lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

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 never leave you
Saying 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 ] The 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'll hear them say
Y'all come y'all come...
[ el.banjo ] Now grandma's a wishing they'd come out to kitchen
And help her do the dishes right away
But they all start leavin' even though she's a grievin' you can still hear grandma say
Y'all come y'all come...
(You all come to see us now and then)
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2.

DETROIT CITY

(Mel Tillis - Danny Dill)
« © '63 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
And I dreamed about the cottonfields and home
I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sister and brother
And I dreamed about the girl who's waited for so long
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home
The homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
By day I make the cars by night I make the bars
If they could only read between the lines
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home
You know I rode the freight train north to Detroit City
And after all these years I'd find I've just been wastin' my time
I believe of my foolish pride on a Southbound freight and ride
Back to the loved ones I've left so far behind
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home
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3.

CRYING MY HEART OUT OVER YOU

(Carl Butler - Louise Certain - Gladys Stacey)
« © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Oh somewhere the music's playin' soft and low
And a stranger holds the one that I love so
I was blind I couldn't see that you meant the world to me
And like a fool I stood and watched you go
Now I'm crying my heart out over you those blue eyes now they smile at someone new
Ever since you went away I die a little more each day
While I'm crying my heart out over you
[ steel - fiddle ] Each night I climb the stairs up to my room it seems I hear you whisper in the gloom
I miss your picture on the wall and your footsteps in the hall
While I'm crying my heart out over you
Now I'm crying my heart...
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4.

COMPANY'S COMIN'

(Johnny Mullins)
« © '54 Budde Songs, BMI »
Oh mama I'm excited I'm almost out of breath
When I saw the light that made me run myself to death
I was on the mountain side when I looked down below
And glory be I thought I'd better come and let you know
That we've got company comin' company's comin'
We've got company comin' up the road
They're comin' up the mountain side Susie don't you run and hide
There's company comin' up the road
[ el.banjo ] Well run out to the henhouse and wring a neck or two
We'll have chicken and dumplings and some yellow gravy too
Grandpa get your fiddle down they might want a tune
Everybody hurry cause them folks'll be here soon
Oh we've got company comin' company's comin'
We've got company comin' up the road
Let them all shout out aloud they'll be here in a minute now
There's company comin' up the road
[ fiddle ] Oh we've got company comin'...
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5.

DON'T LET ME CROSS OVER

(Penny Jay)
« © '62 Troy Martin Music, BMI »
(Don't let me cross over love's cheating line)
I'm tempted my darling to steal you away
Don't let me cross over stay out of my way
You know that I love you but I'm not the stealing kind
And I'm faced with heartaches that love's cheating line
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
You belong to another and could never be mine
I know one step closer would be heaven divine
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
[ steel ] I've tried to forget you but what else can I do
When your eyes keep saying that you love me too
I know if I lose you not a dream would I have left
I don't want to cheat dear but I can't help myself
Don't let me cross over...
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6.

ANGEL BAND

(Pearl D. Jones - arr. Ann Bybee)
« © '57 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
My latest sun is sinking fast my race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are past my triumph has began
Oh come angel band come and around me stand
Oh bear me away on your snowy wings to my imortal home
Oh bear me away on your snowy wings to my imortal home
[ steel ] Oh bear my longing heart to him who bled and died for me
Whose blood now cleanse up from all sins and gives me victory
Oh come angel band...
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7.

COME ON IN (AND MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME)

(Virgil Stewart)
« © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
(Come on in sit right down make yourself at home)
If I had one wish I wish I could go back to my old neighborhood
For the good folks they all loved you as their own
Then I'd go over to my neighbor's house knock on the door and they'd all sing out
Come on in sit right down and make yourself at home
I sing their praises long and loud cause they're all my friends and I'm mighty proud
Of the little old town back home where I was born
I wish that I could hear them say in the good old fashioned friendly way
Come on in sit right down and make yourself at home
[ el.banjo ] Well they don't lock their doors at night cause they all know they're a doing right
And the good Lord's bound to have them for his own
If I'd go back to hear them pray in the little fine church they all would say
Come on in sit right down and make yourself at home
When I was a child of only three I said my prayers at my mother's knee
And I knew right then from God I'd never roam
When I get the summons on the judgement day I hope that I hear my Saviour say
Come on in sit right down and make yourself at home
Come on in sit right down and make yourself at home
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8.

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'd never once looked back at 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
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
[ steel ] They have changed your attitude made you haughty and so rude
Your new friends can take the blame underneath you're still the same
When you've learned these things're true I'll be waiting here for you
As you tumble to the ground pick me up on your way down
Pick me up on your way down...
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9.

SHUTTERS AND BOARDS

(Scott Turner - Audie Murphy)
« © '62 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Shutters and boards cover the windows of the house where we used to live
All I have left is a heart full of sorrow since she said she'd never forgive

The house that we've built was once filled with laughter
But I changed that laughter to tears
And now I live in a world without sunshine oh how I wish you were here
Shutters and boards...

Last night I dreamed that you came to our house to take an old book from the shelf
If you'll open the shutters I'll tear down the boards
Cause I drove every nail by myself
Shutters and boards...
All I have left is a heart full of sorrow since she said she'd never forgive
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10.

BAD NEWS TRAVELS FAST (IN OUR TOWN)

(Bobby Bare)
« © '63 Central Songs, BMI »
The house you lived in now is quiet and the street you walk with him is bright
Oh you should know that talk would get around bad news travels fast in our town
Not so long ago you were my bride so I guess you know that I've got pride
Oh everybody knows you've left me down just look around
Bad news travels fast in our town
Our name is still the same in city hall and the town we walk around in you know is small
And if that doesn't bother you at all
Just look around bad news travels fast in our town
Just look around bad news travels fast in our town
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11.

THERE'S A RAINBOW IN EVERY TEARDROP

(Erwin King - Slim Whitman)
« © '50 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Bienstock Publishing, ASCAP / Quartet Music, ASCAP »
There's a rainbow in every teardrop you're crying
There's a love song in every treetop above
There's a star's face in every snowflake that's falling
There's hope when our hearts dream of love
There's a diamond in every dewdrop that glistens
There's a gold mine in every sunset you see
There's a rainbow in every teardrop you're crying so dry up your tears and kiss me
[ el.banjo - fiddle ] There's a rainbow in every teardrop...
So dry up your tears and kiss me
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12.

BE CAREFUL OF STONES THAT YOU THROW

(Bonnie Dodd)
« © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
A tongue can accuse and carry bad news the seeds of distrust it will sow
But unless you've made no mistakes in your life be careful of stones that you throw

A neighbor was passin' my garden one day she stopped and I knew right away
That gossip not flowers she had on her mind and this is what I heard my neighbor say
You know that girl down who lived down the street she oughta be run from our midst
She drinks and she talks quite a lot
But she knows not to speak to my child nor to me
My neighbor then smiled and I thought
A tongue can accuse...

A car speeded by and the screaming of brakes a sound that made my blood chill
My neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path and saved by a girl lying still
The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out oh who was that brave girl so sweet
I covered the crushed broken body and said
That's the bad girl that lived down the street
A tongue can accuse...
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