1.

(# 6 pop hit)

A Rose And A Baby Ruth

John D. Loudermilk

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

To do do doo doo to do do doo doo

We had a quarrel a teenage quarrel
Now I'm as blue as I know how to be
I can't call you on the phone
I can't even see you at your home

So I'm sending you this present
Just to prove I was telling the truth
Dear I believe you won't laugh when you receive
This rose and a Baby Ruth
[ instrumental ]
I could have sent you an orchid of some kind
But that's all I had in my jeans at the time

But when we grow up someday I'll show up
Just to prove I was telling the truth
I'll kiss you too then I'll hand to you
This rose and a Baby Ruth

To do do doo doo to do do doo doo
To do do doo doo to do do doo doo

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2.

(# 11 country hit)

Truck Drivin' Man

Terry Fell

© American Music, BMI

(I'm a truck drivin' man)

Well I stopped at a road house in Texas
A little place called Hamburger Dan's
Heard that old jukebox start playing
Tune called the Truck Drivin' Man

The waitress then brought me up some coffee
I thanked her then called her back again
I said that old song sure does fit me
Cause I'm a truck drivin' man

Pour me another cup of coffee
For it is the best in the land
I put a nickel in the jukebox
And play the Truck Drivin' Man
[ instrumental ]
Well I climbed back aboard my old semi
And then like a flash I was gone
I got them old truck wheels a rolling
Now I'm on my way to San Antone

When I get my call up to glory
They'll take me away from this land
I'll head this old truck up to heaven
Cause I'm a truck drivin' man

Pour me another cup of coffee...
And play the Truck Drivin' Man

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3.

The Last Letter

Rex Griffin

© Cole Pub, BMI

Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
What have I done that makes you so different and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
If you don't love at least I would like to be told

I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine
I cannot offer you clothes that your young body craves
But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine
Think of the the heartaches the tears and the sorrow we'll save

While I am writing this letter I think of the past
Should I forget you can I still call you my own
Though I still love you I've come to my lipsin at last
If you don't love me I wish you would leave me alone

Now to your arms I'll soon say my farewell at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me

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4.

The Wall

Harlan Howard

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

There's a lot of strange men in cell Block 10 but the strangest of them all
Was a friend of mine who just spent his time staring at the wall
(Staring at the wall)

In his hand was a note that his gal had wrote and it proved that crime don't pay
Twas the very same gal he robbed and stole for name in her weddin' day
(Name in her weddin' day)

As he looked at the wall so strong and tall I could hear him softly curse
Nobody a tall ever climbed that wall but I'm gonna be the first
(I'm gonna be the first)
[ instrumental ]
The warden walked by and said son don't try I would hate to see you fall
There is no doubt they would carry you out if you ever touch that wall
(Ever touch that wall )

A year's gone by since he made his try but I can still recall
How hard he tried and the way he died but he never made that wall
(Never made that wall)

There's never been a man ever shook this can but I know a man who tried
The newspapers called it a jailbreak plan but I know it was suicide
Know it was suicide

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5.

You Are My Sunshine

Jimmie Davis - Charles Mitchell

© Peer Int, BMI

The other night dear as I laid sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
When I awoke dear I was mistaken
And I hung my head and cry

You are my sunshine my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know dear how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away
[ instrumental ]
You told me once dear you really loved me
And no one else could come between
But now you've left me and love another
Guess you've shattered all my dreams

You are my sunshine my only sunshine...

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6.

(# 18 country hit)

Walking The Floor Over You

Ernest Tubb

© Noma Music, BMI

I'm walking the floor over you I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you

You left me and you went away you said that you'd be back in just a day
You've broken your promise and you left me here alone
Don't know why you did dear but I do know that you're gone

I'm walking the floor over you I can't sleep a wink that is true...

Now someday you may be lonesome too walking the floor is good for you
Now just keep right on walking and it won't hurt your pride
Remember that I loved you and I will the day I die

I'm walking the floor over you I can't sleep a wink that is true...

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7.

(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me

Gordon Lightfoot

© Witmark And Sons, ASCAP

(That's what you get for lovin' me)

I ain't the kind to hang around
With any new love that I found
Cause movin' is my stock in trade I'm movin' on
I won't think of you when I'm gone

So don't you shed a tear for me
I ain't the love you thought I'd be
I got a hundred more like you so don't be blue
I'll have a thousand fore I'm through

That's what you get for lovin' me
That's what you get for lovin' me
Everything we had is gone as you can see
That's what you get for lovin' me
[ instrumental ]
Now there you go you cry again
You should have known how things should end
But then someday when your poor heart is on the mend
I just might pass this way again

That's what you get for lovin' me...
That's what you get for lovin' me

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8.

Roving Gambler

Elie Seigmeister

© Tuckahoe Music, BMI

I'm a roving gambler gambled all around
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down
I gambled down in Washington gambled over in Spain
Now I'm on my way to Tennessee to knock down my last game
Knock down my last game knock down my last game

Had not been in Washington many more weeks than three
Till I fell in love with a pretty little girl she fell in love with me
She took me in her parlor she cooled me with her fan
Then she whispered low in mother's ear I love that gambling man
Love that gambling man love that gambling man
[ instrumental ]
Oh daughter oh dear daughter how could you treat me so
To leave your dear old mother and with that gambler go
Now listen to me mother you know I love you well
But the love I hold for the gambling man no human tongue can tell
No human tongue can tell no human tongue can tell
[ instrumental ]
Well I would not marry a railroad man this is a reason why
I never have seen a railroad man that would tell his wife of life
Oh mother oh dear mother I tell you if I can
If you ever see me a coming back I'll be with that gambling man
With that gambling man with that gambling man

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9.

I Will Miss You When You Go

Ernest Tubb - Henry Stewart

© Ernest Tubb Music, BMI

I will miss you when you go much more than you'll ever know
But I'll have a memory to keep you near
In my heart you will remain but it just won't be the same
I will miss a million things that make you dear

Your lovely ways make you so sweet I prayed the angels fair will keep
You're happiness oh you'll be blessed just as you deserve to be
And as you travel on your way just remember that each day
Someone thinks of you and hopes you're happy dear
[ instrumental ]
(I ask for a silver star to shine brightly where you are
To guide your way through all eternity)
And when it's shining from above it will sparkle down with love
In all its glory for the world to see

Your kindly heart will help you find the happiness you have in mind
Your treasured chest will be the best cause it's filled with God's sunshine
I wonder why there are so few lovely people just like you
My but I will surely miss you when you go (when you go)

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10.

Ballad Of Widder Jones And Her Twenty Five Acres Of Sand

John D. Loudermilk

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

When Ben Jones fell under Yankee lead Ben Jones left ol' widder
A lovely thing just turned eighteen who couldn't help but be bitter
He didn't leave her nothing but a cabin and some vittles and some old back taxes
And twenty-five acres of sandy soil in the middle of Texas

Now Widder Jones said Benny's gone and it ain't no use in me cryin'
So Widder Jones went into town and started drinkin' some wine
She told the strangers all around the bar that she was all alone
And that she'd give her land to the very first man who would take her home

Well the next morning found a tall dark stranger lookin' over his new land
Said what good is twenty-five scrawny acres when you can't get grass to stand
He went back inside and told the Widder Jones she'd made a fool out of him
And he laid widder Jones' dying bones neath her twenty-five acres of sand

Now a hundred years has come and gone and Widder Jones is forgotten
The tall dark stranger died in chains in San Quentin's dark bottom
But poor fools they let their hearts be ruled by passion greed and malice
Cause today that twenty-five acres of sand is settin' in the middle of Dallas
Is settin' in downtown Dallas

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