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Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

The Ballad Of Calico

(# 118 top pop album)

Reprise RSX-6476
Jan / 1972

Produced by Kenny Rogers, Terry Williams

Cover image of The Ballad Of Calico

Kenny Rogers - vocal/bass
Terry Williams, Kin Vassy, Michael Murphey - guitar/vocals
Doyle Grisham - steel
Mickey Jones - drums/vocals
Larry Cansler - piano/organ/vibes
Vocals:
Danny Rogers, Gloria Vassy, Mary Arnold
Arrangements by Kenny Rogers
Recorded:
1971, Glaser Sound Studio, Nashville
Engineering Claude Hill, Don Sciarrotta

1.

Sunrise Overture

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

2.

Calico Silver

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

3.

Write Me Down

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI

Write me down don't forget my name
Write me down don't forget my name

Father are you with me mother are you there
Brother can you hear me sister do you care

(Write me down) write me down Write me down
(Don't forget me name) please don't forget my name

(Write me down) write me down write me down
(Don't forget me name) please don't forget my
Don't forget my name

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4.

(# 91 pop hit)

School Teacher

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

5.

Road Agent

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI

Here lies a road agent dead on a hill
Sing on sing on whippoorwill if you will

Lived and died by his gun
Rise up rise up morning sun

Rise up son of God
Rise up from the sod

Quick money catch penny fly by night
All are equal in his sight

Gone today and here tomorrow
California desert to the veil of sorrow

Rise up son and go
Rise up from below

Thunderbolts cold and flash floods roll
On a glory hole soul story seldom told

From a feast of whiskey and a flow of cash
To the silver black ash from a dance hall flash

Rise up son of chance
Rise up son and dance

Here lies a road agent dead on a hill
Sing on sing on whippoorwill if you will

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6.

Sally Grey's Epitaph

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI

Here lies Sally Grey
She came to town one day
Wasn't long till she went astray
Now she lives this town today
For a better place we pray
Sally Grey

If they only knew the way I used to think about
Being something more than used up by men
I might have been something more than what I am to him
As they lay me down

I think many women are not what they seem to be
They are something more than part of some scheme
Some strong man's dream something more than what she is to him
As he lays her down

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7.

Dorsey The Mail Carrying Dog

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

8.

Harbor For My Soul

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

9.

Calico Saturday Night

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

10.

Trigger Happy Kid

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

11.

Vachel Carling's Robilator

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

12.

The Way It Used To Be

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

13.

Madame De Lil And Diabolican Bill

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

14.

Empty Handed Compadres

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

15.

One Lonely Room

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

16.

Rockin' Chair Theme

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

17.

Old Mojove Highway

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

18.

Man Came Up From Town

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****

19.

Calico Silver (Reprise)

Larry Cansler - Michael Murphey

© Mark-Ken Music, BMI


*****



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