1.

Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Bill Monroe

© Peer Int, BMI

Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shinin'
Shine on the one that's gone and proved untrue
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shinin'
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue

It was on the moonlight night the stars were shining bright
When she whispered on high your lover said goodbye
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shinin'
Shine on the one that's gone and said goodbye
[ instrumental ]
It was on the moonlight night the stars were shining bright...

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2.

Country Music Has Gone To Town

Jimmie Driftwood

© 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

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 gone to town...
[ instrumental ]
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 gone to town...

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3.

(# 30 country hit)

An Old Log Cabin For Sale

J.W. Payte

© Bridge Building Music, BMI

While strolling along in the country reviewing the scenes new and old
I found an old fashioned log cabin so beautiful there to behold
A stranger was standing in silence his eyes firmly fixed on the door
My heart ached in pity to see him for these were the words that it bore

And the sign read An Old Log Cabin For Sale an oaken bucket and well
Easy terms just keep a log on the fire and a light burning bright in the dell
Many years an old couple so patiently looked for their boy whose last promise did fail
Now the old rocking chair will be rocking no more there's an old log cabin for sale
[ instrumental ]
A welcome I read on the floormat an old braided rug by the door
The hands of an angel had made it with many a prayer prayed before
In an old rocking chair on she waited for one glimpse of him how she yearned
And now he was standing in silence too late yes too late he'd returned

And the sign read An Old Log Cabin For Sale an oaken bucket and well...
(There's no place like home)

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4.

I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home

A.P. Carter - Anne Bybee

© Peer Int, BMI

Well I wonder how the old folks are at home
I wonder if they'll miss me when I'm gone
I wonder if they'll pray for the boy who went away
And left his dear old parents so alone

Now you can hear the cattle lowin' in the lane
You can see the fields of blue grass where I roam
You can almost hear them cry as they kiss their boy goodbye
I wonder how the old folks are at home
[ instrumental ]
Just a village and a homestead on the farm
And a mother's love to shield you from all harm
A mother's love so true a sweetheart that loves you
Just a village and a homestead on the farm

Now you can hear the cattle lowin' in the lane...

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5.

Little Cabin Home On The Hill

Lester Flatt - Bill Monroe

© Bill Monroe Music, BMI

Tonight I'm alone without you my dear
But in my heart's a longin' for you still
All I have to do now is sit alone and pine
In our little cabin home on the hill

Oh someone has taken you from me
And left me here all alone
Just listen to the rain beat on my window pane
In our little cabin home on the hill
[ instrumental ]
I hope you were happy tonight as you are
But in my heart's a longin' for you still
But I'll just keep it there then I won't be alone
In our little cabin home on the hill

Oh someone has taken you from me...

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6.

(# 4 country hit)

Green Green Grass Of Home

Curly Putman

© Tree Pub, BMI

The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my mama and papa
And 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
And 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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7.

Born To Lose

Frankie Brown

© Peer Int, BMI

Born to lose I've lived my life in vain
Every dream has only brought me pain
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Born to lose it seems so hard to bear
How I long to always have you near
You've grown tired and now you say we're through
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
[ instrumental ]
Born to lose my every hope is gone
It's so hard to face an empty dawn
You were all the happiness I knew
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

There's no use to dream of happiness
All I see is only loneliness
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

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8.

Ivory Tower

Jack Fulton - Louis Steele

© E.H. Morris Co, ASCAP

Come down come down from your ivory tower
Let love come in to your heart
Don't lock yourself in your ivory tower
Don't keep our souls far apart

I love you I love you are you too far above me to hear
Come down come down from your ivory tower
You'll find true love has its charms
It's oh so cold in your ivory tower
But warm so warm in my arms
[ instrumental ]
I love you I love you are you too far above me to hear...

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9.

A Satisfied Mind

Red Hayes - Jack Rhodes

© Starday Music, BMI

How many times have you heard someone say
If I had his money I could do things my way
But little they know that is so hard to find
One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind

Once I was waiting in fortune and fame
Ev'rything that I dreamed for to get a start in life's game
But suddenly it's happened I lost every dime
But I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind
[ instrumental ]
Money can't buy back your youth when you're old
Or a friend when you're lonely or a love that's grown cold
The wealthiest person is a pauper at times
Compared to the man with a satisfied mind

When life has ended my time has run out
My friends and my loved ones I'll leave there's no doubt
But there's one thing for certain when it comes my time
I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind

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10.

(# 7 country hit)

Company's Comin'

Johnny Mullins

© Budde Songs, BMI

Oh mama I'm excited I'm almost out of breath
What 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

We got company comin' company comin' we got company comin' up the road
They're down the road about a mile they'll be here in a little while
There's company comin' up the road
[ instrumental ]
Well Granny change your apron and Willie shine your shoes
Sally put your new dress on we got no time to lose
I'll go find a welcome mat and spread it out with cheer
I don't know yet just who they are can't pick 'em out from here

But we got company comin' company comin' we 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
[ instrumental ]
We'll 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 will be here soon

We got company comin' company comin' we got company comin' up the road
Let them all shout out aloud they'll be here in a minute now
There's company comin' down the road
[ instrumental ]
Oh we got company comin' company comin' we got company comin' up the road
Let them all shout out aloud they'll be here in a minute now
There's company comin' down the road

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11.

(# 19 country hit)

Howdy Neighbor Howdy

James Morris

© Warden Music, BMI

Howdy neighbor howdy get out and come right in
We'll make a bowl of gravy to sop your biscuits in
Boil a pot of coffee and bake a big fat hen
Cook another country ham to feed a hundred men

Drive your wagon in the yard and turn your donkey loose
Kick that old hound out of the way and watch them fightin' goose
So howdy neighbor howdy come in and sit right down
Come on and tell us all the news how are things in town
[ instrumental ]
We're so glad to see you been a wonderin' how you've been
Everybody's feelin' fine so let the fun begin
Get the banjo off the wall and tune it up in A
Play some good ole country tunes like grandpa used to play
[ instrumental ]
Go and get your fiddle down play the tune that I like so
Somethin' about an old man Clark I think his name was Joe
[ instrumental ]
Howdy neighbor howdy get out and come right in...

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12.

Eat Drink And Be Merry (Tomorrow You'll Cry)

Celia Ferguson - Sandra Ferguson

© Budde Songs, BMI

Little heart you've been broken many times before
But the wound always heals no matter how sore
But this time is different and I can't tell you why
Eat drink and be merry tomorrow you'll cry

They say that time will erase all my sorrow
Well I guess since I've lost you I'll find out tomorrow
Be gay while she's with you don't break down and cry
Eat drink and be merry tomorrow you'll cry
[ instrumental ]
A heart that is stricken with hate and with lies
Will soon be forsaken and left there to die
Well I guess that's what happened she said her goodbye
Eat drink and be merry tomorrow you'll cry

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13.

Heartbreak Affair

Kay Adams

© Warden Music, BMI

Glad that we're through I keep telling myself
But this was a heartbreak affair
Now that you're gone I've got time on my hands
To sit around and think about you

Wish it hadn't happened wish it was a dream
But I sit here a crying and I know I'm not asleep
Glad that we're through I keep telling myself
But this was a heartbreak affair

Wish it hadn't happened wish it was a dream...

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14.

(# 10 country hit)

Your Old Love Letters

Johnny Bond

© Red River Songs, BMI

Today I burned your old love letters
I burned them slowly one by one
Before I'd light the flame I'd read them
To try and find the wrongs I done

The first you wrote me was the sweetest
The last one broke my heart in two
And all alone I left you weeping
For the ashes of your letters tied in blue
[ instrumental ]
As I burned your old love letters
I watched my dreams go up in smoke
I lived again those precious mem'ries
I heard each tender word you spoke

The first you wrote me was the sweetest
The last one said that we were through
Our love is there among the embers
In the ashes of your letters tied in blue

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15.

The Battle Of Little Big Horn

Nancy Chase

© Tree Pub, BMI

Have you ever heard the story of the pride of Little Big Horn
Right from the lips of someone that saw
Well I was there on that cold and fateful morning
Watched General Custer and the bloody massacre

There were muskets arrows cannonballs a flyin'
Yellin' screamin' a lot of men were dyin' there at the Little Big Horn

There were one thousand Indians standing on the river bank
Two hundred Calvary waited there with pride
And I saw chief Crazy Horse leader of the Indians
Old General Custer with his musket by his side

Then Crazy Horse started things with a yell
That shattered the quiet of the early morn
General Custer gave out a mighty mighty roar
And they met at the Little Big Horn

There were muskets arrows cannonballs a flyin'...

Of the one thousand Indians there on the river bank
Five hundred Indians died in the fight
And the brave Calvary that had fought there that morning
Two hundred men not a single one survived

There were muskets arrows cannonballs a flyin'...
There at the Little Big Horn there at the Little Big Horn

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16.

Man In The Little White Suit

Dallas Frazier

© Blue Crest Music, BMI

Smokin' cigarettes bar the garden drinkin' coffee by the town
Slowly pullin' my hair out by the rules
Acting funny lookin' at the mirror making faces like a clown
Just sittin' here waitin' for the man in the little white suit

Everybody told me you would drive me crazy
And they said you'd had me barking like a hound
But a fool in love ain't got the sense to listen
Now my barking is the gossip of the town

Smokin' cigarettes bar the garden drinkin' coffee by the town...
[ instrumental ]
Just a crazy fool to believe the things you told me
I hate to say too foolish you know who
I'd sooner be the victim of a hanging
Then to be a fool I am because of you

Smokin' cigarettes bar the garden drinkin' coffee by the town...
Smokin' cigarettes bar the garden drinkin' coffee by the town...

Just sittin' here waitin' for the man in the little white suit
Just sittin' here waitin' for the man in the little white suit

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17.

Bringing Home The Bacon

Paul Mitchell

© Budde Songs, BMI

I wanna bring home the bacon to you
I wanna share what I'm makin' with you
I wanna put you in my budget I wanna keep you in my heart
Cause you're the only apple in my applecart

I'm all set to see the preacher and say I do
I wanna spend my life makin' love to you
We'll build a cottage that's big enough for two
Then I'll be bringin' home the bacon to you
[ instrumental ]
I wanna bring home the bacon to you...
I'm all set to see the preacher and say I do...

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18.

I'm Day Dreamin' Tonight

Mildred Burk - Ross Burk

© Warden Music, BMI

For nighttime I'll borrow sunshine from tomorrow I'm day dreamin' tonight
We make love together my dreamin' gets better I'm day dreamin' tonight
Oh should the flame smother I dream up another whose lovin' is such a delight
Who's crazy about me and can't live without me I'm day dreamin' tonight

Day dreams so sweet to arrange and day dreams so easy to change
I'm happy so happy and everything's right I'm day dreamin' tonight
[ instrumental ]
Your arms close about me your lips never doubt me it looks like I'm doin' alright
Before it's eleven I'm in seventh heaven I'm day dreamin' tonight
I never am gloomy the gals they take to me I'm feelin' as high as a kite
With magical power I dance by the hour with pretty girls holdin' me tight

Day dreams so sweet to arrange and day dreams so easy to change
I'm happy so happy and everything's right I'm day dreamin' tonight...

I hold my dream closer she never says no sir I feel like I'm gonna ignite
It's all fantasy so just let me be day dreamin' tonight

Day dreams so sweet to arrange and day dreams so easy to change
I'm happy so happy and everything's right I'm day dreamin' tonight...

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