lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

DOOLEY

(Rod Dillard - Mitchell Jayne)
« © '63 Lansdowne Music, ASCAP / Winston Music, ASCAP »
Dooley was a good old man he lived below the mill
Dooley had two daughters and a forty gallon still
One gal watched the boiler the other watched the spout
Mama corked the bottles and old Dooley fetched them out
Dooley slippin' up the holler Dooley tryin' to make a dollar
Dooley give me a swallow and I'll pay you back some day

The revenuers came for him a slippin' through the wood
Dooley kept behind them all and never lost his good
Dooley was a trader when into town he'd come
Sugar by the bushel and molasses by the tons
Dooley slippin' up the holler...
[ el.banjo ] I remember very well the day old Dooley died
The woman folk felt sorry and the men stood around and cried
Now Dooley's on the mountain he lies there all alone
They put a jug beside him and a barrel for a stone
Dooley slippin' up the holler...
Dooley slippin' up the holler...
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2.

ONE WAY TICKET TO THE BLUES

(Jimmie Dallas)
« © '61 Warden Music, BMI »
Once I thought your love I'd win but your old flame showed up in town again
Now I know your love I'd lose I've got a one way ticket to the blues
I've got a one way ticket to a world that's full of tears
All my dreams and hopes are gone we built up through the years
Seems I can't win I always lose I've got a one way ticket to the blues
[ fiddle ] I've tried to find somebody new but in my heart there's only room for you
You gave me something I can't lose I've got a one way ticket to the blues
I've got a one way ticket...
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3.

I WOULDN'T BUY A USED CAR FROM HIM

(Harlan Howard)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
[ Norma Jean ] Yes it's true that he and I were sweethearts now he's about to steal your heart away
You're asking me to tell you all I know about him and I have only one thing to say
I wouldn't buy a used car from him don't trust the man that's every woman's friend
Those kinds would always get you in the end I wouldn't buy a used car from him
[ el.banjo ] You don't hear a single word I tell you
I'm sayin' things your heart don't care to know
But you'll agree with me but it's all over and done
He saw you come in and you'll see him go
I wouldn't buy a used car...
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4.

VIOLET AND A ROSE

(Mel Tillis - Bud Auge - John Reinfield)
« © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
[ Porter & Norma ] A violet fell in love with a rose and started it flashing from its head to its toe
Then one day the rose was kissed by the dew
A new love was born and the violet turned blue
Roses are red violets are blue I'm sending red red roses to you
If you care to send some flowers to me then send me some violets I'm blue as can be
[ steel ] I wanted my love to bouquet with you but just like the rose you've proven untrue
A flower that's wild they say has no home and just like the violet I'm left all alone
Roses are red...
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5.

TURKEY IN THE STRAW

(Traditional)
« © '65 Warden Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ] **********

6.

LITTLE SHIRT MY MOTHER MADE FOR ME

(Harry Wincott)
« © '56 Jaymore Music, BMI »
[ Speck Rhodes ] I can't forget the day that I was born was on a cold and frosty winter's morn
The doctor said I was a chubby chap and when the nurse she took me on her lap
Oh she bathed me all over I remember and after powder-puffin' me you see
She put me in the cradle by the window in the little shirt my mother made for me
The first day that I wore my Knickerbocks I felt so funny after wearin' smocks
I looked a little picture they did say but when they let me out to run and play
Oh I didn't like the pants that I was wearin' so on the street I took 'em off you see
And I started walkin' home so brave and darin'
In the little shirt my mother made for me
While I was on my holiday upon the briny ocean I did gaze
The water looked so fine I thought I'd go and have a swim but in a minute oh
All the girls on beach at me were starin' and some were takin' pictures I could see
Was a lucky thing for me that I was wearin' the little shirt my mother made for me
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7.

OLD CAMP MEETIN' TIME

(Traditional)
« © '64 Warden Music, BMI »
Long ago when just a boy at old camp meetin' time
How my heart would beat with joy to hear the old bells chime
Calling all the saints of God onto the house of prayer
Oh such prayin' singin' shoutin' for the Lord was there
How I like the old time preachin' prayin' shoutin' singin'
How I like the old time reading of God's words
How I like to hear those glory hallelujahs ringin'
How I like the old time worship of the Lord

Preaching in the good ole days were filled with holy flame
Preaching for the souls of men and not for worldly fame
Under such old fashion preaching sinners knelt to pray
And the Lord would save them in that good ole fashion way
How I like the old time...
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8.

WHERE THE OLD RED RIVER FLOWS

(Jimmie Davis)
« © '31 Peer International, BMI »
[ George McCormick ] Well I'm dreamin' about Dixie cotton fields and whippoorwills
Where I spent my happy childhood among the rocks and among the rills
I can see my dear old mommy as around the place she goes
To my home in Louisiana where the old Red River flows
Hi-lee-oh-layoo you can hear the darkies singing soft and low
And at twilight in the evening so soft and low so low
On my farm in Louisiana where the old Red River flows
[ guitar ] Well the nights are bright on Broadway and the city's bright as day
On the beach at Coney Island where the liquors make you gay
I'm headin' south tonight dear on the IC where she goes
To my home in Louisiana where the old Red River flows
Hi-lee-oh-layoo...
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9.

SALLY GOODIN'

(Alan Crockett)
« © '47 Warden Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ] **********

10.

COUNTRY MUSIC HAS GONE TO TOWN

(Jimmie Driftwood)
« © '64 Warden Music, BMI »
Oh they say that country music's gone to town
Hold your flocks and put on the cap and gown
What's the country boy to do what's this world a comin' to
Oh they say that country music's gone to town

Well grandpa used to take his dear old fiddle on his knee
And Uncle Buck would git the banjo down
The only music ever heard that could stop a mockin' bird
Now they say that country music's gone to town
Oh they say that country music's...
[ el.banjo ] One day I was walkin' through the canyons and the hills I came upon a cabin far away
An old man with his banjo sat there a paddin' his big toe
And as he played it I could hear his say
Oh they say that country music's...
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11.

Medley:

HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER
(Harlan Howard)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Now I've got heartaches by the number troubles by the score
Every day you love me less each day I love you more
Yes I've got heartaches by the number a love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting that's the day my world will end

BUSTED
(Harlan Howard)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The bills are all due and the babies need shoes but I'm busted
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound but I'm busted
Got a cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't lay
A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day
The county's gonna haul my belongings away I'm busted I'm busted

PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN
(Harlan Howard)
« © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
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
You may be their pride and joy but they'll find another toy
Then they'll take away your crown pick me up on your way down

I'VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL
(Harlan Howard - Buck Owens)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I've got a tiger by the tail it's plain to see
Well I won't be much when you get through with me
I'm losin' weight and turnin' mighty pale and it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
Yeah it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
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12.

LET'S GO ALL THE WAY

(Dusty Rose)
« © '63 Unichappell Music, BMI »
[ Norma Jean ] Oh let's go all the way
When you love half way someone's got to pay
I would have get the part of you so let's go all the way
Love me day and night then I'll know it's right
Love me till I hear you say oh let's go all the way
All the way means happiness living side by side
Half way means the heartbreak if one of us should lie
Just give me a clue that you love me too
Hold me in your arms and say oh let's go all the way
[ el.banjo - steel ] The first time I met you I knew that I'd be true
Want you lay my wedding day and let's go all the way
Let's you and I pretend our love will never end
Tell me you'll be mine today oh let's go all the way
All the way means happiness...
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13.

CAMPTOWN RACES

(Stephen Foster - Larry Fotine - Sammy Kaye)
« © '59 Embassy Music, BMI »
[ George McCormick ] Well I came down there with my hat caved in
Oh I'll go back home with my pocket full of tin oh doo-dah day
Goin' to run all night goin' to run all day
I'll bet my money on the bobtail nag somebody bet on the bay
[ el.banjo ] Well the camptown ladies sing this song doodah doodah
Ah the camptown race track's five miles long oh doo-dah day
Goin' to run all night...
[ el.banjo ] **********

14.

DON'T EVER TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER

(Speck Rhodes) « © '66 Warden Music, BMI »
[ Speck Rhodes ] **********

15.

GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME

(Curly Putman)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my mama and papa
Down the road I look and there runs Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
Yes they'll all come to meet me arms areached smiling sweetly
It's so good to touch the green green grass of home
The old house is still standing though the paint is cracked and dry
There's that old oak tree that I used to play on
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
Then I awake and look around me at these four grey walls that surround me
And I realize that I was only dreaming
For there's a guard and there's that sad old padre arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak
And again I'll touch the green green grass of home
They'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree
As they lay me neath the green green grass of home
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16.

KATY HILL

(Traditional)
« © '55 Warden Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ] **********