GOLDEN COUNTRY HITS
(Capitol ST-2089)
April/1964
Produced by Ken Nelson
Merle Travis, Billy Gray - guitar
Bobby Garrett - steel
Billy Stewart - bass
Bernard Young - drums
Tommy Camfield, Jimmy Belken, Curtis Potter - fiddle
Jimmy Pruett - piano
Recorded:
Dec 10-12/1962, Capitol Records Studio, Hollywood
1.
SAN ANTONIO ROSE
(Bob Wills)
« © '40 Bourne Co, ASCAP »
Deep within my heart lies a melody a song of old San Antone
Where in dreams I lived with a memory beneath the stars all alone
It was there I found beside the Alamo
Enchantment strange as the blue up above
A moonlit pass that only she would know
Still hears my broken song of love
Moon and all your splendor know only my heart
Call back my Rose Rose of San Antone
Lips so sweet and tender like petals falling apart
Speak once again of my love my own
Broken dreams empty words I know still live in my heart all alone
And that moonlit pass beside the Alamo and Rose my Rose of San Antone
[ fiddle - steel ]
Deep within my heart lies a melody...
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2.
PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN
(Harlan Howard)
« © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You were mine for just a while now you're puttin' on the style
And you've never once looked back to your home across the track
You're the gossip of the town but my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it on the ground pick me up on your way down
Pick me up on your way down when you're blue and all alone
When their glamour starts to bore you come on back where you belong
When you've learned these things are true I'll be waiting here for you
When you tumble to the ground pick me up on your way down
[ piano - fiddle ]
They have changed your attitude made you haughty and so rude
Your new friends can take the blame underneath you're still the same
You may be their pride and joy but they'll find another toy
When your new love can't be found pick me up on your way down
Pick me up on your way down...
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3.
WILD SIDE OF LIFE
(William Warren - Arlie A. Carter)
« © '51 Unart Catalog, BMI »
(You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life)
You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
You asked me not to call you on the phone
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life
[ fiddle ]
The glamour of the gay night life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Where you wait to be anybody's baby
And forget the truest love you'll ever know
I didn't know God made...
And went back to the wild side of life
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4.
SHOTGUN BOOGIE
(Tennessee Ernie Ford)
« © '50 Century Songs, BMI »
There it stands in the corner with the barrel so straight
I looked out the window and over the gate
The big fat rabbits are a jumpin' in the grass
Wait'll they hear my old shotgun blast
Shotgun boogie I done seen your tracks
Look out Mr Rabbit when I cock my hammer back
Well over on the ridge is a scaley bark
Hick'er nuts so big you can see em in the dark
The big fat squirrels they scratch and they bite
I'll be on that ridge before daylight
With the Shotgun Boogie all I need is one shot
Look out bushy tail tonight you'll be in the pot
[ fiddle - piano ]
Well I met pretty gal she was tall and thin
I asked her what she had she said a fox 4-10
I looked her up and down and said boy this is love
So we headed for the brush to shoot a big fat dove
Shotgun Boogie boy the feathers flew
Look out Mr Dove when she draws a bead on you
I sat down on a log took her on my lap
She said wait a minute bub you got to see my pap
He's got a sixteen gauge choked down like a rifle
He don't like a man that's a gonna trifle
Shotgun Boogie draws a bead so fine
Look out big boy he's loaded all the time
[ guitar - steel ]
Well I called on her pap like a gentleman oughter
He said no brush hunter's gonna get my daughter
He cocked back the hammer right on the spot
When the gun went off I outran the shot
Shotgun Boogie I wanted weddin' bells
I'll be back little gal when your pappy runs out of shells
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5.
BACK STREET AFFAIR
(Billy Wallace - Jimmy Rule)
« © '52 Unichappell Music, BMI »
You didn't know I wasn't free when you fell in love with me
And with all your young heart you learned to care
It brought you shame and disgrace the world has tumbled in your place
Because they call our love a back street affair
They say you wrecked my home I'm a husband that's gone wrong
They don't know the sorrow that we've had to bear
For the one that I'm tied to was the first to prove untrue
Now they call our love a back street affair
[ steel - fiddle ]
And when the mist rolls away we'll be free to love some day
And have happiness God meant for us to share
I'd climb a mountain dear just all the world can hear
That our love's not a back street affair
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6.
DETOUR
(Paul Westmoreland)
« © '45 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Headed down life's crooked road lot of things I never knowed
And because of me not knowing I now pine
Trouble's got in the trail spent the next five years in jail
Should have read that detour sign
Detour there's a muddy road ahead detour paid no mind to what it said
Detour oh these bitter things I find should have read that detour sign
When I got right to the place where it said about face
I thought that all my worries were behind
But the father I go the more sorrow I know
Should have read that detour sign
Detour there's a muddy road...
[ steel - piano ]
Detour there's a muddy road...
Should have read that detour sign
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7.
WABASH CANNONBALL
(A.P. Carter - William Kindt)
« © '46 Peer International, BMI »
From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore
From the queen of the flowing mountains to the southbells by the shore
She's mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all
She's a regular combination on the Wabash Cannonball
Listen to the jingle to the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine hear that lonesome hoboes call
You're travlin' through the jungle on the Wabash Cannonball
[ guitar ]
She came down from Birmingham one cold December day
As she rolled into the station you could hear all the people say
Now there's a gal from Tennessee she's long and she's tall
She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball
Our eastern states are dandy so the people always say
From New York to St Louis and Chicago by the way
From the hills of Minnesotta where the wrippling waters fall
No changes can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball
[ fiddle ]
Here's to daddy Claxton may his name forever stand
And long to be remembered round the ports of Alabam
His earthly race is over and the curtains round him fall
We'll carry him home to Dixie on the Wabash Cannonball
Listen to the jingle the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine hear that lonesome hoboes call
You're travling through the jungle on the Wabash Cannonball
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8.
YOU NEARLY LOSE YOUR MIND
(Ernest Tubb)
« © '52 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Now if you love your mama and you treat her right
But she keeps a fussin' at you every day and night
Cause she's gonna triflin' on ye they'll do it every time
And when your baby starts to steppin' Lord you nearly lose your mind
Now if your mama'd mean take a tip from me
Lock her up at home Lord but hang on to the key
Cause she's gonna triflin' on ye they'll do it every time
And when your baby starts to steppin' Lord you nearly lose your mind
[ fiddle - guitar - steel ]
But if your mama's good I'll tell you what to do
Give her lots of lovin' Lord but what she wants to do
Cause she's gonna triflin' on ye they'll do it every time
And when your baby starts to steppin' Lord you nearly lose your mind
You come home to your mama find your clothes ain't clean
You can bet you're slippin' if you know just what I mean
Cause she's gonna triflin' on ye they'll do it every time
And when your baby starts to steppin' Lord you nearly lose your mind
And when your baby starts to steppin' Lord you nearly lose your mind
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9.
YESTERDAY'S GIRL
(Hank Thompson - Billy Gray)
« © '52 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
(And now she's yesterday's girl)
You told her lies as her stary eyes look up in admiration
You painted schemes and lovely dreams with all your temptation
You spoke of things like wedding rings and promised her the world
For no cause at all you let her fall and now she's yesterday's girl
You think it's smart to lure the heart of a girl whose lips you kissed
Ain't it just a game to add her name to your broken hearted list
You've loved some long you've loved some wrong you promised each the world
Each came to be just a memory and another yesterday's girl
[ fiddle ]
Don't you sometimes feel that love is real the greatest thing in life
Not one romance you gave the chance to be your cherished wife
You cheat and lie you make them cry and promise each the world
And one by one they each become another yesterday's girl
(When autumn falls and you recall the things that might have been)
Then you'll pause and see your cause the greed that's deep within
When you're old and love grows cold I bet you'd give the world
To just relive to take and give the love of a yesterday's girl
(Yesterday's girl)
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10.
I'LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU
(Floyd Tillman)
« © '58 Peer International, BMI »
If the world keeps on turning as I'm sure it's bound to do
Then I'll keep on loving you
If the dawn comes tomorrow and we know that it is true
Then I'll keep of loving you
What the thing changes sky to fall
The dawn wouldn't come the world wouldn't stall
I wouldn't care as long as you're near it wouldn't matter to me at all
If the stars stay in heaven and the moon stays in the blue
Then I'll keep of loving you
[ fiddle - piano - steel ]
If I ever should lose you then I know just what I'll do
I'll just keep on loving you
You are heaven to me dear you're my every dream come true
And I'll keep of loving you
Life is so sweet when you are near I couldn't do without you my dear
I love you so I want you to know I think of you wherever I go
I will always be faithful and I'm sure that you'll be too
And I'll keep of loving you
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11.
I DON'T HURT ANYMORE
(Don Robertson - Jack Rollins)
« © '53 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
I don't hurt anymore all my teardrops are dried
No more walking the floor with that ol' burning inside
Just to think it could be time has opened the door
It's so wonderful now it don't hurt anymore
No need to deny I wanted to cry the day you said we were through
But now that I find you're out of my mind I can't believe that it's true
I've forgotten somehow that I cared so before
It's so wonderful now it don't hurt anymore
[ guitar - fiddle ]
No need to deny I wanted to cry...
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12.
BEER BARREL POLKA
(Lew Brown - Wladimir A. Timm - Jaromir Vejvoda)
« © '34 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »
[ instrumental ]
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