Clever And Great Songs Of Courtship
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The Tennessee Stud
(music and lyrics by Jimmy Driftwood)
Back about eighteen and twenty-five
I left Tennessee very much alive
I never would have made it through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been riding on the Tennessee Stud
Had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I wrote a letter to my Uncle Fud
And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud
Drifted on down into no man's land
I crossed the river called the Rio Grande
I raced my horse with the Spaniards bold
'Til I got me a skinful of silver and gold
Me and the gambler, we couldn't agree
We got in a fight over Tennessee
We pulled our guns, he fell with a thud
And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud
I rode right back across Arkansas
I whipped her brother and I whipped her pa
I found that girl with the golden hair
And she was riding on a Tennessee mare
Pretty little baby on the cabin floor
A little horse colt playing 'round the door
I love the girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud
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Perhaps the definitive version of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq-1G6Wif8s
Doc Watson-guitar
Merle Watson-guitar
T. Michael Coleman-bass
Marty Stuart-mandolin
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Robert Earl Keen -- Jesse With The Long Hair
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I Only Have Eyes For You
I Only Have Eyes For You
(Al Dubin/Harry Warren-lyrics)
My love must be a kind of blind love
I can't see anyone but you
(Sha bop sha bop)
(Sha bop sha bop)
(Sha bop sha bop)
(Sha bop sha bop)
(Sha bop sha bop)
Are the stars out tonight (sha bop sha bop)
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright (sha bop sha bop)
I only have eyes for you dear
(Sha bop sha bop)
The moon may be high
(Sha bop sha bop)
But I can't see (sha bop sha bop) a thing in the sky
I only have eyes for you
I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
(Sha bop sha bop)
You are here
(Sha bop sha bop)
And so am I
(Sha bop sha bop)
Maybe millions of people (sha bop sha bop) go by
But they all disappear from view
And I only have eyes for you
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The definitive version, and for my money, the best song ever from the vocal harmony group (aka doo-wop) era:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvzNeh4Mq1o
The Flamingos featuring Lloyd Price on lead vocals
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he already had me, and this was his basically only public exclamation of love for me, musically speaking. because he got it so perfect the first time
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i never knew the song, and it is simply said, and so his style
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When I'm with you
It doesn't matter where we are Or what we're doing
I'm with you, that's all that matters
Time passes much too quickly When we're together laughing
I wish I could sing it to you, whoa oh I wish I could sing it to you Oh oh oh oh oh oh woah oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh woah oh oh oh
Mostly I'm silent, hmm Silent
When I kiss you I feel a thousand different feelings
A cover of chills All over my body And when I feel them
I quickly try to decide which one I should try to put into words, woah oh Try to put into words
Oh oh oh oh oh oh woah oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh woah oh oh oh Only the beginning Only just the start Oh oh oh oh oh oh woah oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh woah oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh woah oh oh oh