaving me with a sad broken heart

Yes I'm thinking tonight of my blues eyes
And I wonder does he ever think of me
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3.

MARY OF THE WILD MOOR

(D. Turner) « © '56 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
On a cold winty night as the winds blew across the wild moor
Poor Mary came wandering home with her child
Till she came at her own father's door

Papa oh papa she cried come down and open the door
Or the child in my arms will perish and die
From the winds that blow across the wild moor

But the man was deaf to her cry not a sound of her voice did he hear
While the watch dogs did howl and the village bells tolled
The winds blew across the wild moor

Oh how the old man must have felt
When he came to the door the next morn
And found Mary dead but the child yet alive
Clutched close to his dead mother's breast

Now the old man in grief pined away
And the day to it's mother went soon
And no one they say has lived there to this day
And the cottage is left to ruins

Now the villagers point out the place
Where the willows droop over the door
Saying there Mary died once a gay village bride
From the winds that blew across the wild moor
From the winds that blew across the wild moor
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4.

IN THE PINES

(Alan Riggs) « © '33 Atlantic Music, BMI »
In the pines in the pines where the sun never shines
And we shiwered when the cold wind blows

My love my love what have I done that makes you treat me so
You've caused me to weep you've caused ne to mourn
You've caused me to leave my home

In the pines in the pines...
[ fiddle ] The longest train I ever saw went down that Georgia line
The engine passed at six o'clock the caboose went by at nine

In the pines in the pines...

I asked my captain for the time of day
He said he throwed his watch away

In the pines in the pines...
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5.

MY BLUE TEARS

(Dolly Parton) « © '71 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Fly ye away from my window little bluebird
Fly ye as far as you can away from here
And let not your song fall upon my ear
Go spread your blue wings and I'll shed my blue tears

For the one that I have loved he has left me and gone
And I am in no mood for to hear your sad songs

Bring not your light into my dark blue yellow sunshine
Waste not your warmth on the coldness in here
Oh trouble me not go ye elsewhere
Go light your blue sky and I'll shed my blue tears

For the only one that I have ever loved has gone away
Now I am in no mood for the sunshine today

Cause I don't know when or if ever again
I will see his sweet face but I fear
It's forever goodbye though I can't say why
But I'll sit here and cry these lonely blue tears

Go spread your blue wings round your blue sky and I'll shed my blue tears
Go spread your blue wings and I'll shed my blue tears
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6.

APPLEJACK

(Dolly Parton) « © '77 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
He lived by the apple orchard in this little ole orchard shack
His real name was Jackson Taylor but I called him Applejack
Now ole Applejack was loved by everyone he ever knew
Cause Applejack picked apples but he picked the banjo too

Play your song for me Applejack Applejack
Play your song for me and I'll sing
Play your song for me Applejack Applejack
Play your song let your banjo ring

Now I'd go down to Applejack's just almost every day
We'd sit and we'd drink apple jar that ole Applejack had made
Then he'd take his banjo down then he'd ask me if I'd sing
And he would play the banjo I'd play my tambourine

Play your song for me Applejack Applejack...
[ banjo ] Now that's when I was just a kid and now that I am grown
All I have are mem'ries cause ole Applejack is gone
Oh but he left me the banjo and it always takes me back
And everytime I play it I still hear Applejack

Play your song for me Applejack Applejack...
Play your song for me Applejack Applejack...
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7.

COAT OF MANY COLORS

(Dolly Parton) « © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Back through the years I go wondering once again
Back to the seasons of my youth
I do recall the box of rags that someone gave us
And how my mama put the rags to use
There were rags of many colors every piece was small
And I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall
Mama sewed the rags together sewed every piece with love
She made my coat of many colors that I was so proud of
While mama sewed she told a story from the Bible she had read
About a coat of many colors Joseph wore and then she said
I hope this coat will bring you good luck and happiness
But I just couldn't wait to wear it and mama blessed it with a kiss

My coat of many colors that my mama made for me
Made it all from the rags but I wore it so proudly
And although we had no money I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors my mama made for me

So with patches on my breaches holes in both my shoes
In my coat of many colors I hurried off to school
Just to find the others laughing and making fun of me
In my coat of many colors my mama made for me
And oh I couldn't understand it cause I felt I was rich
And I told them all the love my mama sewed in every stitch
I even told them all the story mama told me while she sewed
And how my coat of many colors was much more than all their clothes

They didn't hard understand it and I tried to make them see
One is only poor only if they used to be
It's true we had no money but I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors mama made for me made just for me
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8.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN MEMORIES

(Dolly Parton) « © '94 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
You ought to go north somebody told us
Cause the air is filled with gold dust
And fortune falls like snow flakes in your hands
Now I don't recall who said it
But we'd lived so long on credit
And so we headed out to find our promised land

Just poor Smoky Mountains farm folk
With nothing more than high hopes
So we hitched our station wagon to a star
But our dreams all fell in on us
Cause there was no land of promise
Though it's a stuggle just keepin' sight of who you are

Oh and these northern nights are dreary
And my southern heart is weary
As I wonder how the old folks are back home
But I know that they all love me
And they're all thinking of me
The Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong

You know I've been thinkin' a whole lot lately
About what's been and what awaits me
It takes all I've got to give what life demands
You go insane if you give in to it
Life's a mill and I've been through it
I'm just thankful I'm creative with my hands

Oh and these northern nights they're dreary
And my southern eyes are teary
As I wonder how the old folks are back home
But I'll keep leanin' on my Jesus
He'll love and guide and lead us
The Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong

If I'll keep looking to the father
Keep our heads above the water
While the Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong
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9.

NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS

(Beasley Smith - Marvin Hughes - Owen Bradley) « © '42 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 greed you I'll be right there to meet you
So don't turn down my invitation

Hallelujah hallelujah we'll be shoutin' hallelujah all the day
Oh we'll have a jubilee down in Memphis Tennessee
And we'll be shoutin' hallelujah all the way
[ fiddle ] Hallelujah hallelujah...

Take that night train to Memphis...

Hallelujah hallelujah...
Take that night train to Memphis
Take that night train to Memphis
Take that night train to Memphis
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10.

WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS

(Joseph Scrivens - Charles Converse - Sid Feller) « © '18 Redwood Music, BMI »
What a friend we have in Jesus all our sins and grieves to bear
And what a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer

Can we find a friend so faithful who will all our burden share
We should never be discouraged take it to the Lord in prayer

What a friend we have in Jesus...
What a friend we have in Jesus
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11.

HOLD FAST TO THE RIGHT

(James D. Vaughn - arr. Dolly Parton) « © '94 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Come and sit by the side of your mother my boy
You have only a moment I know
And stay while I give you this parting advice
It is all that I have to bestow

Hold fast to the right hold fast to the right
Wherever your footsteps may roam
Oh for sake not the the way of salvation my boy
That you've learned from your mother at home

In your satchel you'll find there's a Bible my boy
It's the book of all others the best
It will teach you to live and prepare you to die
And will take to the gates of the blest

Hold fast to the right hold fast to the right...
[ ac.guitar ] Hold fast to the right hold fast to the right...
Oh hold fast to the right
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12.

WALTER HENRY HAGAN

(Dolly Parton) « © '94 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Walter Walter Henry
I say Walter Henry Hagan you done gone and broke my heart
Walter Walter Henry
You know that I believed you when you swore we'd never part

Well you said you had to have me and well you dang well did
You took me from my country home when I was just a kid
And you took me off to Boston put a baby on my knee
Left me to dangle-dingle so far from Tennessee

Now Patrick might have been one but you ain't been no saint
But a good ole' Irish boy they say we'll always have this drink
And you just won't stop chasin' all those other woman around
A ramblin' and a gamblin' throwin' Irish whiskey down

Walter Walter Henry
Walter Henry Hagan you don't listen when I call
Walter Walter Henry
Of all the men I've ever loved I loved you best of all
(Oh play one for ol' Walter Henry boys)
[ fiddle ] Walter Walter Henry
Walter Henry Hagan you done left your mark on me
Walter Walter Henry
If you ever sober up I'm waitin' back in Tennessee
If you ever sober up I'm waitin' back in Tennessee

Walter Walter Henry
Yoddle-le-ee-hee yoddle-le-ee-hee
Walter Henry Hagan you done left your mark on me
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13.

BARBARA ALLEN

(Traditional) « © '46 Peer International, BMI »
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14.

BRAVE LITTLE SOLDIER

(Dolly Parton) « © '94 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
I'm a brave little soldier I must be bold and strong
A brave little soldier and i must carry on
I'm a brave little soldier a brave little soldier

I'm a brave little soldier I must fight I must win
I'm a brave little soldier through hell and back again
I'm a brave little soldier a brave little soldier
Per rum pum pum per rum pum pum

You thought I am marching through the valley filled with fear
My steps are sure and sturdy and my aim is straight and clear
The enemy is stalking me just waiting for the kill
Like david slewed galiath I will claim this battle field

I'm a brave little soldier I must do what I can
I'm a brave little soldier and I must take a stand
I'm a brave little soldier a brave little soldier

Marching marching onward searching out the light of truth
I did not start the war but it's a battle I can't lose
Faith will be my armor and love my sword and shield
I must defeat the enemy I will I will I will

A brave little soldier I must be bold and strong
A brave little soldier and I must carry on
A brave little soldier brave little soldier
Per rum pum pum per rum pum pum
I'm a brave little soldier
A brave little soldier a brave little soldier
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15.

TO DADDY

(Dolly Parton) « © '76 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Mama never seemed to miss the finer things of life
If she did she never did say so to daddy
She never wanted to be more than mother and a wife
If she did she never did say so to daddy

The only thing that seemed to be important in her life
Was to make our house a home and make us happy
Mama never wanted any more than what she had
If she did she never did say so to daddy

He often left her all alone but she didn't mind the staying home
If she did she never did say so to daddy
And she never missed the flowers and the gifts he never gave her
If she did she never did say so to daddy

Being took for granted was a thing that she accepted
And she don't need those things to make her happy
She didn't seem to notice that he don't kiss and hold her
If she did she never did say so to daddy

One morning we awoke just to find a note
That mama carefully wrote and left to daddy
And as we began to read it our ears could not believe it
The words that she had written there to daddy

She said our kids are older now they don't need me very much
And I've gone in search for love I need so badly
I have needed you so long but I just can't keep holdin' on
She never meant to come back home if she did she never did say so to daddy
Goodbye to daddy
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16.

TRUE BLUE

(Dolly Parton - James N. Howard) « © '94 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
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17.

LONGER THAN ALWAYS

(Dolly Parton) « © '94 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
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18.

WAYFARING STRANGER

(Frankie Laine - Bernard Green) « © '55 MCA Music, ASCAP »
I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
Travelling through this land of woe
There'll be no sickness no toil no danger
In that bright land to which I'll go

Going there to meet my Saviour going there no more to roam
I'm just going over Jordan I'm just going over home

I know dark clouds will gather round me
But I'll be home in a little while
I know his sweet love will surround me
Anmd he will walk with me each mile

Going there to meet my loved ones going there no more to roam
I'm just going over Jordan I'm just going over home

I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
Just travelling through this land of woe
There'll be no sickness no toil no danger
In that bright land to which I'll go
I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
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19.

MY TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN HOME

(Dolly Parton) « © '72 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Sittin' on the front porch on a summer afternoon
In a straightback chair on two legs leaned against the wall
Watch the kids a playin' with June bugs on a string
And chase the glowin' fireflies when evening shadows fall

In my Tennessee mountain home life is as peaceful as a baby's sigh
In my Tennessee mountain home crickets are singing in the fields near by

And honeysuckle vines clings to the fence along the lane
Their fragrance makes the summer wind so sweet
And on a distant hilltop an eagle spreads its wings
And a songbird on a fencepost sings a melody

In my Tennessee mountain home...
[ fiddle ] Walking home from church on Sunday with the one you love
Just laughing talking making future plans
And when yiz see folks ain't lookin' you might steal a kiss or two
While sittin' in the porchswing holding hands

In my Tennessee mountain home...
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20.

HEARTSONG

(Dolly Parton) « © '94 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
A heartsong melody plays like a symphony
The sweetest music I have ever known
A song of joy and pain the mountain angels sing
A bittersweet refreign of my Smokey Mountain home heartsong

(God bless you and thank you and bye bye)
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21.

CAS WALKER THEME

(Bud Brewster - Willie G. Brewster) « © '94 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
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22.

BLACK DRAUGHT THEME

(Traditional) « © '94 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Smile from the inside out smile from the inside out
Black Drought makes you smile from the inside out
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23.

P.M.S. BLUES

(Dolly Parton) « © '94 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Eve you wicked woman you done put your curse on me
Why didn't you just leave that apple hanging in the tree
You make us hate our husbands our lovers and our boss
Why I can't even count the good friends I've already lost

Cause of PMS blues PMS blues
I don't even like myself but it's something I can't help
Got those God almighty slap somebody PMS blues

Most times I'm easy going some say I'm good as gold
But when I'm PMS I tell ya I turn mean and cold
Those not afflicted with it are affected just the same
You poor old men didn't have to grin and say I feel your pain

PMS blues PMS blues
You know you must forgive us cause we care not what we do
Got those can't stop crying dishes flying PMS blues

But you know we can't help it we don't even know the cause
But as soon as this part's over then comes the menopause
Oh Lord oh Lord we're going to always be a heap of fun
Like the devil taking over my body suffering suffering suffering
Everybody's suffering huh

But a woman had to write this song a man would be scared to
Lest he be called a chauvenist or just fall victim to those PMS blues
You know we'd kill for less than that PMS blues
You don't want to cross my path cause a pitbull ain't no match
For these teeth a clenchin' fluid retention
Head a swellin' can't stop yellin'
Got no patience I'm so hateful PMS blues
Premenstrual syndrome
Got those moods a swingin' tears a slingin'
Nothin' fits me when it hits me
Rantin' ravin' misbehavin' PMS blues

It's the only time in my life I ever think about wishing I'd been a man
But you know that only means one thing
If I'd have been a man I'd be somewhere right this very minute
With some old cranky naggin' raggin' hateful woman

With those old PMS blues PMS blues
I don't want to talk about it we both could do without it
Got those treat your kids bad don't you talk back
Gone ballistic unrealistic
Awful lowdown bitch to be around PMS blues
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