Тексты песен «Tennessee Ernie Ford»


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Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons

I was born one morning when the sun did't shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal and the straw-boss said well bless my soul -CH. you load sixteen tons and what do...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - Blackberry Boogie

Along about sun-up every day I grab my bucket and I'm on my way I go down the road a runnin' and a kickin' I'm headed for the patch to do some blackberry pickin' I fill my bucket right to the top It makes my lips go...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - Catfish Boogie

Catfish boogie-woogie, boogie-woogie, boogie-woogie Catfish boogie-woogie, boogie-woogie, boogie-woogie Woke up this morning about half past four Who'd I see tiptoeing cross my floor My everlovin' baby with a rod in...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - Dark As A Dungeon

Oh come all you young fellers so young and so fine Seek not your fortune in a dark dreary mine It'll form as a habit and seep in your soul Till the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal Where it's dark as a...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - First Born

First born This infant with his mother's eyes Is our first born First child This baby I hold in my arms Is our first child His smile will warm On a cold winter night And when life Is stormy His faith...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - Give Me Your Word

Give me your word Your love will never die Give me your word You'll feel the same as I My heart will beat a lifetime just for you That's all it wants to do If yours is just as true Why don't you Give me your...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - Glad Rags

Now honey You do the the dishes and I'll feed the ol' sow Also the chickens and our one Jersey cow Take down your curlers and powder your nose Big time at Jones' Place so wear your best clothes There'll be no evening...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - In The Middle Of An Island

In the middle of an island In the middle of an ocean You and I beneath the moonlight Just the monkeys and the palm trees In the middle of an island Plenty time to do some kissin' Plenty time for lots o' lovin' And...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - One Suit

[CHORUS] One suit, one suit was all I had One suit, one suit was all I had One suit, one suit was all I had And it was nothin' but an old gray, beat up plaid I had the best lookin' gal in town And she weighed about a...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - Shot Gun Boogie

There it stands in the corner with the barrel so straight I looked out the winder and over the gate The big fat rabbits are jumpin' in the grass Wait 'til they hear my old shotgun blast Shotgun boogie, I done saw your...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons

(Merle Travis) Some people say a man is made outta mud A poor man's made outta muscle and blood Muscle and blood and skin and bones A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong You load sixteen tons, what do you get...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sunday Barbeque

There'll be plates piled high with deep fried chicken And a mess of possum stew There'll be tater pie that's finger lickin' At the Sunday barbecue The paper says the fun commences At exactly half past two Gonna eat so...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - That's All

Some people go to school To try and learn how to teach Some people go to school To try and learn how to preach But if you preach after goin' to school Be sure you preach and teach the golden rule And that's all, and...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett

Born on a mountain in Tennessee Greenest state in the land of the free Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree He killed him a b'ar when he was only three Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier Fought...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Old Rugged Cross

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross The emblem of suffering and shame And I love that old cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain So I'll cherish the old rugged cross (Rugged...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Rovin' Gambler

I am a rovin' gambler I've gambled all around Wherever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down I've gambled down in Washington I've gambled over in Spain I'm on my way to Georgia To knock down my last game...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Watermelon Song

Down in Tennessee I used to sit upon the fence A-wonderin' about the lack of people's common sense What I didn't then couldn't keep concealed Was one great big fat watermelon layin' in the field See that watermelon...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry

You don't have to be a baby to cry All you need is for love to go wrong You don't have to be a baby to cry Or to lie awake the whole night long When you leave me My golden rainbow disappears And you leave me a broken...