A Real Live Dolly came home to Sevier County, Tennessee, April 25, 1970, to cut a real live album. This date will long be remembered by Dolly and the overflow audience that came to hear her. The album could have been made anywhere, but Dolly chose to come home to her alma mater, Sevier County High School, for the performance. During her career she will make stacks of albums, but this one has special significance, for with this performance she established the Dolly Parton Scholarship Foundation. Scholarships from this fund will enable some worthy students at Sevier High School to obtain a college education. She has asked that a portion of this fund be used to purchase basic instruments and equiptment for the school band. The establishment of this scholarship foundation is a sincere expression of Dolly's love for other people and loyalty to her home folks in Sevier County. The foundation is a project for which she has great plans. Dolly's rise to fame as a singer and a writer in the country-music field did not come quickly or easily. When she was just a tiny girl, her uncles, Bill, Louis, and Robert Owens, would bring her to WSEV and work for hours recording over and over a particular song they were trying to perfect. Some of the songs on this album were written by Dolly and have been identified with her for a long time. From the album's first song, Wabash Cannon Ball, to her tremendous rendition of How Great Thou Art, the warmth of Dolly's personality and her exceptional musical ability come through to the listeners of this album. The excitement of the night's performance reached fever pitch when Doll's friend and duet partner, Porter Wagoner, dropped by to surprise both Dolly and the audience. Together they sang four of thier greatest duets. A great talent... a great gal... a real live Dolly... Dolly Parton. - Hugh "Skip" Trotter -
DOLLY PARTON
A REAL LIVE DOLLY
RCA Victor LSP-4387July/1970
Produced by Bob Ferguson
Recorded live, Apr 25/1970 in Sevierville, Tennessee
1.
WABASH CANNONBALL
(A.P.Carter - arr. Dolly Parton) « © '46 Peer International, BMI »It's good to be back home again at the Seiver Tennessee
I'm awful glad to see you hope you're glad to see me
Now I'd like to say I love you I welcome to you all
Now I know I stole this steam from the Wabash Cannonball
From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore
Up the hills and down the mountains and the valleys to the shore
She's mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all
She's a mighty famous thing called the Wabash Cannonball
(Pete Drake)
[ steel - fiddle ] Well she came down from Birmingham one cold December day
As she pulled into the station you could hear all the people say
That's that train from Tennessee boys she's long and she's tall
She's a famous choo-choo train called the Wabash Cannonball
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2.
YOU GOTTA BE MY BABY
(George Jones) « © '56 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »Oh you said you were my baby now I know that you're my baby
But it seems to me that you got rovin' eyes
So if you wanna be my baby you gotta be my baby
You can't keep your fingers in two different lives
I remember how you pleaded when my love you said you needed
And I believe without a doubt
So if you wanna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
And leave those kissin' cousins out
Well when you're high steppin' I'm a feelin' low
And I get suspicious and I'm a gonna tell you so
So if you wanna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
And be nobody's baby but mine
I'm tellin' be nobody's baby but mine
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3.
TALL MAN
(Billy Strange - Juan Garcia Esquivel) « © '55 Duchess Music, BMI »Oh I wish I was a kissin' tree a growin' in the ground
And every time my sweet pass by I'd throw some kisses down
And if he wants more kisses here's all he has to do
Just come up here that kissin' tree and I'll give him some kissin' to
I love a tall man he ain't a small man
My man is all man and the only man for me
Now I wish I was a kissin' tree out on the lone prairie
And everytime my sweet pass by he'd steal a kiss from me
And if he wants more kisses here's all he has to know
Just plant me down in a Texas town and watch them kisses grow
I love a tall man he ain't a small man
My man is all man and the only man for me
And the only one for me ooh
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4.
Medley:
DUMB BLONDE
(Curly Putman)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Don't try to cry your way out of this
Don't try to lie or I catch you in it
Don't try to make me feel sorry for you
Just because I'm blonde don't think I'm dumb
Cause this dumb blond ain't nobody's fool
THERE'S SOMETHING FISHY GOIN' ON
(Dolly Parton) « © '66 Combine Music, BMI »I think there's something fishy goin' on
There's something fishy goin' on on the fishing trips you're goin' on
Now I'm sick and tired of stayin' home alone
Some night when you come home you'll discover that I'm gone
And you can bet there's something fishy goin' on
PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW
(Dolly Parton - Bill Owens) « © '66 Combine Music, BMI »Put it off until tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today
You say our love is over and that you have found another
Now you say you're going away
Oh that leave me tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today
You've hurt me enough today I can't believe the words you say
But I must accept the fact you won't be coming back
Oh stay stay just one more day loneliness isn't far away
Put it off until tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today
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5.
MY BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BOY
(Dolly Parton) « © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »From a shack by a mountain stream to a room in New Orleans
So far from my blue ridge mountain home
Oh the men I meet ain't warm and friendly like the one in old Virginy
They ain't real like my blue ridge mountain boy
Now I was just a little past eighteen when I came to New Orleans
I had never been beyond my home state line
Oh there was a boy who loved me dearly but I broke his heart severely
When I left my blue ridge mountain boy
Oh life was dull in my hometown lights were out when the sun went down
So I thought city life was more my style little more my style
But nights get lonely away from home and it's easy to go wrong
No the men ain't kind like my blue ridge mountain boy
New Orleans held things in store things I've never bargained for
And every night a different man knocks on my door
Oh but late at night when all is still I can hear a whippoorwill
As I cry for my blue ridge mountain boy
Oh but I can't ever go back home since the boy I loved is gone
He grew tired of waiting for me to return
They say he'd married last October but I never will get over
Oh the sweet love of my blue ridge mountain boy
Blue ridge mountain boy
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6.
Y'ALL COME
(Arlie Duff) « © '53 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »When you live in the country everybody is your neighbor
On this one thing you can rely
They'll all come to see you and never ever leave you
Sayin' y'all come to see us by and by
Y'all come y'all come oh you all come to see us when you can
Y'all come y'all come oh you all come to see us now and then
[ steel - fiddle ] Now grandma's a wishin' they'd come out to her kitchen
And help her do the dishes right away
Then they all start leavin' and though she's a grievin'
You can still hear grandma say
Y'all come y'all come...
One more time y'all come y'all come...
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7.
RUN THAT BY ME ONE MORE TIME
(Dolly Parton) « © '70 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »[ with Porter Wagoner ]
Run that by me one more time to make sure that I heard you right
I hope you don't expect me to believe that line
Well I might be crazy but I ain't dumb and I know a lie when I hear one
Would you run that by me one more time
Well you're late again I see what's your excuse this time
Don't try to kiss and make up when you smell so strong from wine
Well I'm not late the clock is wrong you need to wind Big Ben
And honey that's not wine you smell that's aftershave for men
Run that by me one more time...
What happened to the money I gave you the pays to rent
Well the rent is overdue and we ain't got one red cent
Well I put it in the cookie jar you know that day you brought it home
One day when I come back from town I'll be dogged if that money wasn't gone
Ha ha would you run that by me one more time
Run that by me one more time...
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8.
JEANNIE'S AFRAID OF THE DARK
(Dolly Parton) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »[ with Porter Wagoner ]
Her two little feet would come rinning into
Our bedroom almost every night
Her soft little face would be wet from her tears
And her little heart pounding with fright
She'd hold out her arm then she'd climb in beside us
With a small voice we'd hear her remark
Mommie and daddy can I sleep here with you
Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark
One day in the summer we took some flowers
To place on some old family grave
Jeannie said mommie ain't it dark in the ground
Oh daddy I'd be so afraid
And then she looked up at her daddy and me
And said something that broke both our hearts
She said when I die please don't bury me
Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark
Jeannie was always afraid of the dark
And we never could understand why
Cause we looked after Jeannie with the very best of care
Cause Jeannie was our only child
Perhaps it was death that she was so afraid of
Cause it took her one dark stormy night
I think we always knew that we'd never see Jeannie grow
Cause it seemed that she was destined to die
But on Jeannie's grave we've placed en eternal flame
That glows and never loses its spark
And on the darkest night there's always a light
Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark
Our Jeannie's afraid of the dark
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9.
TOMORROW IS FOREVER
(Dolly Parton) « © '70 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »[ with Porter Wagoner ]
Take my hand and run with me out of the past called yesterday
And walk with me into the future of tomorrow
Yesterday must be forgot no looking back no matter what
There's nothing there but mem'ries that bring sorrow
And yesterday is gone gone but tomorrow is forever
No more crying tears leave tracks and mem'ries find their way back
Tomorrow's waking let's journey there together
And yesterday is gone gone but tomorrow is forever
I care not for yesterday I love you as you are today
And yesterday just helped to pass the time while waiting
We must forget the passing time my love for you is the real kind
The kind that won't hurt you no never
And yesterday is gone gone but tomorrow is forever
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10.
TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY
(Dolly Parton - Bill Owens) « © '67 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »[ with Porter Wagoner ]
There's always two sides to every story
We didn't stay that out if we'll take time
Two sides to every story you tell yours and I tell mine
Well where was you last night when I came home
When I came in you was out and gone
Well I waited up till up to two then I went down valley to look for you
So how's about tellin' me where you was at
There's always two sides to every story...
Well I'm not accusing you of doing wrong
But that's mighty late for you to be out and gone
Now look who's talkin' bout bein' late and I went about to sit and wait
Why you were at that when with no tellin' who
There's always two sides to every story...
There's always two sides to every story...
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11.
HOW GREAT THOU ART
(Stuart K. Hine) « © '53 Manna Music, ASCAP »Oh Lord my God when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
Now I see the stars and I hear the roaring thunder
Thy art throughout the universe displayed
Then sings my soul my Saviour God to Thee
How great Thou art oh how great Thou art
Then sings my soul my Saviour God to Thee
How great Thou art how great Thou art
When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation
To take me home what joy shall fill my heart
And then I shall kneel in humble adoration
And then proclaim my God how great Thou art
Then sings my soul my Saviour God to Thee...
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