I Beg of You

(words & music by Rose Marie McCoy - Kelly Owens)

I don't want my heart to be broken

Cause it's the only one I've got

So darling please be careful

You know I care a lot

Darling please don't break my heart

I beg of you

I don't want no tears a-falling

You know I hate to cry

But that's what's bound to happen

I you only say goodbye

Darling please don't say goodbye

I beg of you

Hold my hand and promise

That you'll always love me true

Make me know you'll love me

The same way I love you little girl

You got me at your mercy

Now that I'm in love with you

So please don't take advantage

Cause you know my love is true

Darling please please love me too

I beg of you

Hold my hand and promise

That you'll always love me true

Make me know you'll love me

The same way I love you little girl

You got me at your mercy

Now that I'm in love with you

So please don't take advantage

Cause you know my love is true

Darling please please love me too

I beg of you

I Believe

(Words & music by Erwin Drake - Irvin Graham -

Jimmy Shirl - Al Stillman)

I believe for every drop of rain that falls

A flower grows

I believe that somewhere in the darkest night

A candle glows

I believe for everyone who goes astray, someone will come

To show the way

I believe, I believe

I believe above a storm the smallest prayer

Can still be heard

I believe that someone in the great somewhere

Hears every word

Everytime I hear a new born baby cry,

Or touch a leaf or see the sky

Then I know why, I believe

Everytime I hear a new born baby cry,

Or touch a leaf or see the sky

Then I know why, I believe

I Believe in the Man in the Sky

(Words & music by Richard Howard)

The steps that lead to any church

Form a stairway to a star

They're part of God and should be trod

More often than they are

I believe in the man in the sky

I believe with his help I'll get by

My footsteps may falter

My eyes may grow dim

But he's my Gibraltar

I'm trusting in him

Though a sparrow is all I may be

On me he will still keep an eye

Yes I'm singing his praise

Till the end of my days

I believe in the man in the sky

Sparrow, sparrow am I

Keep an eye

Yes I'm singing his praise

Till the end of my days

I believe in the man in the sky

I Can Help

(words & music by Billy Swan)

If you've got a problem, I don't care what it is

If you need a hand, I can assure you this

I can help, I've got two strong arms, I can help

It would sure do me good to do you good,

Let me help

It's a fact that people get lonely, ain't nothing new

But a woman like you baby, should never have the blues

Let me help, I've got two for me, let me help

It would sure do me good to do you good

Let me help

When I go to sleep at night, you're always a part of my dream

Holding me tight and telling me everything I want to hear

Don't forget me baby, all you gotta do is call

You know how I feel about you, if I can do anything at all

Let me help

If your child needs a daddy, I can help

It would sure do me good to do you good,

Let me help

I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)

(words & music by Hank Williams)

Today I passed you on the street

And my heart was at your feet

I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

Somebody else stood by your side

And he looked so satisfied

I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

A memory from the past came slowly stealing

As I braced your arm and walked so close to you (yeah)

Oh heaven only knows how much I miss you

I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

I Can't Stop Loving You

(words & music by Don Gibson)

I can't stop loving you

So I've made up my mind

To live in memory

Of such an old lonesome time

I can't stop wanting you

It's useless to say

So I'll just live my life

In dreams of yesterday.

Those happy hours

That we once knew

Though long ago,

They still make me blue

They say that time

Heals a broken heart

But time has stood still

Since we've been apart

I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine

(words & music by M. David)

Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine.

I get my lovin' in the evening time

When I'm with my baby.

Well, it ain't no fun with the sun around.

I get going when the sun goes down

And I'm with my baby.

Well, that's when we're gonna kiss and kiss and kiss and kiss,

And we're gonna kiss some more.

Who cares how many times we kiss,

'Cause at a time like this, who keeps score?

Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine

I get my loving in the evening time

When I meet my baby.

And it don't matter if it's sleet or snow,

The drive-in's cozy when the lights are low

And I'm with my baby.

Makes no difference if the rain comes down

I don't notice when she's around.

Oh boy, what a baby.

Well, that's when we're gonna kiss and kiss and kiss and kiss

and

We're gonna kiss some more.

Well, one kiss from my baby doll

Makes me hot-

More more more more.

Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine

I get my loving in the evening time

When I'm with my baby.

Well, that's when we're gonna kiss and kiss and kiss and kiss

and

We're gonna kiss some more.

Well, one kiss from my baby doll

Makes me hot-

More more more more.

Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine

I get my loving in the evening time

When I'm with my baby.

I Don't Wanna Be Tied

(Words & music by Giant - Baum - Kaye)

I want my share of love, it might as well be known

But I ain't thinking of one girl to love alone

That ain't the way it's gonna be, I'm on my own and I am free

And I've been satisfied, so I don't wanna be tied

Somebody's loving arms can sure be sweet I've found

But I want no-one's arms to ever hold me down

Once I get caught inside a net I'm gonna run I bet

I'm gonna run and hide, I don't wanna be tied

I've seen lovers who were matched, they thought that love

could stay

Once they cared and got attached, it seems that love just

slipped away

Don't want no claims on me,

don't want no chains that bind

As anyone could see

I say what's on my mind

Well there ain't nothing I conceal, I'm gonna play the field

The field of love is wide ,

I don't wanna be tied

The field of love is wide,

I don't wanna be tied

The field of love is wide,

I don't wanna be tied

I said I don't, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be tied

I Don't Want To

(Words & music by Tarre - Spielman)

I don't want to, I don't want to

I don't want to let you know how much I want you

Don't come near me, I don't trust you

I don't trust the way you thrill me when I touch you

I was happy free and easy, I could go around

And do the things that please me

I don't want to get tied down with a girl like you

I don't want to ... love you, but I do

I was happy free and easy, I could go around

And do the things that please me

I don't want to get tied down with a girl like you

I don't want to ... love you, but I do

I don't want to love you, but I do

I Feel So Bad

(words & music by Chuck Willis)

Feel so bad

Like a ball game on a rainy day

Feel so bad

Like a ball game on a rainy day

Yes' I got my rain check

Shake my head and walk away

Oooo-people that's the way I feel

Oooo-people that's the way I feel

Sometimes I think I want

Then again I think I don't

Sometimes I want to stay here

Then again I want to leave here

Then again I want to stay

Yes, I got my train fare

Pack my grip and ride away

Oooo-people that's the way I feel

Oooo-people that's the way I feel

Sometimes I think I want

Then again I think I don't

I Feel That I've Known You Forever

(words & music by Pomus - Jeffrys)

Your lips, your eyes, your soft sweet sights

I feel that I've known you forever

Your style, your touch, you're just too much

I feel that I've known you forever

I know that this never happened to me

Don't have to see anymore than I see

Your face so rare, beyond compare

I feel that I've known you forever

And ever and ever

If Every Day Was Like Christmas

(words & music by Red West)

I hear the bells

Saying Christmas is near

They ring out to tell the world

That this is the season of cheer

I hear a choir

Singing sweetly somewhere

And a glow fills my heart

I'm at peace with the world

As the sound of their singing fills the air

Oh why can't every day be like Christmas

Why can't that feeling go on endlessly

For if everyday could be just like Christmas

What a wonderful world this would be

I hear a child

Telling Santa what to bring

And the smile upon his tiny face

Is worth more to me than anything

If I Can Dream

(words & music by Brown)

There must be lights burning brighter somewhere

Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue

If I can dream of a better land

Where all my brothers walk hand in hand

Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my dream come true

There must be peace and understanding sometime

Strong winds of promise that will blow away

All the doubt and fear

If I can dream of a warmer sun

Where hope keeps shining on everyone

Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun appear

We're lost in a cloud

With too much rain

We're trapped in a world

That's troubled with pain

But as long as a man

Has the strength to dream

He can redeem his soul and fly

Deep in my heart there's a trembling question

Still I am sure that the answer gonna come somehow

Out there in the dark, there's a beckoning candle

And while I can think, while I can talk

While I can stand, while I can walk

While I can dream, please let my dream

Come true, right now

Let it come true right now

Oh yeah

If I Get Home on Christmas Day

(words & music by Tony Macaulay)

If I get home on Christmas day

I won't need soft words to say

I'll miss you and I can stay a while

You'll see it in my eyes and when I smile

If I get home before midnight

While you're still sleeping tight

I'll take you in my arms and there you'll stay

If I get home on Christmas day

Writing letters everyday

Never really seem to say

The way I feel deep in this heart of mine

Thought I'm half a world away

If we're patient and we pray

Know I'll get my chance with you this time

If I get home on Christmas day

I won't need soft words to say

I'll miss you and I can stay a while

You'll see it in my eyes and when I smile

If I get home before midnight

While you're still sleeping tight

I'll take you in my arms and there you'll stay

If I get home on Christmas day

I'll take you in my arms and there you'll stay

If I get home on Christmas day

If I Loved You

(words & music by Rodgers/Hammerstein)

If I loved you

Words wouldn't come in an easy way

Round in circles I'd go

Only to tell you

But afraid and shy

I let my golden chances pass me by

Soon you'll leave me

Ought (?) you would go in a misty day

Never, never let you know

I love you eternally

If I'm a Fool (For Loving You)

(Words & music by Stan Kesler)

If I'm a fool for loving you then that's just what I want to be

They're saying I am just your clown and any fool could see

That you're just having fun and you're not in love with me

The things they're saying may be true, but there's something

they can't see

If I'm a fool for loving you then that's just what I want to be

If I'm a dreamer, let me dream. If I'm your clown I'll steal the

show

If things are not the way they seem, please don't ever let me

know

If I am blind it's because I just don't want to see

If I'm a fool for loving you then that's just what I want to be

If I'm a dreamer, let me dream. If I'm your clown I'll steal the

show

If things are not the way they seem, please don't ever let me

know

If I am blind it's because I just don't want to see

If I'm a fool for loving you then that's just what I want to be

If I'm a fool for loving you then that's just what I want to be

If I'm a fool for loving you

If I Were You

(Words & music by Nelson)

The sandman comes to my house late each night

But it's way in the morning before he turns out my life

It's times like this my darling I can see

If I were you I'd know that I love me

The great snowman I've been called by all

But it looks like this time I'm gonna fall

It's times like this my darling I can see

Oooh If I were you I'd know that I love me

Wind and rain and storm closin' in on me

I've walked the streets alone with my self sympathy

Can you hear me saying hopefully

Oooh If I were you I'd know that I love me

Wind and rain and storm closin' in on me

I've walked the streets alone with my self sympathy

Can you hear me saying hopefully

If I were you I'd know that I love me

Oooh If I were you I'd know that I love me

If I were you I'd know that I love me

I Forgot to Remember to Forget

(words & music by S. Kesler - C. Feathers)

I forgot to remember to forget her,

I can't seem to get her off my mind.

I thought I'd never miss her,

But I found out somehow

I think about her almost all the time.

The day she went away

I made myself a promise

That I'd soon forget we ever met.

But something sure is wrong,

'Cause I'm so blue and lonely.

I forgot to remember to forget.

The day she went away

I made myself a promise

That I'd soon forget we ever met,

Well, but something sure is wrong,

'Cause I'm so blue and lonely.

I forgot to remember to forget.

If That Isn't Love

(Words & music by Dottie Rambo)

He left the splendor of heaven

Knowing His destiny

Was the lonely hill of Golgotha

There to lay down His life for me

And if that isn't love

Then the ocean is dry

There's no stars in the sky

And the little sparrows can't fly

Yeah if that isn't love

Then heaven's a myth

There's no feeling like this

If that isn't love

Even in death He remembered

The thief hanging by His side

Then he spoke of love and compassion

And He took him to paradise

And if that isn't love

Then the ocean is dry

There's no stars in the sky

And the little sparrows can't fly

Yeah if that isn't love

Then heaven's a myth

There's no feeling like this

If that isn't love It's got to be love

If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side

(Words & music by Henry Slaughter)

I don't know just what I'd do

If the Lord wasn't walking by my side

When I was drifting (when I was drifting on the sea of a

despair)

and I was wandering (I was wandering if Jehovah's up there)

When Jesus found me,(Jesus found me in my sinful life)

he heard me praying (he heard me praying on my knees at

night)

Now I'm singing (Now I'm singing this happy song)

because I'm happy (because I'm happy as I go along)

And I don't know (I don't know) just what I'd do

If the Lord wasn't walking by my side

What would I do, (What would I do when a tear fills my eyes)

what would I do (What would I do when it's my time to die)

Well I'd be lonely, discouraged

Burdened on the way

If the Lord wasn't walking by my side every day

I'd be so friendless (I'd be friendless all alone and blue)

and I'd be helpless (I'd be helpless, wouldn't know what to

do)

And I don't know (I don't know) just what I'd do

If the Lord wasn't walking by my side

(What would I do) What would I do when the tears fill my

eyes

(What would I do) What would I do when it's my time to die

(I'd be lonely, discouraged, burdened on the way)

If the Lord wasn't walking by my side every day

I'd be so friendless, (I'd be friendless all alone and blue)

I'd be so helpless (I'd be helpless, wouldn't know what to do)

And I don't know (I don't know) just what I'd do

If the Lord wasn't walking by my side every day

If the Lord (wasn't walking) wasn't walking by my side

(wasn't walking by my side)

If We Never Meet Again

(Words & music by Albert E. Brumley)

Soon we'll come to the end of life's journey

And perhaps never meet anymore

Till we gather in heaven's bright city

Far away on that beautiful shore

If we never meet again this side of heaven

As we struggle through this world and its strife

There's another meeting place somewhere in heaven

By the side of the river of life

Where the charming roses bloom forever

And where separations come no more

If we never meet again this side of heaven

I will meet you on that beautiful shore

If You Don't Come Back

(Words & music by Mark James)

(Woke up early in the morning)

(What did the poor boy find)

Well the car was gone and you were gone

And I almost lost my mind.

If you don't come back (If you don't come back)

Yeah! if you don't come back today (If you don't come back

today)

You can call up the people at the crazy house

And take this crazy man away

(He threw himself off a gas stone wall)

(He tore his clothes out the door)

I ran out on the street in my stockinged feet

Tell the police I've been robbed

If you don't come back (If you don't come back)

Mmm if you don't come back today (If you don't come back

today)

Well you can call up the people at the crazy house

And take this crazy man away

Mrs. Brown's been talking about me

To the people across the street

She said (I cooked that boy a bucket of stew

but the bear came just for me) ?

If you don't come back (If you don't come back)

Yeah! If you don't come back today (If you don't come back

today)

You can call up the people at the crazy house

And take this crazy man away

If You Love Me (Let Me Know)

(Words & music by J. Rostill)

You came when I was happy in your sunshine

I grew to love you more each passing day

Before too long I'd filled my world around you

Yeah and I prayed you loved enough of me to stay

If you love me let me know

If you don't let me go

I can't take another minute of the day without you near

If you love me let it be

If you don't set me free

Take the chains away that keep me loving you

The arms that open wide to hold me closer

The hands that run their fingers through my hair

The smile that says hello it's good to see you

Any time I turn around and find you there

It's this and so much more that makes me love you

What else can I do to make you see

You know you'll have whatever's mine to give you

Yeah but a love affair for one it can never be

If you love me let me know

If you don't let me go

I can't take another minute of the day without you near

If you love me let it be

If you don't set me free

Take the chains away that keep me loving you

Take the chains away that keep me loving you

If You Talk in Your Sleep

(Words & music by Red West - Johnny Christopher)

I know you're a lonely woman and I love you

But someone else is waiting and he owns you

If he should ever wake up, make sure that your story is

straight love

If you talk in your sleep don't mention my name

And if you walk in your sleep forget where you came

Walking every night here in the shadows

So afraid that sometime he may follow

There's always the chance he'll find us

I don't need to remind you

If you talk in your sleep don't mention my name

If you walk in your sleep forget where you came

Love is so much sweeter when it's borrowed

I'll feel a little easier tomorrow

Don't give our secret away, be careful what you say

If you talk in your sleep don't mention my name

If you walk in your sleep forget where you came

Forget where you came, now

Forget where you came

Don't mention my name

Don't mention my name

Forget where you came

If You Think I Don't Need You

(Words & music by West - Cooper)

If you think I don't need you

Then take a look in my eyes

Maybe these ain't raindrops

Falling out of the sky

Since you been gone

I've been so alone

If you think I don't need you

Then baby you're wrong

If you think I don't love you

What could I do to prove to you baby

My love is true

I sing the same old song

Since you've been gone

If you think I don't love you

Then baby you're wrong

My life ain't been the same since you left me

I ain't had a wink of sleep in seven days

I don't know what to do I'm going crazy

I just walk the floor at night and call your name

If you think I don't do right

I'll change my ways

I'll do like you want me to, I'll be your slave

Since you been gone

I've been so alone

If you think I don't need you

Well baby you're wrong

If you think I don't do right

I'll change my ways

I'll do like you want me to, I'll be your slave

Since you been gone

I've been so alone

If you think I don't need you

Well baby you're wrong

Well baby you're wrong

Well baby you're wrong

I Got a Feelin' in My Body

(Words & music by Dennis Linde)

When Moses walked the children out of Egypt land

Said now don't you worry, we're in the Lord's hands

He's gonna walk beside us, the time is comin' near

He's gonna wash away all our misery and our fear

I got a feelin' in my body

This will be our lucky day

We'll be releasing all our sorrow

Leave it layin' along the way

When Daniel faced the lion there wasn't any doubt

You got to be like Daniel and the Lord will help us out

I got a feelin' in my body

This will be our lucky day

We'll be releasing all our sorrow

Leave it layin' along the way

Won't you lift your eyes up children

Lift them to the sky

Heaven stands before you, gates are open wide

Shelter for the weary, comfort for the weak

We'll leave the devil's evil, sweatin' on the street

I gotta, I gotta, I gotta

I got a feelin' in my body

This will be our lucky day

We'll be releasing all our sorrow

Leave it layin' along the way

Won't you lift your eyes up children

Lift them to the sky

Heaven stands before you, gates are open wide

Shelter for the weary, comfort for the weak

Leave the devils evil, sweatin' on the street

I gotta, I gotta, I gotta

I got a feelin' in my body

This will be our lucky day

We'll be releasing all our sorrow

Leave it layin' along the way

I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know right now, I

wanna know

Yeah. yeah, I got a feel

I got a feelin' I got a feelin'

I got a feelin' in my body

This will be our lucky day

We'll be releasing all our sorrow

Leave it layin' along the way

I Got a Woman (I Got a Sweetie)

(words & music by Ray Charles)

Well, I've got a woman

Way cross town

She's good to me oh, yeah

Say. I've got a woman

Way cross town

She's good to me oh, yeah

She's here in the morning,

loving me

Yeah, she's a kind of friend to me

She says she love me early in the morning

Just for me

Oh, yeah you know she loves me

Oh, naturally

She's there to love me both day and night

No groans or fusses, treats me right

Never running in the street

Loving me alone

She knows a woman's place is around home at night

Well, she's my baby

And I'm her loving man

I Got Lucky

(Words & music by Fuller - Weisman - Wise)

Never found a four leaf clover to bring good luck to me

No rabbit's foot no lucky star no magic wishing tree

But I got lucky, yes I got lucky

When I found you, oh yeh!

Got no rainbow around my shoulder, no horseshoe on my

door

But I got you to hold me tight and who could ask for more

Oh I got lucky, yes I got lucky

When I found you,

I always walk around with all my fingers crossed

I'm afraid the love I found just might get lost

So won't you tell me that you love me, hurry up and name the

day

And then I'll know that my good luck is really here to stay

Oh I got lucky, yes I got lucky

When I found you

I always walk around with all my fingers crossed

I'm afraid the love I found just might get lost

So won't you tell me that you love me, hurry up and name the

day

And then I'll know that my good luck is really here to stay

Oh I got lucky, yes I got lucky

When I found you

Oh I got lucky, yes I got lucky

When I found you

I Got Stung

(words & music by Aaron Schroeder - David Hill)

Holy smoke

A land sakes alive!

I never thought this could happen to me

Mm, yeah! Mm, yeah!

I got stung by a sweet honey bee

Oh, what a feeling come over me

It started in my eyes

Crept up to my head

Flew to my heart

Till I was stung dead

I'm done, uh-uh

I got stung!

Mm, yeah! Mm, yeah!

She had all that I wanted and more

And I've seen honey bees before

Started buzzin' in my ear

Buzzin' in my brain

Got stung all over

But I feel no pain

I'm done, uh-uh

I got stung!

Now, don't think I'm complainin'

I'm might pleased we met

'Cause you gimme just one little peck

On the back of my neck

And I break out in a cold cold sweat

If I live to a hundred and two

I won't let nobody sting me but you

I'll be buzzin' 'round your hive

Ev'ry day at five

And I'm never gonna leave once I arrive

'Cause I'm done

Uh-uh, I got stung!

I Gotta Know

(words & music by Paul Evans - Matt Williams)

Get up in the mornin' feelin' might weak

A tossin' and a turnin' well, I had ain't no sleep

Oh baby, what road's our love taking?

To romance or heartbreaking'

Won't you say which way you're gonna go

I gotta know, gotta know, gotta know

Nine and nine make fourteen, four and four make nine

The clock is strikin' thirteen I think I lost my mind

You know it's gettin' aggravatin'

How long can I keep waitin'

Tell me if you love me yes or no,

I gotta know, gotta know, gotta know

Oh, how much I need you

Have pity on this heart of mine

Well, if you need and want me too,

I'll be your one and only till the end of time

Saw the fortune teller, had my fortune read

She sent me to the doctor, who sent me straight to bed

He said I'm lonesome and I'm lovesick

I've got my mind on lipstick

Will you kiss away my cares and woe?

I gotta know, gotta know, gotta know

I, John

(words & music by William J. Gaither)

Oh well, I, John, he saw might numbers

A way up in the middle of the air

I, John he saw might numbers

Way in the middle of the air

Got to mighty move, John, you saw mighty numbers

Way up in the middle of the air

Well there were three gates in the east

And there were three gates in the west

Three gates in the north

Three gates in the south

And that makes twelve gates to the city all square wide

John, you saw might numbers way up in the middle of the air

Well John declared that he saw a man

He held twelve bright stars in his right hand

Well his eyes flashed fire like the burning sun

Old John got scared and he wanted to run

Well he wanted to run but his feet wouldn't go

Cause he felt the gospel cutting like a two-edged sword

And he heard a voice that said John, you take a look

And read what you see and then you write it in a book

And he saw twelve angels in the east

And there were twelve angels in the west

Twelve angels in the north,

Twelve angels in the south

That's a total of forty-eight angels to the city, four squared

wide

I Just Can't Help Believin'

(words & music by B.J. Thomas)

I just can't help believin'

When she smiles up soft and gentle

With a trace of misty morning

And the promise of tomorrow in her eyes

I just can't help believin'

When she's lying close beside me

And my heart beats with the rhythm of her size

This time the girl is gonna stay

This time the girl is gonna stay

For more than just a day

Oh, I just can't help believin'

When she slips her hand in my hand

And it feels so small and helpless

As my fingers fold around it like a glove

I just can't help believin'

When she's whispering her magic

And her tears are shining honey sweet with love

This time the girl is gonna stay

This time the girl is gonna stay

For more than just a day

For more than just a day

I Just Can't Make It by Myself

(Words & music by Clara Ward)

I need Jesus to guide me every day

As I'm travellin' along this rough and narrow way

Though afflictions fill my soul

I'm determined to make the goal

I've gotta have Jesus 'cos I just can't make it by myself

Every day I pray (pray) pray (pray)

Pray (pray) pray (pray)

I pray (pray) pray (pray

Pray pray pray

Pray and ask the Lord Jesus

Don't leave me by myself

Every mornin' through the years I pray

You know I've got to have Jesus

I just can't it by myself

By myself

I'll Be Back

(Words & music by Wayne / Weisman)

All right

Well I'll be back, Yeah! I'll be back

Like a homesick train on a one-way track

I got to travel and hit the gravel

But I'll be back, Yeah! I'll be back

Yeah! I'll return, I shall return

Don't cool those lips, we're gonna see 'em burn

'Cause I'll be missin' your kinda kissin'

But I'll be back, Yeah, I'll be back

Yeah! There ain't nobody tell me stay or go, oh no

And no-one tells the four winds where to blow-ow-ow

I'll be back, I'm comin' back

Don't throw away that welcome mat

The door I'm hopin' will still be open a teeny weenie crack

To your shack

So keep that love light burnin', I'll be back

Yeah! There ain't nobody tell me stay or go, oh no

And no-one tells the four winds where to blow-ow-ow

I'll be back, I'm comin' back

Don't throw away that welcome mat

The door I'm hopin' will still be open a teeny weenie crack

To your shack

So keep that love light burnin', I'll be back

Yeah, I'll be back

I'll Be Home for Christmas

(Words & music by Al Kent - Don Gannon)

I'll be home for Christmas,

You can plan on me.

Please have snow and mistletoe

And presents for the tree.

Christmas Eve will find me

Where the love light leads.

I'll be home for Christmas, oh yes

If only in my dreams.

I'll Be Home on Christmas Day

(words & music by Michael Jarrett)

On the hills of Georgia

Across the plains of Tennessee

I've seen and I've done most everything

That a man can do or see

But if I could only borrow one dream from your sleep

I'd be on that train tomorrow

I'll be home on Christmas day

And so many times before

She left that candle burning

Oh, too many tears fell

My soul fills with yearning

If I had sense at all

I'd just be on my way

Be on that train tomorrow

Be home on Christmas day

Everytime I think about her

All the love I left behind

Memories still linger in my troubled mind

I could set aside my pride

And I'd be on my way

I'd catch that train tomorrow

And be home on Christmas day

If I had any sense at all

I'd just be on my way

I'd catch that train tomorrow

I'd be home on Christmas day

I said I'd catch that train tomorrow

I'd be home on Christmas day

I'll Be There

(Words & music by Bobby Darin)

I'll be there when all your dreams are broken

To answer your unspoken prayer, oh....

When the little things you're doin', ooh, don't turn out right

Don't you worry darlin' I'll be there

There whenever you need to know that there is someone who

cares, oh yeah!

So if your new love isn't your true love

Don't you worry darlin', I'll be there

There whenever you need to know that there is someone who

cares, oh yeah!

So if your new love isn't your true love

Don't you worry darlin', I'll be there

Don't you worry darlin', I'll be there

Don't you worry darlin', I'll be there

I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You

in My Arms)

(Words & music by T. Dilbeck)

I said I'd hold, I said I'd hold,

I said I'd hold you in my heart 'till I can hold you in my arms

Like you've never been held before

Well I'll think of you each day and then I'll dream the night

away

Oh, 'till you are in my arms once more

The stars up in the sky, you know they know the reason why

I feel so blue 'cause I'm away from you

Yeah I'll hold you in my heart 'till I can hold you in my arms

Oh darling please wait for me

You know the stars up in the sky, you know they know the

reason why

I feel so blue 'cause I'm away, I'm away from you

Yeah I'll hold you in my heart 'till I can hold you in my arms

Oh darling please wait for me

The stars up in the sky you know they know the reason why...

I feel so blue 'cause I'm away, I'm away, I'm away, I'm away

from you

I said, I said I'd hold you in my heart, heart, heart 'till I can

hold you in my arms

Oh darling please wait for me

The stars up in the sky, you know they know the reason why

I, I feel so blue 'cause I'm away, I'm away from you

Yeah, I'll hold you in my heart 'till I can hold you in my arms

Oh darling please wait for me

I'll Never Fall in Love Again

(Words & music by Jimmy Currie - Lonnie Donegan)

I've been in love so many times

I thought I knew the score

Now you've treated me so wrong

I can't take any more

And it looks like I'm never gonna fall in love again

Fall in love, I'm never gonna fall in love

I mean it, I mean it, fall in love again

I gave my heart so easily, cast aside my pride

When I saw you in his arms baby

I broke up and cried

And it looks like I'm never gonna fall in love again

That's what I'm sayin' Fall in love, No, I'm never gonna fall in

love

Please don't make me fall in love again

That's why I, no, I'm never gonna fall in love

Please don't make me, don't make me, fall in love again

I'll Never Know

(Words & music by Karger / Wayne / Weisman)

How many stars are in the sky, I'll never know

What fire lights a firefly, I'll never know

What happens to this heart of mine each time you hold my

hand

Sometimes the things we love the most

We never understand

I never thought these eyes would see an angel's glow

What miracle brought you to me, I'll never know

What happens to this heart of mine each time you hold my

hand

Sometimes the things we love the most

We never understand

I never thought these eyes would see an angel's glow

What miracle brought you to me, I'll never know

What miracle brought you to me, I'll never know

I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')

(words & music by J. Wakely)

I'll never let you go, little darlin'.

I'm so sorry 'cause I made you cry.

I'll never let you go, 'cause I love you.

So please don't ever say good-bye.

The stars would tumble down beside me,

The moon would hang its head and cry.

My arms would never hold another baby doll

If we should ever say good-bye.

Well, I'll never let you go,

Because I love you, pretty baby.

I'm so sorry 'cause I made you cry.

I made you cry.

Yeah, I'll never let you go,

'Cause I love you, little baby.

So please don't ever say good-bye.

I'll Never Stand in Your Way

(words & music by Heath - Rose)

If you found someone new who means more than me to you.

I'd never stand in your way

If you feel we must part, don't let pity rule your heart

I'll never stand in your way

I love you much too much to ever lose you

But what is to be will be and I'll obey

I'll be blue when you go but I'll never let it show.

I'd never stand in your way

I loved you much too much to ever lose you

But what is to be will be and I'll obey

I'll be blue when you go but I'll never let it show

I'd never stand in your way

I'll Remember You

(words & music by Lee)

I'll remember you

Long after this endless summer has gone

I'll be lonely oh so lonely

Living only to remember you

I'll remember too

Your voice as soft as the warm summer breeze

Your sweet laughter, mornings after

Ever after, I'll remember you

To your arms someday I'll return to stay

Till then I will remember too

Every bright start we made wishes upon

Love me always, promise always

Oooh, you'll remember too

I'll remember you

I'll Take Love

(Words & music by Fuller / Barkon)

Some people think that pot of gold

Is all they ever want to hold

But there's a treasure, I think more of

Measure for measure .. I'll take love

Some people think that their success

Is all they need for happiness

But there's a pleasure, I think more of

Measure for measure .. I'll take love

Pound for pound oh yeah and

Ounce for ounce love is all that really counts

So let them have their wealth and fame

Eat caviar and drink champagne

You're all the treasure I'm dreaming of

Measure for measure .. I'll take love

Pound for pound oh yeah and

Ounce for ounce love is all that really counts

So let them have their wealth and fame

Eat caviar and drink champagne

You're all the treasure I'm dreaming of

Measure for measure .. I'll take love

I'll take love, I'll take love

I'll take love, I'll take love

I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen

(Traditional - arranged Elvis Presley)

I'll take you home again Kathleen

Across the ocean wild and wide

To where your heart has ever been

Since first you were my bonny bride

The roses all have left your cheek

I watch them fade away and die

Your voice is soft when ere you speak

And tears bedim your lovely eyes

Oh, I will take you home Kathleen

To where your heart shall feel no pain

And when the fields are soft and green

I will take you to your home Kathleen

I Love Only One Girl

(Words & music by Sid Tepper - Roy C. Bennett)

Oh, I love only one girl, the one I got my arms around

I love only one girl, one in every town

In Paris there is Mimi, and when the moon is bright

I love to take her walking, along the Seine each night

I kiss her on the left, then I kiss her on the right

Oh, I love only one girl, the one I got my arms around

I love only one girl, one in every town

I'm proud of my Brunhilda, in Frankfurt on the Rhine

Oh she's a lot of woman and all of her is mine

Oh she can lift a Steinway as easy as a stein

Oh, I love only one girl, the one I got my arms around

I love only one girl, one in every town

In Naples there's Maria how she can cook and flirt

You can't beat her lasagna, I eat until I hurt

And then she tops it off with "amore" for dessert

Oh, I love only one girl, the one I got my arms around

I love only one girl, one in every town

Oh I love only one girl, the one I got my arms around

I love only one girl, one in every town

I love only one girl...I love only one girl

I love only one girl...I love only one..girl..

She's the girl for me...

I Love You Because

(words & music by L. Payne)

I love you because you understand dear

Every single thing I try to do.

You're always there to lend a helping hand, dear.

I love you most of all because you're you.

No matter what the world may say about me,

I know your love will always see me through.

I love you for the way you never doubt me.

But most of all I love you 'cause you're you.

No matter what may be the style or season,

I know your heart will always be true.

I love you for a hundred thousand reasons,

But most of all I love you 'cause you're you.

I'm Beginning to Forget You

(Words & music by W. Phelps)

I'm beginning to forget you

That old heartache is gone

I'm beginning to sleep at night

No more crying 'till dawn

I can hear your name mentioned

And it brings no misery

I'm beginnin to forget you

Like you forgot me

I'm beginning to smile again

After crying for so long

I can hear the tune we loved so well

And it's just another song

I'm so happy that it's over

I'm so thankful to be free

I'm beginnin to forget you

Like you forgot me

I'm Coming Home

(words & music by Rich)

Well it's so very hard to have

To leave the one you love

And you get more lonely

With each passing day

It's so lonely just sitting

And dreaming of

That girl thousand miles away

Yes, it's still lonely having

Just her picture here with me

And I know I just can't stand it anymore

I'm gonna leave right now

and go back where I ought to be

Goin' home to the girl that I adore

Well it's so very hard to have

To leave the one you love

And you get more lonely

With each passing day

It's so lonely just sitting

And dreaming of

That girl thousand miles away

Well, every time I hear

her sweet voice on the telephone

Then I know I just can't stand it another day

I'm gonna call right back

And tell her that I'm coming home and stay

Call her back and say I'm comin' home and stay

Call her back and say I'm comin' home and stay

I'm Countin' on You

(words & music by Don Robertson)

All the words that I let her know

Still could not say

How much I need you so in every way

I hope you will guide me

As only you can do

Hold my hands down beside me

I'm counting on you

I'm counting on you dear

From the dawn of each day

To always come through dear

In your kind lovin' way

If you knew just how deeply

I feel things you do

Then you know how completely

I'm counting on you

I'm counting on you dear

Around the dawn of each day

To always come true, dear

In your kind lovin' way

If you knew just how deeply

I feel things you do

Then you know how completely

I'm counting on you

I Met Her Today

(Words & music by Robertson - Blair)

I told you that some day

If you kept on being untrue

Somebody else would come along

And release me from you

You'll be glad to know now

Your fickle world

Can have its own way

For it finally happened

I've met her today

I used to think I just couldn't live

A day without you

In spite of the thousand doubts and tears

That you put me through

All at once I don't care as much for you

I'm sorry to say

For now there's another

I met her today

How I treasured each smile, each kiss

You gave to me now and then

Well, you needn't be kind to me now

Oh no, not ever again

Just when the last bit of pride in me was gone

Someone heard me pray

And sent me my angel

I met her today

I met her today

I'm Falling in Love Tonight

(Word and music by Don Robertson)

I'm falling in love, tonight

Somehow, I know

The beautiful world tonight

Is sharing, it's glow

When love let me down before

I said I was through

But I'm falling in love tonight

With you

'till you walked by

I laughed and played the game

One last kiss, then goodbye

And out went the flame

But somehow, you've changed me dear

This time, it's true

I'm falling in love tonight

With you

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)

(words & music J. Thomas - H. Biggs)

I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you

I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you

And if you say good-bye

If you ever even try

I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you

I'm gonna love you more and more every day

I'm gonna love you more and more in every way

And if you say good-bye

If you ever even try

I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you

I'm gonna tell my mama tell my papa too

So they'll know exactly what I'm gonna do

And if you say good-bye

Say if you ever even try

I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs

(Words & music by Cully Holt)

I'm gonna walk, walk dem golden stairs

'Cause I know my Jesus answers all my prayers

Well, well I know when he calls me to my home on high

I'll walk dem golden stairs when I die, when I die

Oh lord you know I can hardly wait

To reach that suite by and by by by

And now I see those per, per, pearly gate

I'll walk dem golden stairs when I die, when I die

Well, well, well

I'm gonna walk, walk dem golden stairs

'Cause I know my Jesus answers all my prayers

Well, well I know when he calls me to my home on high

I'll walk dem golden stairs when I die, when I die

When Jesus says to me well done

And all my cares are laid by

I'll lay down my soul, my battles are won

I'll walk dem golden stairs when I die when I die

Well, well, well

I'm gonna walk, walk dem golden stairs

'Cause I know my Jesus answers all my prayers

Well, well I know when he calls me to my home on high

I'll walk dem golden stairs when I die, when I die

Well, well

I'm gonna walk, walk dem golden stairs

'Cause I know my Jesus answers all my prayers

Well, well I know when he calls me to my home on high

I'll walk dem golden stairs when I die, when I die

I Miss You

(Words & music by Don H. Sumner)

Still I recall all the good times together

The love we shared, the fun and the laughter

How I wish you could feel what my heart says tonight dear

I miss you and I wish you were here

Dreams that I had they lay broken in sorrow

The plans I made the hopes for tomorrow

If I could I would tell you I'm lonesome tonight dear

Oh I miss you and I wish you were here

All through the night I will see memories passing

The way you looked the sound of your laughing

How I long for the touch of your hand holding mine dear

Oh I miss you and I wish you were here

Lord, I miss you and I wish you were here

I'm Leavin'

(Words & music by Jarrett / Charles)

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

Well I know, if I'd arrived in time to know you

You'd have taken the time to show me

I wouldn't be lonely

Where will I go, who will I have to lie beside me

Is it something that's inside me

I'm so lonely

Tried so hard each time, each time I just can't make it

Feelin' fast vibrations and I just can't take it

Living from day to day, chasing the dream

I'm, I'm leavin

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

Tried so hard each time, each time I just can't make it

Feelin' fast vibrations and I just can't take it

Living from day to day, chasing the dream

I'm, I'm leavin

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

I'm, I'm leavin

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (My Baby's

gone)

(words & music by S. Kesler - W. Taylor)

Well, you're right, I'm left, she's gone.

You're right, and I'm left all alone.

Well, you tried to tell me so,

But how was I to know

That she was not the one for me?

You told me all along,

You're right, our love was so wrong.

But now I changed my mind,

Because she broke the ties that bind,

And I know that she never cared for me.

Well, I thought I knew just what she'd do,

I guess I'm not so smart.

Oh, you tried to tell me along she'd only break my heart.

I'm left, you're right, she's gone.

You're right, and I'm left all alone.

Well, she's gone I know not where,

But now I just don't care.

For now I'm falling for you.

If you'll forgive me now,

I'll make it up somehow.

So happy we will be,

In a home just for three,

And I'll soon forget her,

Now I know.

Well, I thought I knew just what she'd do,

I guess I'm not so smart.

You tried to tell me all along,

She'd only break my heart.

Well, you're right, I'm left, she's gone.

You're right, and I'm left all alone.

Well, she's gone, I know not where,

But now I just don't care,

For now I've fallen for you.

I'm Movin' On

(Words & music by H. Snow)

That big eight-wheeler runnin' down the track

Means your true lovin' daddy ain't acomin' back

'Cause he's movin on, he's rollin on

You were flyin to high for my little ol' sky

So I'm movin' on

But some day baby when you've had you play

Your gonna want your daddy but your daddy will say

Keep movin' on, keep rollin' on

You were flyin to high for my little ol' sky

So I'm movin' on. Move on baby.

Mr. Farmer won't you please listen to me

'Cause I gotta pretty momma in Tennessee

Keep rollin on, keep movin' on,

Please listen to me let this rattler free

And keep movin' on

Move on ol' son, move on

Well I told you baby from time to time

But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind

And now I'm movin' on, I'm rollin' on

I'm through with you, too bad you're blue

But I'm movin' on

Move on baby, move on

I said move on, I said move on,

I said move on, I said move on,

Well I'm through with you, too bad you're blue

I said move on, I said move on

I said move on, I said move on

I'm Not the Marrying Kind

(Words & music by David - Edwards)

Show me a girl with a dimple on her cheek

Butter melts in her mouth

When she opens it to speak

Show me a girl who is acting so refined

And I'll show you a girl with one thing on her mind

So I say "You know what?" She says "What?"

I say "What? Oh I'm not the marrying kind

For you've got what it takes

And it takes what you've got

But I'm not the marrying kind

Don't kiss me, don't claw me

Don't pet me, don't paw me

And I won't leave my freedom behind"

So I say "You know what?" She says "What?"

I say "What? Oh I'm not the marrying kind.

You know what?" She says "What?"

"Thanks a lot, but I'm not the marrying kind

Don't kiss me, don't claw me

Don't pet me, don't paw me

And I won't leave my freedom behind"

So I say "You know what?" She says "What?"

I say "What? Oh I'm not the marrying kind

I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not

Now you've got what I'm not

I'm not the marrying kind

Oh I'm not the marrying kind

Oh I'm not the marrying kind

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

(words & music by Williams)

Hear that lonesome winter bird

He sounds too blue to fly

The midnight train is whining low

I'm so lonesome I could cry

Did you ever see a robin weep

When leaves began to die

That means he's lost the will to live

I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star

Lights up a purple sky

And as I wonder where you are

I'm so lonesome I could cry

I'm so lonesome I could cry

I'm With a Crowd But So Alone

(Words & music by Ernest Tubb - Carl Story)

I'm with a crowd but oh so alone

I still have the picture you sent me

And you signed it with love you recall

And the one of me that you wanted

Is now hanging face to the wall

At night I'm never alone

I'm afraid that I'll weaken and phone

And I'm afraid that you will be gone

I'm with a crowd but oh so alone

I'm Yours

(words & music by Robertson - Blair)

My love I offer you now

My heart and all it can give

For just as long as I live I'm yours

No arms but yours dear will do

My lips will always be true

My eyes can only see you, I'm yours

And as the years roll along

Your joy and tears I'll gladly share

And when things go wrong dear

Just hold out your hand and I'll be there

With every beat of my heart

With every breath that I take

Now and forever, sweetheart, I'm yours

Indescribably Blue

(words & music by Darrell Glenn)

Our friends all ask me

The last time I saw you

And I smile and tell them

It's been a day or two

There's no way to explain it

The way that I miss you

And my love, you have left me

Indescribably blue

I talk to your picture

My fav'rite one of you

I wish that you were here with me

But what good will it do

Having no way to tell you

The pain that I've been through

Oh, my love, you have left me

Indescribably blue

Yes, my love, you have left me

Indescribably blue

I Need Somebody to Lean On

(Words & music by Pomus - Shuman)

I need somebody to lean on

I need somebody to tell my troubles to

No use denying, I'm close to cryin'

But what good, tell me what good would my crying do

I need somebody to help me

Help me forget all those worries on my mind

And when I'm lonely, if someone would only

Want to be sweet and kind

I need somebody, won't that somebody

Please, please listen to my plea

Need that somebody, won't that somebody

Come running to me

I need somebody to lean on

I'm tired of being unhappy and so blue

If she came I would hold her 'cause I need that shoulder

To lean on, yes I really do

I need somebody, and maybe that somebody is you

Mmmmmmm

I Need Your Love Tonight

(words & music by Sid Wayne - Bix Reichner)

Oh, oh, I love you so

Uh, uh, can't let you go

Ooh, ooh, don't tell me no

I need your love tonight

Oh, gee, the way you kiss

Sweedee, too good to miss

Wow-whee, want more of this

I need your love tonight

I've been waiting just for tonight

To do some lovin' and hold you tight

Don't tell me baby you gotta go

I got the hifi high and the lights down low

Hey, now, hear what I say

Oh, wow, you better stay

Pow, pow, don't run away

I need your love tonight

I Need You So

(Words & music by Ivory Joe Hunter)

I need you so

To keep me happy

If I can't have you

I cannot go on

I need your arms

Around me tightly

Yes, I miss them nightly

When you're not at home

When the day is done

I miss you so

I lie and wait

To hear you knock on the door

When you leave me

I try not to worry

Come back in a hurry

'Cause I need you so

When the day is done

I miss you so

I lie and wait

To hear you knock on the door

When you leave me

I try not to worry

Come back in a hurry

'Cause I need you so

Inherit the Wind

(Words & music by Eddie Rabbitt)

Baby don't fall in love with me

I'll only bring you grief

Baby, don't set your heart on me

I'll only have to leave

'Cause the north wind flows through my veins

Like my dad there's a dream in my brain

In the morning I'll have to leave again

That's how it is when you inherit the wind

Inherit the wind

Daddy, he was a traveling man

I hardly knew his face

Momma, she cried for him at night

He never stayed in one place

'Cause the north wind flows through my veins

Like my dad there's a dream in my brain

In the morning I'll have to leave again

That's how it is when you inherit the wind

Inherit the wind

Oh I can't give you the love you need

I just won't be here that long

But if you still want me here tonight

I'll love you till the break of dawn

'Cause the north wind flows through my veins

Like my dad there's a dream in my brain

In the morning I'll have to leave again

That's how it is when you inherit the wind

Inherit the wind

Inherit the wind, inherit the wind

In My Father's House (Are Many Mansions)

(Arranged and adapted by Elvis Presley)

In my father's house are many mansions

If it were not true he would have told me so

He has gone away to live in that bright city

He's preparing me a mansion there I know

Jesus died upon the cross to bear my sorrow

Freely died that souls like you might have new life

But I know that soon there'll come a bright tomorrow

When the world will all be free from sin and strife

(Do not shun the saviors love, from up in glory)

(Or you won't be there to sing the gospel story)

In my father's house are many mansions

If you're true then to this land you'll surely go

In My Way

(Words & music by Wise - Weisman)

I may not be here tomorrow

But I'm close beside you today

So lie to me a little, say you love me a lot

And I'll be true to you in my way

Love never goes on forever

At least that's what wise men all say

So smile when you kiss me, tomorrow you may cry

But I'll be true to you in my way

Yes I'll be true to you in my way

In the Garden

(Words & music by C.A. Miles)

I come to the garden alone

While the dew is still on the roses

And the voice I hear falling on my ear

The song of God discloses

And He walks with me

And He talks with me

And He tells me I am his own

And the joy we share as we tarry there

None other has ever known

He speaks and the sound of His voice

Is so sweet the birds hush their singing

And the melody that He gave to me

Within my heart is ringing

And He walks with me

And He talks with me

And He tells me I am his own

And the joy we share as we tarry there

None other has ever known

In the Ghetto

(words & music by Scott Davis)

As the snow flies

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'

A poor little baby child is born

In the ghetto

And his mama cries

'cause if there's one thing that she don't need

it's another hungry mouth to feed

In the ghetto

People, don't you understand

the child needs a helping hand

or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day

Take a look at you and me,

are we too blind to see,

do we simply turn our heads

and look the other way

Well the world turns

and a hungry little boy with a runny nose

plays in the street as the cold wind blows

In the ghetto

And his hunger burns

so he starts to roam the streets at night

and he learns how to steal

and he learns how to fight

In the ghetto

Then one night in desperation

a young man breaks away

He buys a gun, steals a car,

tries to run, but he don't get far

And his mama cries

As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man

face down on the street with a gun in his hand

In the ghetto

As her young man dies,

on a cold and gray Chicago mornin',

another little baby child is born

In the ghetto

In Your Arms

(words & music by Aaron Schroeder - Wally Gold)

Oh, the way I feel tonight

You better wrap me up good and tight

In your arms

In your arms

Just like a bee in a honeycomb

I'm gonna make myself right at home

In your arms

In your arms

Well, it don't take much to keep me satisfied

Just a little bit of lovin' that's bonafide

In your arms keep me tangled up all the time

Like a kitten with a ball of twine

Yeah baby, that's where I want to stay

For the rest of my natural days

In your arms

In your arms

I Really Don't Want to Know

(Words & music by Howard Barnes - Don Robertson)

Oh how many arms have held you

And hated to let you go

How many, oh how many, I wonder

But I really don't want, I don't wanna know

Oh how many lips have kissed you

And set, set your soul aglow, yes they did

How many, oh how many, I wonder, yes I do

But I really don't want to know

So always make, make me wonder

And always make, make me guess

And even, you know even if I ask you

Oh darling oh don't you, don't confess

Just let it, let it remain your secret

Oh for darling, darling I love you so

No wonder, yeah no wonder, I wonder

Mmm, 'cause I really don't want, I don't wanna know

I Shall Be Released

(Bob Dylan)

I see my light I see my light come shining

From the west down to the east

Any day now, any day now I shall be released

I see my light come shining

From the west down to the east

Any day now, any day now I shall be released

I Shall Not Be Moved

(Words & music by Homer Morris)

Well Lordy I shall not be, I shall not be moved

I shall not be, I shall not be moved

Just like a tree that's growin' in the meadow (down by the

water)

I shall not be moved

I'm on my way to glory land and I shall not be moved

On my way to glory land I will not be moved

I'm like a tree that's planted by the water

I shall not be moved

I shall not be, I shall not be moved

I shall not be, I shall not be moved

Just like a tree that's planted by the water

I shall not be moved

I shall not be, I shall not be moved

I shall not be, I shall not be moved

Just like a tree that's planted by the water

I shall not be moved

Well I'm on my way to glory land and I shall not be moved

On my way to glory land I shall not be moved

I'm like a tree that's planted by the water

I shall not be moved

Oh well

I shall not be, I shall not be moved

I shall not be, I shall not be moved

Just like a tree that's planted by the water

I shall not be moved

On this rock of ages, I shall not be moved

On this rock of ages, I shall not be moved

Just like a tree that's planted by the water

I shall not be moved

Glory, glory, glory Hallelujah, I shall not be moved

Glory Hallelujah, I shall not be moved

Just like a tree that's planted by the water

I shall not be moved

Is It So Strange

(Words & music by Faron Young)

Oh, if you tell a lie

You know that I'll forgive you

Though you say our love is just a game

And when you hear my name

You'll say I'm from a strange world

But is it so strange to be in love with you

Is it so strange

That I love you more than all the world

Is it so strange

I have no eyes for another girl

Oh won't you take me back

And say that you still love me

To waste a love like ours would be a sin

Let us kiss again

Let me hold you near

And take me from this strange world

That I'm living in

Island of Love

(words & music by Sid Tepper - Roy Bennett)

Kauai, island of love

Lovely princess of the islands

Kauai, island of love

Listen, can't you hear her calling

Aloha welcome my love

Her palmtrees gently do the hula

While her slaves, the waves

Rush in to kiss her shores

Heaven is another name for

Kauai, island of love

I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell

(words & music by Wise - Weisman)

I look at you and wham, I'm head over heels

I guess that love is a banana peel

I feel so bad and yet I'm feeling so well

I slipped, I stumbled, I fell

One crazy kiss and bam, I head for the skies

I guess that love is like a cake of ice

You skate along but then you can never tell

I slipped, I stumbled, I fell

I never thought I'd get tricked

By you sweet talking lies

You've got a bag of tricks

And when you get busy

I got dazzled and dizzy

I fell like a ton of bricks

My knees are weak, my head is spinning around

I guess that love has turned me upside down

Thought I'd get hurt, but gee, it's turning out well

I slipped, I stumbled, I fell

It Ain't No Big Thing But It's Growing

(Words & music by Merrit - Joy - Hall)

Your losing interest in me and it's showin'

It ain't no big thing but it's growin'

The pain of heartbreak I've just started knowin'

Well, it ain't no big thing but it's growin'

Every day the hurt grows bigger than before

But I'll pretend I don't know this

But If I can hold you one day more

You've got the look of someone who's goin'

You're gonna leave me and it's showin'

A little tear I can feel start to flow

It ain't no big thing but it's growin'

Well every day the hurt grows bigger than before

But I'll pretend I don't know this

Well, if I can hold you one day more

You've got the look of someone who's goin'

Well, you're gonna leave me and it's showin'

A little tear I can feel start to flow

Well it ain't no big thing but it's growing

No, it ain't no big thing but it's growing

It Feels So Right

(words & music by Fred Wise - Ben Weisman)

Step in these arms, where you belong

It feels so right, so right

How can it be wrong?

There's something in the way you kiss

That makes me want to hold you tight

I know that nothing can't be wrong

that feels so right.

Each time we touch, you thrill me so

It means so much, so much

I can't let you go

This isn't only for tonight

We're gonna love our whole life long

'Cause baby, if it feels so right

How can it be wrong?

I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here

(Words & music by Don Robertson - Hal Blair )

No-one's in a hurry

No-one seems to worry

Why they're all so happy is very clear

Every day siesta, every night fiesta

I think I'm gonna like it here

All this lovely scenery

There's more to it than greenery

I know a chance for romance is always near

Mission bells are ringing, everybody's singing

I think I'm gonna like it hear

The sound of laughter from every doorway

Sweet music floating across the square

It seems to say things are going better

Your troubles like bubbles will soon disappear in the air

Down to my last peso, but I'm not afraid to say so

I feel just like a brave, Spanish cavalier

I don't care where we go, so lead on" mi amigo"

I think I'm gonna like it here

Melodias.....lapieras

Your troubles like bubbles will soon disappear in the air

Down to my last peso, but I'm not afraid to say so

I feel just like a brave, Spanish cavalier

I don't care where we go, so lead on" mi amigo"

I think I'm gonna like it here

I think I'm gonna like it here

I think I'm gonna like it here

I think I'm gonna like it here.

It Hurts Me

(words & music by Byers - Daniels)

It hurts me to see him treat you the way he does

It hurts me to see sit and cry

When I know I could be so true

If I had someone like you

It hurts me to see those tears in your eyes

The whole town is talking, they're callin' you a fool

For listening to his same old lies

And when I know I could be so true

If I had someone like you

It hurts me to see the way he makes you cry

You love him too much, you're too blind to see

He's only playing a game

But he's never loved you

He never will

And darling, don't you know he will never change

Oh, I know he never will set you free

Because he's just that kind of guy

But if you ever tell him you're through

I'll be waiting for you

Waiting to hold you so tight

Waiting to kiss you goodnight

Yes, darling, if I had someone like you

It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)

(Words & music by Stuart Hamblin)

The chimes of time ring out the news,

Another day is through.

Someone slipped and fell.

Was that someone you?

You may have longed for added strength,

Your courage to renew.

Do not be disheartened,

For I have news for you.

It is no secret what God can do.

What He's done for others, He'll do for you.

With arms wide open, He'll pardon you.

It is no secret what God can do.

There is no night for in His light

You never walk alone.

Always feel at home,

Wherever you may go.

There is no power can conquer you

While God is on your side.

Take Him at His promise,

Don't run away and hide.

It is no secret what God can do.

What He's done for others, He'll do for you.

With arms wide open, He'll pardon you.

It is no secret what God can do.

It Keeps Right on A-hurtin'

(Words & music by J. Tillotson)

I cry myself to sleep each night

Wishing I could hold you tight

Life seems so empty since you went away

And the pillow where you lay your head

Now holds my empty dreams instead

And it keeps right on a-hurtin'

Since you're gone

It keeps right on a'hurtin every minute of the day

Every hour you're away I feel so lonely

And I can't help it, I don't think I can go on

And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone

They say a man ain't supposed to cry

But when I see you passing by

My heart breaks down and cries a million tears

The pillow where you lay your head

Now holds my empty dreams instead

And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone

It keeps right on a'hurtin every minute of the day

Every hour you're away I feel so lonely

And I can't help it, I don't think I can go on

And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone

Yes, it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone

Ito Eats

(words & music by Sid Tepper - Roy Bennett)

Ito eat like teeth are out of style

Ito eat like teeth are out of style

Ito eating all the while

Eat Ito eat all the night and the day

Eat Ito eat all the night and the day

Ito is an eating boy

He never get enough from fish and poy

He eat everything he don't care what

He even eat the shell from the coconut

Eat Ito eat all the night and the day

Eat Ito eat all the night and the day

Hey, Ito little faster

Ito little slower

Ito eat like teeth are out of style

Ito eat like teeth are out of style

When you say that stranger smile

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

It's a Matter of Time

(Words & music by Clive Westlake)

It's a matter of time before I go back there

A matter of time before I go home

I have been way from her now for a long time

And I've lived a life I thought that it should be

It's a long, long way from now to maybe sometime

And the waiting round is really killing me

It's a matter of time before I go back there

A matter of time oh Lord, before I go home

It's a long way I know and the goin' ain't easy

She'll see me again it's a matter of time

I think I'll take a train right early in the morning

Just to see how far I get along the way

But the trains don't run too often only sometimes

So I guess I'd better wait another day

It's a matter of time before I go back there

A matter of time before I go home

It's a long way I know and the goin' ain't easy

She'll see me again, it's just a matter of time

She'll see me I know it's a matter of time

It's a Sin

(words & music by Rose - Turner)

It's a sin, my darling

How I love you

Because I know

Our love could never be

It's a sin

To keep this memory of you

When silence proves

That you've forgotten me

The dreams I built for us

Has tumbled

Each promise broken

Like my heart

It's a sin, my darling

How I love you

So much in love

And yet so far apart

I'm sure you're happy with another

Who shares the love I cannot win

Why pretend that I can live without you

When deep inside I know that it's a sin

It's a Wonderful World

(Words & music by Tepper - Bennett)

Young as a circus parade, it's a wonderful world

Pretty as pink lemonade, it's a wonderful world

Life is a carnival, live it for all your worth

You are the star of the greatest show on earth

This big wide world is a clown with his nose painted red

A rainbow colored balloon's dancing high overhead

It's everyone's oyster, step up get your pearl

It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world

This big wide world is a clown with his nose painted red

A rainbow colored balloon's dancing high overhead

It's everyone's oyster, step up get your pearl

It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world

It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world

It's Carnival Time

(Words & music by Weisman - Wayne)

Come on kids from eight to eighty

Hey there mister bring your lady

There's a big show on the inside

It's carnival time

Popcorn, peanuts and cotton candy

Pink lemonade that's dan-dan-dandy

Be a big shot for a dollar

It's carnival time

Roustabouts are roustabout'n

And there's happy shouts, children shoutin

If you've got doubts quit your doubtin'

There's thrills, it's spice

It's cheap at half the price

So don't be bashful, buy a ticket

Get the habit never kick it

Hit the band there, don't just stand there

It's carnival time

Roustabouts are roustabout'n

And there's happy shouts, children shoutin

If you've got doubts quit your doubtin'

There's thrills, it's spice

It's cheap at half the price

So don't be bashful, buy a ticket

Get the habit never kick it

Hit the band there, don't just stand there

It's carnival time

It's carnival time

It's Diff'rent Now

(Words & music by Clive Westlake)

Look at you and tell myself

How wonderful you are

You're so different now

To me you're much more wonderful, more wonderful by far

Yes, you're different now

There's more to love than holding hands and stealing kisses

No-one else around

There's the good times and the bad

There's the ups and downs we've had

But it's different now I'm so glad I still have you

Ah

There's always something new to see

I look at you, you look at me

And we're so different now

Love gets better every day 'n in some peculiar way

It's always different now

If we ever say goodbye, you'd be lost

And so would I, what's the difference now between us

Love just for a day, and a love that's here to stay

That's the difference now, the difference now

Ah

It's Easy for You

(Words & music by A. Lloyd-Webber - T. Rice)

You may not mind that it's over

But I've a different point of view

Even though I am shattered

It's easy for you

You don't have to face the music

You don't have to face the crowd

Just go back where you came from

You ain't even proud

I had a wife and I had children

I threw them all away

And now you tell me, you dare to tell me

I should go back to them

What do you think I should say

I found it hard to leave them

Saddest thing I ever had to do

My problems haven't started

And it's easy for you

I had a wife and I had children

I threw them all away

And now you tell me, you dare to tell me

I should go back to them

What do you think, what on earth do you think I should say

If you ever tire of the good life

Call me in a year or two

I've got no choice, I'll forgive you

'Cause it's easy for you

You only have to call me, it's easy for you

You only have to call me, it's easy for you

It's Impossible

(Words & music by Wayne - Manzanero)

It's impossible to tell the sun to leave the sky,

It's just impossible.

It's impossible to ask a baby not to cry,

It's just impossible.

Can I hold you closer to me

And not feel you going through me,

But the second that I never think of you?

Oh, how impossible.

Can the ocean keep from rushing to the shore?

It's just impossible.

If I had you could I ever ask for more?

It's just impossible.

And tomorrow, should you ask me for the world

Somehow I'd get it, I would sell my very soul

And not regret it for to live without your love

Is just impossible

Can the ocean keep from rushing to the shore?

It's just impossible.

If I had you could I ever ask for more?

It's just impossible.

And tomorrow, should you ask me for the world

Somehow I'd get it, I would sell my very soul

And not regret it for to live without your love

Is just impossible

Oh impossible,

Impossible.

Impossible

It's Midnight

(Words & music by Wheeler - Chesnut)

Maybe it's too late. Sometimes I even hate myself for loving

you

Trying to be strong then nighttime comes along and I start

loving you

Wanting you. Where is all my self control I'm burning way

down in my soul

And needing you, and wishing I could be the man, I try to

Hating me for wanting you to be with you knowing you don't

love me like you used to

But it's midnight, Ohh and I miss you

It's getting late and I know that's when I am weak

Funny how things have a way of looking so much brighter in

the day light

I hope to go to bed to try and straighten out my head and just

forget you

Oh but it's midnight yes and I miss you

It's getting late and I know that's when I am weak

Funny how things have a way of looking so much brighter in

the day light

I hope to go to bed to try and straighten out my head and just

forget you

Oh but it's midnight yes and I miss you

It's midnight and I miss you

It's Now or Never

(words & music by Aaron Schroeder - Wally Gold)

It's now or never,

come hold me tight

Kiss me my darling,

be mine tonight

Tomorrow will be too late,

it's now or never

My love won't wait.

When I first saw you

with your smile so tender

My heart was captured,

my soul surrendered

I'd spend a lifetime

waiting for the right time

Now that your near

the time is here at last.

It's now or never,

come hold me tight

Kiss me my darling,

be mine tonight

Tomorrow will be too late,

it's now or never

My love won't wait.

Just like a willow,

we would cry an ocean

If we lost true love

and sweet devotion

Your lips excite me,

let your arms invite me

For who knows when

we'll meet again this way

It's now or never,

come hold me tight

Kiss me my darling,

be mine tonight

Tomorrow will be too late,

it's now or never

My love won't wait.

It's Only Love

(Words & music by James - Tyrell)

I see the the sunlight in her hair

I feel the warm smile that she wears

She has no recipe for love

But I just can't get enough

From the distance of my mind

Clock that's ringing says it's time

Wake up to my destiny

It's time to face reality

It's only love that I feel inside

But I'll get by somehow

It's only love, there must be something else for me girl

I tell myself that it's not real

There's nothing left for me to feel

I'll just be going on my way

Tomorrow brings another day

Only love that I feel inside

But I've got to be strong

My mind's made up, it's only love

But I know I'll get by, take my heart and my pride

And just throw it aside

It's only love

It's only love, it's only love, it's only love

It's only love

It's only love

It's Over

(words & music by Rodgers)

If time were not a moving thing

And I could make it stay

This hour of love we share

Would always be

There'd be no coming day

To shine a morning light

And make us realize our night is over

When you walk away from me

There is no place to put my hand

Except to shade my eyes against the sun

That rises over the land

I watch you walk away

Somehow I have to let you go

Cause it's over

If you knew just how I really feel

You might return and yet

There are so many times

That people have to love and then forget

Oh there might have been a way somehow

I have to force myself to say

It's over

So I turn my back,

Turn my collar to the wind

Move along in silence

Trying not to think at all

I set my feet before me

Walk the silent street before me

Now it's over

If time were not a moving thing

And I could make you stay

This hour of love we share

Would always be

There'd be no coming day

To shine a morning light

And make us realize our night is over

It's over

It's Still Here

(Words & music by Ivory Joe Hunter)

The day you said we'd never part

You turned around and broke my heart

You had the nerve to tell me I would soon forget

Now you've been gone away one year

And I have not forgotten dear

The love I had for you so long

Is still here

Wow-oh

It's here, still here

Because my heart cannot believe

We're really through

And though you said we'd never part

You turned around and broke my heart

The love I had for you so long

Is still here

It's here, still here

Because my heart cannot believe

We're really through

Now you've been gone away one year

And I have not forgotten dear

The love I had for you so long

Is still here

Wow-oh

It's here, it's here, still here

Because my heart cannot believe

We're really through

And though you said we'd never part

You turned around and broke my heart

The love I had for you so long

Is still here

Wow-ow

It's here, still here

Because my heart cannot believe

We're really through

And though you said we'd never part

You turned around and broke my heart

The love I had for you so long

Is still here

Oh yeah

It's Your Baby, You Rock It

(words & music by Shiri Milete - Nora Fowler)

You offered me a penny for my thoughts

And I told you then that woman won't stay caught

But you turned and loved her anyway

She broke your heart and all I've got to say

It's your baby, you rock it

It's your heartache, you bought it

You made the bed your sleeping in

And I'm tired of hearing about it friend

It's your baby you, rock it

Well you cried upon my shoulder like a baby

I'm sorry 'bout your troubles and your lady

But she done you like she done me

And I've used up all my sympathy

It's your baby you, rock it

It's your baby, you rock it

It's your heartache, you bought it

You made the bed your sleeping in

And I'm tired of hearing about it friend

It's your baby you, rock it

It Won't Be Long

(Words & music by Wayne - Weisman)

The shooting stars are coming out of your eyes

They point the way, the way to paradise

I got a funny feeling, I can't be wrong

It won't be long until the sparks will fly

It won't be long

I hear a buzz, buzz around in my brain

But what it does, is bound to drive me insane

At a time like this I must be strong

It won't be long till the sky falls down

It won't be long

Love has taught me plenty, I'm still learning more

Anything worth having is worth the waiting for

Here I go, I'm on a one way trip

Look out below because I'm about to flip

I tell you when these lips get to that kiss

It won't be long until we're out of this world

It won't be long

Love has taught me plenty, I'm still learning more

Anything worth having is worth the waiting for

Here I go, I'm on a one way trip

Look out below because I'm about to flip

I tell you when these lips get to that kiss

It won't be long, it won't be long until we're out of this world

It won't be long

It won't be long, it won't be long until we're out of this world

It won't be long

It Won't Seem Like Christmas

(words & music by J.A. Balthrop)

Oh, it won't seem like Christmas, oh, without you

Far too many miles are between

But if I get the one thing I'm waiting for

Well then I'll se you tonight in my dreams

Seems a long time since we've been together

It was just about to this time of the year

Looks like it's gonna be snowy weather

How I wish that you could be here

But it won't seem like Christmas, oh, without you

Far too many miles are between

But if I get the one thing that I'm wishing for

Then I'll see you tonight in my dreams

In the distance I hear sleigh bells ringing

The holly is so pretty this year

And the carol that somebody's singing

Reminds me of our Christmas last year

I've Got a Thing About You Baby

(words & music by Tony Joe White)

I've got something to tell you

That I think you ought to know

That my eyes are on you baby

Since a long time ago

And now I fin'ly got the nerve

And I'm gonna make my move

Now don't you try to turn me off

Cause it's gonna be hard to do

I've got a thing about you baby

Ain't nothing I can do

I've got a thing about you baby

A thing about lovin' you

Ain't it just like a woman

Whe she knows she's got a man

She'll wring you out and turn you 'bout

In the palm of her hand

And then she starts to thinkin'

Then maybe she's put you in a blind

She'll give you just a little lovin'

It'll drive you out of your mind

I've got a thing about you baby

Ain't nothing you can do

I've got a thing about you baby

A thing about lovin' you

I've Got Confidence

(words & music by Andrae Crouch)

When trouble is in my way

I can't tell the night from day

I toss from side to side

Like a ship on a raging tide

I don't worry and I don't fret

God has never failed me yet

Troubles comin' from time to time

But that's all right, 'cause I'm not the worrying kind

Because I, I've got confidence,

God is gonna see me through

No matter what the case may be

I know He's gonna fix it for me

Joe was so sick so long

Till the flesh fell from his bones

His wife, cattle and children,

Everything that he had was gone

But Joe he never dispaired

He knew that God still cared

Sleepless days and sleepless nights

Joe said honey that's all right

'Cause I've got confidence

God is gonna see me through

No matter what the case may be

I know He's gonna fix it for me

Some folks wonder how I smile

Even though I'm going to trial

How can I have song

Everything is going wrong

I don't worry and I don't fret

God has never failed me yet

Trouble's coming from time to time

That's all right, I'm not the worrying kind

'Cause I've got confidence.....

I've Got to Find My Baby

(Words & music by J. Byers)

I've got to find my baby

I wonder where can she be

Has anybody seen her

Send her back to me

She left me here all alone

And I ain't had no lovin'

Since my baby's been gone

My baby's gone

I've gotta find my baby

I gotta hold her tight and tell her I love her

Tell her everything's all right

So I'll keep searching

All night long

'Cause I ain't had no lovin'

Since my baby's been gone

My baby's gone

I've gotta find my baby

I've gotta find my baby

Gotta find my baby

I've Lost You

(words & music by Howard - Blaikly)

Lying by your side I watch you sleeping

And in your face the sweetness of a child

Murmuring the dreams you won't recapture

Though it will haunt the corners of you mind

Who can tell when summer turns to autumn

And who can point the moment love grows cold

Softly happening the joy is over

Though why it's gone neither of us know

Oh, I've lost you yes, I've lost you

I can't reach you anymore

We ought to talk it over now

But reason can't stand in for feeling

Six o'clock the baby will be crying

And you will stumble, sleepy, to the door

In the chill and sun gray of the morning

We play the parts that we have learned to well

I Want to Be Free

(words & music by Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller)

There's no joy in my heart,

only sorrow

And I'm sad

as a man can be

I sit alone in the darkness

of my lonely room

And this room

is a prison to me

I look at window

and what to I see

I see a bird

way up in the tree

I want to be free free

Free - ee - ee - ee

I want to be free

like the bird in the tree

What good are my eyes,

they can't see you

And my arms,

they can't hold so tight

I have two lips

that are yearning,

but they're no good to me

Cause I know I can't kiss you tonight

I look at window

and what to I see

I see a bird

way up in the tree

I want to be free free

Free - ee - ee - ee

I want to be free

like the bird in the tree

I want to be free

like the bird in the tree

I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

(words & music by Ira Kosloff - Maurice Mysels)

Hold me close, hold me tight

Make me thrill with delight

Let me know where I stand from the start

I want you, I need you, I love you

With all my heart

Ev'ry time that you're near

All my cares disappear

Darling, you're all that I'm living for

I want you, I need you, I love you

More and more

I thought I could live without romance

Before you came to me

But now I know that

I will go on loving you eternally

Won't you please be my own?

Never leave me alone

'Cause I die ev'ry time we're apart

I want you, I need you, I love you

With all my heart

I Want You With Me

(words & music by Harris)

When I was little, my mama said to me

"One day you'll find a love to last eternally"

I want you with me everywhere I go

So please don't leave me baby, I love you so

I'll be the ruler of this whole wide world

If you will only say you'll be my girl

I want you with me in everything I do

You know I need you baby, I'm in love with you

There is no mountain that I can't climb

You find the mountain, child, and I'll find the time

I want you with me, with me night and day

Well, you can make me happy baby, don't you go away

I'll swim an ocean with a raging foam

If I know that you'll be there when I come back home

I want you with me, you know I love you so

Well, I want you with me baby, I'll never let you go

Well, I want you with me baby, I'll never let you go

I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago

(Adapted by Elvis Presley)

I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water

I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so

I was born about ten thousand years ago

There ain't nothing in this world that I don't know

I saved king David's life and he offered me a wife

I said now you're talking business have a chair

Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago

Ain't nothing in this world that I  know

Saw Peter, Paul and Moses playing ring around the roses

I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so

I was born about ten thousand years ago

Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know

I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water

I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so

I was there when old Noah built the ark

And I crawled in the window after dark

I saw Jonah eat the whale and dance with the lion's tale

And I crossed over Canaan on a log

I was born about ten thousand years ago

Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know

I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water

I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so

Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago

Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know

Saw Peter, Paul and Moses playing ring around the roses

I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so

I was there when old Noah built the ark

And I crawled in the window after dark

I saw Jonah eat the whale and dance with the lion's tale

And I crossed over Canaan on a log

I was born about ten thousand years ago

There ain't nothing in this world that I don't know

I saved king David's life and he offered me a wife

I said now you're talking business have a chair

Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago

Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know

Saw Peter, Paul and Moses playing ring around the roses

I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so

I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water

(words & music by Joe Babcock)

I was born in Macon Georgia

They kept my daddy over in Macon jail

He told me if you keep your hands clean

You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail

Well I fell in with bad companions

Robbed a man, oh up in Tennessee

They caught me way up in Nashville

They locked me up and threw away the key

I washed my hands in muddy water

Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean

Tried to do what my daddy told me

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

Well I asked the judge now when's my time up

He said son, oh you know we won't forget

If you try just to keep your hands clean

We might just make a good man of you yet

Oh I couldn't wait to get my time up

I broke out, broke out of Nashville jail

I just crossed the state-line of Georgia

Well I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail

I washed my hands in muddy water

Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean

Tried to do what my daddy told me

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

I Was the One

(words & music by Schroeder - Demetruis - Blair -

Peppers)

I was the one who taught her to kiss

The way that she kisses you now.

And you know the way she touches your cheek,

Well, I taught her how.

I was the one who taught her to cry

When she wants you under her spell.

The sight of her tears drives you out of your mind,

I taught her so well.

And then one day

I had my love as perfect as could be.

She lived, she loved, she laughed, she cried,

And it was all for me.

I'll never know who taught her to lie.

Now that it's over and done,

Who learned the lesson when she broke my heart?

I was the one.

And then one day

I had my love as perfect as could be.

She lived, she loved, she laughed, she cried,

And it was all for me.

I'll never know who taught her to lie.

Now that it's over and done,

Who learned the lesson when she broke my heart?

I was the one.

I Will Be Home Again

(Words & music by Lou Singer - Benny Benjamin)

I will be home again

Don't worry dear

I'll be home again

So won't you dry the tear

The promise in your eyes

Will see me through

There'll be brighter skies

When I come back to you

A-a-ah sweetheart

The love you're giving

Thrills my hungry heart

You make my life worth the living

Although we are apart

I will be home again

We'll start anew

Darling until then

Our dreams will have to do

A-a-ah sweetheart

The love you're giving

Thrills my hungry heart

You make my life worth the living

Although we are apart

I will be home again

We'll start anew

Darling until then

Our dreams will have to do

I Will Be True

(Words & music by Ivory Joe Hunter)

I will be true

No matter what they may say

I will be true

Although you're far far away

Each night I pray

All day I'll say a silent prayer

That when I open my door

I'll find you there

Somehow I feel

That someday we'll meet again

Don't ask me how

It's something I can't explain

Until the day

I give up all hope of you

Assure yourself this I'll do

I will be true

Oh oh mmmmmmm

That someday we'll meet again

Don't ask me how

It's something I can't explain

Until the day

I give up all hope of you

Assure yourself this I'll do

I will be true