CONNIE IN THE COUNTRY
(RCA Camden CAS-2120)
February/1967
Produced by Bob Ferguson & Ethel Gabriel
Earl Porter, Velma Smith - guitar
Walter Haynes - guitar/bass guitar
Weldon Myrick - steel
Roy Huskey - bass
Leonard Miller, Buddy Harman - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Charles Justice - fiddle
Vocals:
Anita Carter, Dorothy Dillard, Dolores Edgin, Priscilla Hubbard, Louis Nunley, William Wright
Recorded:
Aug 22-23/1966, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
1.
CRY CRY CRY
(Shirley Wood)
« © '66 Shelby Singleton Music, BMI »
At last I found the way to free myself from you
And all the heartaches that you left to make me blue
I thought my world had ended when you said goodbye
Till I found three ways to ease the pain cry cry cry
I cry when I get lonely and sometimes when I'm blue
I cry each time I think about the times I cried for you
I'm sure that I'll get over you as time goes by
Cause I found three ways to ease the pain cry cry cry
[ steel ]
Maybe someday all the tears will wash the hurt away
And drown all of my sorrow I pray for that day
But until the day that all my tears are dried
I'll have three ways to ease the pain cry cry cry
I cry when I get lonely...
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2.
FOOLIN' AROUND
(Harlan Howard - Buck Owens)
« © '61 Central Songs, BMI »
I know that you've been foolin' round on me right from the start
So I'll take back my ring and I'll take back my heart
And when you're tired of foolin' round with 2-0-3
Then come on home and fool around with me
Well I wasn't foolin' round the day I said I'd do
But many a night I wished that I've been foolin' too
I know it's foolish takin' all this misery
But when it's you a fool I'll always be
I know that you've been foolin'...
[ steel - guitar ]
So honey fool around you'll know right where I'm at
Don't worry if I'm lonesome cause I'm used to that
And when you're tired of foolin' round with 2-0-3
Then come on home and fool around with me
I know that you've been foolin'...
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3.
WORLD OF FORGOTTEN PEOPLE
(Loretta Lynn)
« © '63 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I live in the world world of forgotten people
Who've loved and lost their hearts so many times
I'm here in the world world of forgotten people
Where every heart is aching just like mine
Well I've loved and I've been loved but I had the reckless heart
And the many dreams I had I torn apart
Now I find that I was wrong too late I'm all alone
Alone in the world of broken hearts
I live in the world world...
Where every heart is aching just like mine
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4.
I'M LITTLE BUT I'M LOUD
(Boudleaux Bryant - Jimmy Dickens)
« © '57 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
A lots of folks have told me I got poor
For I got right a winter apple picked up in the fall
But even as a young'n I was not the bashful type
Cause I could yell up loud to stop them all
I'm little but I'm loud I'm poor but I'm proud
I'm countrified and I don't care who knows it
I'm like a Banty Rooster in a big red rooster crowd
I'm puny short and little but I'm loud
[ fiddle ]
I learned to do my singing walking long behind a plow
The singing teacher always passed me by
And so I had to sing the only way I know how
Just rear back open up and let her fly
Well I'm little but I'm loud...
[ steel - ac.guitar ]
Well I sang a special solo song in church one Sunday morn
And I was plumbin' barest to my skin
I hit a high and turn around and as sure as I was burn
Two cows and fourteen herses come walking in
I'm little but I'm loud...
I'm puny short and little but I'm loud
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5.
SLOWLY
(Webb Pierce - Tommy Hill)
« © '52 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you
Slowly you're winning a heart that can be true
I can't hide my feelings no matter what I'd do
Cause slowly I'm falling more in love with you
[ steel ]
More and more I need you and want you by my side
More and more I love you as each day passes by
No need to hide my feelings for it's so plain and true
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you
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6.
I OVERLOOKED AN ORCHID (WHILE SEARCHING FOR A ROSE)
(Carl Story - Shirl Lyn - Carl Smith)
« © '50 Peer International, BMI »
The orchid is a flower that blooms so tenderly
To thrill the fairest lady of the land
If placed beside a blushing rose the rose cannot compare
But how was such as I to understand
I overlooked an orchid while searching for a rose
The orchid that I overlooked was you
The rose that I was searching for has proved to be untrue
The orchid now I find my dear was you
[ steel ]
The rose has lost its color but the orchid is the same
And I'm alone to face these lonely years
I didn't see the orchid I was searching for a rose
And now I pay the price with bitter tears
I overlooked an orchid...
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7.
A-SLEEPIN' AT THE FOOT OF THE BED
(Happy Wilson - Luther Patrick)
« © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Well did you ever sleep at the foot of the bed when the weather was whizzin' cold
When the wind was a howlin' round the house and the moon was yeller as gold
And you give your good warm mattress up to Aunt Lizzie and Uncle Fred
How too many kinfolks on a bad night and you went to the foot of the bed
Well I could always wait till the old folks ate and eat the leavin's with grace
The teacher could keep me after school I'd still have a smile on my face
I could wear the big girls' wornout clothes or let sister have my sled
But it always did get my nanny goat to sleep at the foot of the bed
[ ac.guitar ]
It was fine enough when kinfolks come and the kid brought brand new games
You could see how fat all the old folks was and learn all the babies' names
Had biscuits and custard and chicken pie we all got Sunday fed
But I always knew when nighttime come I was headed for the foot of the bed
Now they say some folks don't know what it is havin' company all over the place
To rassle for cover on a winter night with a big foot settin' in your face
Or cold toenails a scratchin' your back and the footboard scrubbin' your head
Well I'll tell the world you ain't lost a thing never sleepin' at the foot of the bed
Well I've done it over and over again in this land of the brave and the free
And in this all fired battle of life it's left its mark on me
For I'm always a strugglin' around at the foot instead of forgin' ahead
And I don't think it's caused from a doggone thing
But a sleepin' at the foot of the bed
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8.
YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH (TO TAKE MY MAN)
(Loretta Lynn)
« © '65 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
You've come to tell me something you say I ought to know
That he don't love me anymore and I'll have to let him go
You say you're gonna take him oh but I don't think you can
Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man
Women like you they're a dime a dozen you can buy 'em anywhere
For you to get to him I'd have to move over and I'm gonna stand right here
It'll be over my dead body you better get out while you can
Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man
[ ac.guitar ]
Sometimes a man start lookin' at things that he don't need
He took a second look at you but he's in love with me
I don't know where they leave you oh but I know where I'll stand
And you ain't woman enough to take my man
Well women like you they're a dime a dozen...
No you ain't woman enough to take my man
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9.
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
Saying y'all come to see us by and by
Y'all come (y'all come) y'all come (y'all come)
Y'all come to see us when you can
Y'all come (y'all come) y'all come (y'all come)
Y'all come to see us now and then
[ fiddle ]
Well kinfolks're comin' they're comin' by the dozen
Eatin' everything from soup to hay
And right after dinner they ain't looking any thinner
And here's what you could hear them say
Y'all come (y'all come)...
[ steel ]
Now grandma's a wishing they'd come out to the kitchen
And help her do the dishes right away
But they all start a leavin' grandma's a grievin'
You can hear my grandma say
Y'all come (y'all come)...
Oh y'all come to see us now and then
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10.
LOVE'S GONNA LIVE HERE
(Buck Owens)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Oh the sun's gonna shine in my life once more love's gonna live here again
And things're gonna be the way they were before love's gonna live here again
Love's gonna live here love's gonna live here love's gonna live here again
No more loneliness only happiness love's gonna live here again
[ steel - ac.guitar ]
I hear bells're ringin' I hear birds're singin' love's gonna live here again
I hear bees a hummin' and I know the days're comin' love's gonna live here again
Love's gonna live here...
Yeah love's gonna live here again
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