in memory of you, dear old pal. . (Words and Music by C. E. Snow - Hank, The Singing Ranger)G7 C E C C G7 G7 C Gdim G7Everything has gone wrong and the nights are so long since you left us down here all alone,C E7 F C G7 C F Ceveryday seems a year and the whole world is drear, it seems now I just can't go on.G7 F C D7 C7Standing close by my side is our own little pride, he misses your lullaby tune,C E7 F C G7 CAnd his big dark blue eyes swell with tears as he cries "Won't Mummy come back to us soon?"I planted sweet lilies for you dear of one on your grave 'neath the pines in the dawn and our baby each day kneeled with me as I prayed in mem'ry of you dear old pal.G7 C E C C G7 G7 C Gdim G7The angels will love you and keep you I know, 'cause they needed some one just like youC E7 F C G7 C F Cto brighten the heaven around God's great throne, and add a new star to the blue.G7 F C D7 C7I'll watch o'er the baby and tend him with care and each night by his bedside I'll kneelC E7 F C G7 CAnd if tears do not stop me I'll sing him to sleep in mem'ry of you dear old pal..
TEARDROPS ON THE ROCKS. (Bobby Bare - Charlie Williams). '62 Return Music. . Well hello Sam now how you been guess it's a while since I've been in. Before she left you know we came here a lot.
Recorded by Hank Snow. . In an old Dutch garden by an old Dutch mill. Where the moon was dreaming on a distant hill. When a smile danced by it was then that I.
Written by Bonnie Dodd - Charles Mitchell. Recorded by Hank Snow. . If it's wrong to love you wrong I'll alway be. Though the world may scorn me darling can't you see.
Babe you got me up a tree a way out on a limb. You told me lies you let me on then turned me down for him. You took my heart tore it all apart and then threw it away.
Well the wind blows cold in New York City along about the middle of now. And I'm telling you I'd be a happy man if I could get away somehow. Cause I'm growing old before my time finally I see the light.
Part of my love used to go to somebody else can't think of who disclosed to you. Some of my love used to stay head a way for myself. Alone with you here's what I must do.
TAKE THE "A" TRAIN. Writers Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus. . You must take the A train. To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem. If you miss the A train.
I've forgotten you I know that's true. Except when it's raining or when there's sun. I don't remember you you never make me blue. Except when I'm all alone or with someone.
TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA. (Bob Wills - Tommy Duncan). '41 Peer International. . Where's that gal with red dress on some folks called her Dinah. Stole my heart away from me way down in Louisiana.
I didn't have to open up the bottle to pour out the glass of cherry wine. After all the things you've said if I want to look at red. I look at this broken heart of mine.
Recorded by Hank Snow. . Oh, the road of love is rocky, and it's lonely, and so blue,. When the one you dream of, walks on ahead of you.. Well, I laughed the day she left me, said she'd come back in awhile,.
I was totin' my pack along the dusty Winnemucca road. When along came a semi with a high and canvas covered load. "If you're going to Winnemucca, Mack, with me you can ride".
SWING WIDE YOUR GATE OF LOVE. Writers Hank Thompson, S. Nathan. . Swing wide your gate of love, open wide up your heart. I knew when I first met you that you'd be my sweetheart.
Though you have refused to see me my dear. You'd rather I'd be all alone. Still I can't forget the kisses we knew. And the days when I called you my own.
I'm far away from home. Out on the dashing foam. Just how far I have traveled. I'll never know. . Sometimes I feel so blue. And I long for home and you.
STEEL GUITAR RAG. Writer Leon McAuliffe. . Been runnin' around, seen many a town, and maybe you'll find I'm the kind of guy that brags. But listen to me and see if you don't agree No melody rolls like that old steel guitar rag And when they slide that thing, along those strings It sounds so doggone heavenly, you can hear the Angels sing And when you stomp your feet, your heart will beat, A rhythm to the old steel guitar rag Break or bridge: You may be kind choosy, 'bout the kind of songs you hear, You maybe like them blusey, makes you cry right in your beer, But if you want a song that's bound to dry away your tears, Make happy your soul with that old steel guitar rag..
Don't come to me with tears in your eyes just because he couldn't be true. And expecting me to sympathize I'm not at all sorry for you. . You know I realize all that you been through.
That big eight wheeler a rollin' down the track. Means your true lovin' daddy ain't comin' back. 'Cause I'm movin' on, I'll soon be gone. You were flyin' too high for my little old sky.
There's a salmon colored girl who sets my heart a whirl. Who lives along the Yukon far away. Where the northern lights they shine she rubs her nose to mine.