1.The Old Lamplighter
THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER
The Browns
He made the night a little brighter
Wherever he would go
The old lamplighter
Of long, long ago
His snowy hair was so much whiter
Beneath the candle glow
The old lamplighter
Of long, long ago
You'd hear the patter of his feet
As he came toddling down the street
His smile would cheer a lonely heart you see
If there were sweethearts in the park
He'd pass a lamp and leave it dark
Remembering the days that used to be
For he recalled when things were new
He loved someone who loved him too
Who walks with him alone in memories
He made the night a little brighter
Wherever he would go
The old lamplighter
Of long, long ago
His snowy hair was so much whiter
Beneath the candle glow
The old lamplighter
Of long, long ago
Now if you look up in the sky
You'll understand the reason why
The little stars at night are all aglow
He turns them on when night is near
He turns them off when dawn is here
The little man we left so long ago
He made the night a little brighter
Wherever he would go
The old lamplighter of long, long ago
2.Scarlet Ribbons (1960)
I peeked in to say goodnight when I heard my child in prayer
Send dear God some scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons for my hair
All the stores were closed and shuttered all the streets were
dark and bare
In our town those scarlet ribbons, not one ribbons for her hair
Through the night my heart was aching just before the dawn was
breaking
I peeked in and on her bed in gay profusion lying there
I saw ribbons, scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons for her hair
If I live to be a hundred I will never know from where
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons for her hair
3.Darlin'
Darlin', dearest darlin'
Put your arms around me, baby please
Darlin', dearest darlin'
Kiss me one more time before you leave
If you must go be on your way
Before I started beggin' you to stay with me
I'm gettin' weak from being strong
First thing that you know
I'll be down on my knees
Darlin', dearest darlin'
Always in my heart and in my thoughts
Darlin', dearest darlin'
Havin' loved you once I'll never stop...
4.Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
Lyricist：Slim Willet
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Don't let the moon break your heart
Love blooms at night, in daylight it dies
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Oh, keep your heart for me
For someday
I'll return and you know
You're the only one I'll ever love
Too many moons
(Too many moons)
Too many stars
(Too many stars)
Too many nights to be alone
Please keep your heart while we are apart
Don't linger in the moonlight
While I'm gone
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Don't let the moon break your heart
Love blooms at night, in daylight it dies
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Oh, keep your heart for me
For someday
I'll return and you know
You're the only one I'll ever love
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Don't let the moon break your heart
The love blooms at night, in the daylight it dies
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Oh, keep your heart for me
For someday
I'll return and you know
You're the only one I'll ever love
You're the only one I'll ever love
5.The Three Bells
Lyricist：Bert ／ Eng Lyr Reisfeld, Jean Villard
There's a village hidden deep in the valley
Among the pine trees half forlorn
And there on a Sunny morning
Little Jimmy Brown was born
All the chapel bells were ringing
In the little valley town
And the songs that they were singing
Were for baby Jimmy Brown
Then the little congregation
Prayed for guidance from above
'Lead us not into temptation
Bless this hour of meditation
Guide him with eternal love'
There's a village hidden deep in the valley
Beneath the mountains high above
And there, twenty years thereafter
Jimmy was to meet his love
All the chapel bells were ringing
Was a great day in his life
'Cause the songs that they were singing
Were for Jimmy and his wife
Then the little congregation
Prayed for guidance from above
'Lead us not into temptation
Bless oh Lord, this celebration
May their lives be filled with love'
From the village hidden deep in the valley
One rainy morning dark and gray
A soul winged its way to heaven
Jimmy Brown had passed away
Just a lonely bell was ringing
In the little valley town
'Twas farewell that it was singing
To our good old Jimmy Brown
And the little congregation
Prayed for guidance from above
'Lead us not into temptation
May his soul find the salvation
Of thy great eternal love'
6.They Call The Wind Maria
Lyricist：Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
A way out here they've got a name for wind and rain and fire
The rain is Jack, the fire is Joe and they call the wind Maria
Maria flows the stars around since the clouds're flying
Maria makes the mountains sound like cold wind out there dying
Maria, Maria they call the wind Maria
Before I knew Maria's name heard her wails and whining
I had a girl and she had me and the sun was always shining
And then one day I left my girl left her far behind me
Maria blowed her love to me I need her here beside me
Maria, Maria they call the wind Maria
Out here they've got a name for rain and wind and fire only
But when you're lost and all alone there ain't no name for
lonely
Now I'm a lost and lonely man without the stars to guide me
Maria blowed her love to me I need her here beside me
Maria, Maria they call the wind Maria
7.Then I'll Stop Loving You
Lyricist：Jim Reeves
If there's water in the desert, sand out in the sea
If you were not an angel, sweet as you could be
You could turn the night today, make all my dreams come true
Say how far it is to heaven then I'll stop loving you
If the earth is up above us, stars are down below
If there are daisies in the desert, roses in the snow
If today can be tomorrow, if old things can be new
If you can live without a heartbeat then I'll stop loving you
There's no daisies in the desert, no roses in the snow
The earth is not above us, the stars are not below
Today can't be tomorrow, old things can't be new
I can't live without a heartbeat and I can't stop loving you
8.Scarlet Ribbons
Lyricist：E Danzig, J Segal
I peeked in to say good night
When I heard my child in prayer
'Send me, God, some scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for my hair'
All the stores were closed and shuttered
All the streets were dark and bare
In my town, no scarlet ribbons
Not one ribbon for her hair
Through the night my heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking
I peeked in and on her bed
In gay profusion lying there
I saw a ribbon, scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
9.Old Lamplighter
Lyricist：Nat Simon, Charles Tobias
He made the night a little brighter wherever he would go
The old lamplighter of long, long ago
His snowy hair was so much whiter beneath the candle glow
The old lamplighter of long, long ago
You'd hear the patter of his feet
As he came toddling down the street
His smile would cheer a lonely heart you see
If there were sweethearts in the park
He'd pass a lamp and leave it dark
Remembering the days that used to be
For he recalled when things were new
He loved someone who loved him too
Who walks with him alone in memories
He made the night a little brighter wherever he would go
The old lamplighter of long, long ago
His snowy hair was so much whiter beneath the candle glow
The old lamplighter of long, long ago
Now if you look up in the sky
You'll understand the reason why
The little stars at night are all aglow
He turns them on when night is near
He turns them off when dawn is here
The little man we left so long ago
He made the night a little brighter wherever he would go
The old lamplighter of long, long ago
10.Buttons ＆ Bows
Lyricist：Raymond B Evans, Jay Livingston
East is east and west is west
And the wrong one I have chose
Let's go where they keep on wearin'
Those frills and flowers and buttons and bows
Rings and things and buttons and bows
Don't bury me in this prairie
Take me where the cement grows
Let's move down to some big town
Where they love a gal by the cut o' your clothes
And you'll stand out, in buttons and bows
I'll love you in buckskin
Or skirts that you've homespun
But I'll love ya' longer, stronger where
Yer friends don't tote a gun
My bones denounce the buckboard bounce
And the cactus hurts my toes
Let's vamoose where gals keep a-usin'
Those silks and satins and linen that shows
And I'm all yours in buttons and bows
Gimme eastern trimmin' where women are women
In high silk hose and peek-a-boo clothes
And French perfume that rocks the room
And I'm all yours in buttons and bows
Buttons and bows, buttons and bows
11.Old Master Painter
Lyricist：H Gillespie, Beasley Smith
That old master painter from the faraway hills
Painted the violets and the daffodils
He put the purple in the twilight haze
Then did a rainbow for the rainy days
Then came his masterpiece and when he was through
He smiled down from heaven and he gave me you
What a beautiful job on that wonderful day
That old master painter from the hills far away
Dreamed up the murals on the blue summer skies
Painted the devil in my darlin's eyes
Captured the dreamer with a thousand thrills
The old master painter from the faraway hills
Then came his masterpiece and when he was through
He smiled down from heaven and he gave me you
What a beautiful job on that wonderful day
That old master painter from the hills far away
Dreamed up the murals on the blue summer skies
Painted the devil in my darlin's eyes
Captured the dreamer with a thousand thrills
The old master painter from the faraway hills
12.Big Blizzard
Lyricist：Donald Wayne Choate
There's a blizzard coming on, how I'm wishing I was home
For my pony's lame and he can hardly stand
Listen to that norther' sigh, if we don't get home we'll die
But, it's only seven miles to Mary Ann's
It's only seven miles to Mary Ann's
You can bet we're on her mind, for it's nearly supper time
And I'll bet there's good hot bisque's in the pan
Lord, my hands feel like there froze, there's a numbness in my
toes
But, it's only five more miles to Mary Ann's
Yes, It's only five more miles to Mary Ann's
That wind's howling and it seems mighty like a woman's scream
And we'd best be moving fast if we can
Dan just think about that barn with the hay so soft and warm
But it's only three more miles to Mary Ann's
It's only three more miles to Mary Ann's
Dan get up you ornery cuss or you'll be the death of us
I'm so weary but I'll help you if I can
Alright Dan, perhaps it is best if we stop a while and rest
For it's still a hundred yards to Mary Ann's
Yes, it's still a hundred yards to Mary Ann's
Late that night the storm was gone, yes, they found him there at
dawn
He'd a made it but he just couldn't leave old Dan
Yes, they found him there on the plains hands froze to the
reigns
He was just a hundred yards form Mary Ann's
He was just a hundred yards from Mary Ann's
13.Mommy Please Stay Home With Me
Lyricist：Eddy Arnold, Wallace Fowler, J G Hall
A mother went out on a party
She left at home her baby son
He cried and begged her not to leave him
But she would not give up her fun
She kissed his cheek and tried to soothe him
But would not heed his childish plea
She heard him call as she was leaving
Please mommy please stay home with me
The mother joined the merrymakers
And soon was lost in trifling joy
The mellow tunes and flitting shadows
Made her forget her baby boy
She danced and laughed and did some drinking
The world for her was full of glee
But now and then these words would haunt her
Please mommy please stay home with me
She left the party feeling dizzy
The smell of drink was on her breath
She hurried home to find her baby
In raging pain and nearing death
The doctor came and looked on sadly
The case was hopeless, he could see
The baby died, these words repeating
Please mommy please stay home with me
14.Forty Shades Of Green
Lyricist：John R Cash
I close my eyes and picture
The emerald of the sea
From the fishin' boats at Dingle
To the shores at Dunehea
I miss the river Shannon
And the folks at Skibbereen
The meadows and the moorlands
And their forty shades of green
But most of all
I miss a girl in Tipperary town
And most of all I miss her charms
And hair so long and brown
I long again to see and do
The things we've done and seen
Where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar
And there's forty shades of green
I wish that I could spend an hour
At Dublin's churning surf
I long to watch the farmers
Drain the bogs and spade the turf
To see again the thatching
Of the straw the women clean
I'd walk from Cork to Larne to see
Those forty shades of green
But most of all
I miss a girl in Tipperary town
And most of all I miss her charms
And hair so long and brown
I long again to see and do
The things we've done and seen
Where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar
And there's forty shades of green
15.When I Stop Dreaming
Lyricist：Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin
When I stop dreaming
That's when I'll stop loving you
The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life
The first time I ever have wanted to cry
Was the night when you told me you loved someone else
And you asked me if I could forget
When I stop dreaming
That's when I'll stop loving you
You may teach a flowers to bloom in the snow
You may take a pebble and teach it to grow
You may teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds
But you can't teach my heart to forget
When I stop dreaming
That's when I'll stop loving you
16.Wondering
Lyricist：Johnny Marks
Wondering, wondering who's kissing you
Wondering, just wondering if you're wondering too
Every hour, through the day since you went away
I've been wondering, yes, wondering if you're wondering too
I pray every night to the good Lord above
To send back to me the one I really love
(Wondering, wondering)
Who's kissing you
(Wondering, just wondering)
If you're wondering too
I pray every night
Every hour, through the day since you've been away
I've been wondering, yes, wondering if you're wondering too
17.Here Today And Gone Tomorrow
Lyricist：Bloodworth Raymond, Brown L Russell, Richard Wegrzyn
Here today and gone tomorrow
Our love would always be a hit and run affair
I know you love me, but I'm just a wanderer
Today I love you but tomorrow I may not care
For absence always makes the hearts grow fonder
I get lonesome for someone's company
You're here today and gone tomorrow
And my loving you is just a fantasy
When you're gone, I wish we'd never met
For the memory remains within my heart
You're here today and gone tomorrow
We can't be happy so I think it's best we part
For absence always makes the hearts grow fonder
I get lonesome for someone's company
You're here today and gone tomorrow
And my loving you is just a fantasy
18.Mansion On The Hill
Lyricist：Rose Fred, Williams Hank (special)
Tonight down here in the valley
I'm lonesome and oh, how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin
I can see your mansion on the hill
Do you recall when we parted？
The story to me you revealed
Yes you said, you could live without love dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill
I've waited all through the years
Love to give you a heart true and real
'Cause I know, you are living in sorrow
In your loveless mansion on the hill
The light shines bright from your window
The trees stand so silent and still
Oh I know, you're alone with your pride dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill
19.Shenandoah
Lyricist：Brown Bonnie G, Brown Jim Edward, Brown Maxine
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Away you rolling river
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Away we're bound the way across the wide Missouri
Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Away you rolling river
Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Away we're bound the way across the wide Missouri
Oh Shenandoah, I'm bound to leave you
Away you rolling river
Oh Shenandoah, I'm bound to leave you
Away we're bound the way across the wide Missouri
20.Am I That Easy To Forget
Lyricist：Belew Carl R, Singleton Shelby, Stevenson W S
You say you've found somebody new
But that won't stop my loving you
I just can't let you walk away
Forget the love I have for you
Guess, I could find somebody new
But I don't want no one but you
How can you leave without regret
Am I that easy to forget？
Before you leave be sure you find
You want his love much more than mine
'Cause I'll just say we'd never met
If I'm that easy to forget
Guess, I could find somebody new
But I don't want no one but you
How can you leave without regret
You're not that easy to forget
21.I Heard The Bluebirds Sing
Lyricist：Pharis Hod
I met a girl down in the hills
That gave my lonely heart a thrill
Her beauty seemed just like a breath of spring
And when I looked into her eyes
I thought it blue as a summer skies
And when I held her hand in mine
I heard the bluebirds sing
They sang of wondering
Wondering if you'll love her
Will she marry, marry if you'll ask her？
Will her heart be heart be true
For him for then and evermore？
And when she's lonely, lonely is he near her
When there's sadness
Sadness will her cheer her
Will they always
Always be together until the day they part？
I courted her for months on end
Until she promised we would wed
We planned on being married in the spring
All through the long cold winter months
It seemed that spring would never come
And every gloomy winter day
I heard the bluebirds sing
They sang of waiting, waiting for the flowers
And of counting, counting every hour
Till the bluebirds, till the bluebirds
Chirps his welcome and tips the world each morn
And though we've waiting for the sunshine
We keep hating, hating every storm cloud
That has gathered, gathered over the mountains
To keep us for apart
And when at last spring touched the earth
We were married in the village church
Our wedding seems just like a dream come true
So many years have come and gone
Our love is still as true and strong
As when I found longer ago, till the bluebirds sing
They sang of loving, loving every hour
That I'm married married to my flower
We'll be happy, happy ever after
As since the day we've met
And though we've older, older the love is sweeter
We grow fonder, fonder to each other
We'll be sweethearts, sweethearts
Close together until the day of time
22.How Can It Be Imagination
Lyricist：Brown Jim Edward, Brown Maxine
How can it be imagination
When my lips are burning with fire？
How can it be infatuation
When my heart is filled with desire？
You say I didn't love you
Though my emotions I tried to hide
And though this may be imaginary
I can't hide the tears in my eyes
My love for you taught me a lesson
To never let off how you feel
She'll love you more if you'll keep her guess
And imagination next time may be real
You say I didn't love you
Though my emotions I tried to hide
And though this may be imaginary
I can't hide the tears in my eyes
23.Red Sails In The Sunset
Lyricist：Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams
Hmm, red sails in the sunset
Way out on the sea
Oh, carry my loved one home
Safely to me
He sailed at the dawning all day
I've been blue
Red sails in the sunset
I'm trusting in you
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And he'll go sailing no more
Red sails in the sunset
Way out on the sea
Oh, carry my loved one home
Safely to me
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And he'll go sailing no more
24.Four Walls
Lyricist：George Campbell, Moore Marvin J
Out where the bright lights are glowing
You're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's overflowing
While I sit and whisper your name
Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls to hear me
Closing in on me
Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting
But my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love, not for singing
So here's where you've left me, I'll stay
One night with you is like heaven
And so, while I'm walking the floor
I listen for steps in the hallway
And wait for your knock on my door
Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls to hear me
Closing in on me
25.Four Strong Winds
Lyricist：Ian Tyson
Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All these things that won't change
Come what may
But our good times are all gone
And I'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you
If I'm ever back this way
I might go out to Alberta
Weather's good there in the fall
Got some friends that I could go
To working for
Still I wish, you'd change your mind
If I asked you one more time
But we've been through
That a hundred times or more
Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All these things that won't change
Come what may
If I get there before the snow flies
Things are going good
You could join me if I send you down the fare
But if you wait until it's winter
It would do no good
For the wind sure can blow cold way out there
Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that runs high
All these things that won't change
Come what may
But our good times are all gone
And I'm bound for movin' on
26.My Adobe Hacienda
Lyricist：Massey Louise, Penny Lee
In my adobe hacienda
There's a touch of Mexico
Cactus lovelier than orchids
Blooming in the patio
Soft desert stars
And the strum of guitars
Make every evening
Seem so sweet
In my adobe hacienda
Life and love are more complete
In my adobe hacienda
Nested in the western hills
Evening breezes softly murmur
Harmony with whippoorwills
When setting sun says the long day is done
Sweet music starts to fill the air
In my adobe hacienda
Harmony is everywhere
27.Sky Princess
Lyricist：Brown Jim Edward, Brown Maxine
Though you became a star used to a twinkle in his heart
Every night little sky princess
You're living on a cloud that will fall to the ground
Some day little sky princess
Go on with your career don't worry 'bout him
Dear, he's doing okay
You live a life of gaiety that isn't reality
I hope you'll realize someday
Though you became a star used to a twinkle in his heart
Every night little sky princess
I wonder if he calls you on the phone would you be alone
And be proud to hear from him
Remember he's the little guy who have to get up to the sky
And he'll always be sorry
For the twinkle in his eye will stop twinklin' by and by
If you don't come down sky princess
28.Making Plans
Lyricist：Voni Morrison, Johnny Russell
You say tomorrow you're going
It's so hard for me to believe
I'm making plans for the heartaches
'Cause you're making plans to leave
The tears for me will be falling
Like a tree shedding its leaves
I'm making plans for the teardrops
'Cause you're making plans to leave
You're making plans to forget me
I'm making plans to miss you
I'm getting ready to grieve
I'm making plans to be lonesome
'Cause you're making plans to leave
I'm making plans to be lonesome
'Cause you're making plans to leave
29.I'd Just Be Fool Enough (To Fall)
Lyricist：Endsley Melvin
Oh, please don't be so careless with your glances
Don't look at me that way and breathe a sigh
Oh, please don't get too close and let me love you
'Cause I'd just be fool enough to try
It's not that I don't think I'm worthy of you
But memories from the past I still recall
Don't let me hold you in my arms and kiss you
'Cause I'd just be fool enough to fall
Don't let me tell you how I've dreamed about you
And longed to have a love that I could share
Oh, please don't let your eyes be so revealing
'Cause I'd just be fool enough to care
It's not that I don't think I'm worthy of you
But memories from the past I still recall
Don't let me hold you in my arms and kiss you
'Cause I'd just be fool enough to fall
30.I Still Do
And I still do
Darling, many happy years
Have passed away since you and I
We're tiny little boy and girl
Playing neath the summer sky
Do you recall the day
I was bold enough to say
I love you dear, I want you near？
And I still do
Yes, I love the little girl, I do
I was tryin' to say
That I loved you
And I still do
Darling, let your mem'ry stray
And try to picture you and me
Roaming through the open field
And playing in the hollow tree
The rocky hills above
I climbed to show my love
For the little girl I loved so well
And I still do
Yes, I love the little girl, I do
I was tryin' to say
That I loved you
And I still do
Darling, close your weary eyes
And let me take you by the hand
And straight way lead you through the past
Back to happy childhood land
And there we'll love again
The same past we did then
Among the flowers we plant as ours
And we still do
Yes, I love the little girl, I do
I was tryin' to say
That I loved you
And I still do
And I still do
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