1.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 85 pop hit)

Saginaw Michigan

Bill Anderson - Don Wayne

© Tree Pub, BMI

I was born in Saginaw Michigan
I grew up in a house on Saginaw bay
My dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman
Too many times he came home with too little pay

I loved a girl in Saginaw Michigan
The daughter of a wealthy wealthy man
But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman
And not good enough to claim his daughter's hand

Now I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold
Like a crazy fool I'm a digging in this frozen ground so cold
But with each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then
I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw Michigan

I wrote my love in Saginaw Michigan
I said honey I'm a coming home please wait for me
And you can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man
I've hit the biggest strike in Klondike history

Her dad met me in Saginaw Michigan
He gave me a great big party with champagne
Then he said son you're wise young ambitious man
Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim

Now he's up there in Alaska digging in the cold cold ground
The greedy fool is a looking for the gold I never found
It serves him right and no one here is missing him
Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw Michigan
We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw Michigan
He's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw Michigan

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2.

(# 2 country hit)

Mom And Dad's Waltz

Lefty Frizzell

© Hill And Range Songs, BMI

I'd walk for miles cry or smile for mama and daddy
I want them I want them to know
How I feel my love is real for my mama and daddy
I want them to know I love them so

In my heart joy tear starts cause I'm happy
And I pray every day for mom and pappy and each night
I'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mama and daddy
I want them to know I love them so
[ instrumental ]
In my heart joy tear starts cause I'm happy...

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3.

Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)

Eddie Miller - Robert Yount - W.S. Stevenson

© Four Star Music, BMI

Please release me let me go
I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin
Release and let me love again

Oh I have found a new love dear
And I will always want her near
Her lips are warm while yours are cold
Release me please darling let me go
[ instrumental ]
I once loved your lovely face
But now someone will take your place
Can't you see that you can't win
Release me and let me love again

Please release me let me go...

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4.

(# 1 country hit)

Always Late (With Your Kisses)

Lefty Frizzell - Blackie Crafford

© Hill And Range Songs, BMI

Always late with your kisses
Won't you come to my arms sweet darling and stay
Always late with your kisses
Why oh why do you want to do me this way

How long do you think I can wait
When you know you're always late
Always late with your kisses
Why oh why do you want to do me this way
[ instrumental ]
Always late with your kisses...

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5.

(# 1 country hit)

I Love You A Thousand Ways

Lefty Frizzell - Jim Beck

© Peer Int, BMI

I love you I'll prove it in days to come
I swear it's true darling you're the only one
I think of you of the past and all our fun
I love you I'll prove it in days to come

You're my darling you've been true
I should have been good to you
You're the only that's in my heart
While we're apart

I'll be true I'll prove it to you some day
I love you in my heart you'll always stay
I've been so blue and lonesome all these days
I love you I'll prove it a thousand ways
[ instrumental ]
I'll be nice and sweet to you and no more will you be blue
I'll prove I love you every day all kinds of ways

Darling please wait please wait until I'm free
There'll be a change a great change made in me
I'll be true there'll never be blue days
I love you I'll prove it a thousand ways

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6.

(# 12 country hit)

She's Gone Gone Gone

Harlan Howard

© Tree Pub, BMI

She said if I ever deceived her
She'd be gone before I could count ten
I guess that I didn't believe her
Cause look at the trouble I'm in

She's gone gone gone gone gone gone
Cryin' won't bring her back
The more that I cry the faster than train flies
Further on down the track
[ guitar ]
I've lost every right to be happy
But I lost the heaven I'd found
She warned me she'd leave and she left me
Before my first tear hit the ground

She's gone gone gone gone gone gone...
[ instrumental ]
If I only knew where to find her
I'd crawl there on my hands and knees
Each tick of the clock's a reminder
She's one second further from me

She's gone gone gone gone gone gone...

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7.

(# 1 country hit)

If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time)

Lefty Frizzell - Jim Beck

© Peer Int, BMI

(If you've got the money honey I've got the time)

If you've got the money honey I've got the time
We'll go honky tonkin' and we're gonna have a time
We'll make all the night spots dance to the music fine
If you've got the money honey I've got the time

Well ain't no use to tarry so let's start out tonight
We'll spread joy boy oh boy and we'll spread it right
We'll have more fun baby all way down the line
If you've got the money honey I've got the time
[ instrumental ]
(We'll make all the night spots dance to the music fine
If you've got the money honey I've got the time)

If you've got the money honey I've got the time
We'll go honky tonkin' and we're gonna have a time
Bring along your Cadillac leave my old wreck behind
If you've got the money honey I've got the time
[ instrumental ]
Well we'll go honky tonkin' make every club in town
We'll go to the park when it's dark we won't fool around
But if you run short of money honey I'll run short of time
Cause you with no more money honey I've no more time

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8.

(# 6 country hit)

The Long Black Veil

Marijohn Wilkin - Danny Dill

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

Ten years ago on a cold dark night
There was someone killed neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

The judge said son what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die
I spoke not a word though it meant my life
For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

The scaffold was high and eternity near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones

She walks these hills in a long black veil...

Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows but me

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9.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 29 pop hit)

I Want To Be With You Always

Lefty Frizzell - Jim Beck

© Hill And Range Songs, BMI

I lose my blues honey when I'm with you
No one else can do you're in my heart to stay
But when I'm gone and I'm all alone
I'll be singing a song I want to be with you always

I'd be happy dear if you could only be here
And always be near forever and a day
Then we'll travel far to some big shining star
Just you and my guitar and stay that sweethearts for always
[ instrumental ]
I hope you feel the same you really want my name
But you'll be the one who's to blame it works out wrong that day
Cause my love is true my love is only for you
I'll never be blue if I can be with you always

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10.

(# 7 country hit)

Shine Shave Shover (It's Saturday)

Lefty Frizzell - Jim Beck

© Hill And Range Songs, BMI

11.

(# 36 country hit)

A Little Unfair

Hank Cochran - Chuck Howard

© Pamper Music, BMI

You want me to love just you while you love your share
Ain't that being a little unfair
It's me stay home while you stay gone till you decide to care
Ain't that being a little unfair

I can't see how it can be anything for me
What's mine is yours but what's yours is yours
That's how you wanted to be
You want me to wait for you till you decide to care
Ain't that being a little unfair
[ instrumental ]
I can't see how it can be anything for me...

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