Red Foley

As far as I'm concerned I don't believe the words They say about you as far as I'm concerned I think it's time they learn that nothing I have heard Could make me doubt you as far as I'm concerned. As far as I'm concerned I'd rather be unhappy dear with you Th...

[Chorus] As long as I live, if it be one hour Or if it be one hundred years I'll keep rememberin', for-ever and e-ver I'll love you dear, as long as I live. It was easy said, that night we part ed That we'd forget, we'd ever met I haven't forgotten, I wonder...

Ashes of love cold as ice You made the debt, I'll pay the price Our love is gone there's no doubt Ashes of love the flames burned out. The love light that gleam in your eyes Has gone out to my surprise We said goodbye and my heart bled I can't revive your lov...

At mail call to-day love your last letter came, I just stood there smiling till they called my name; As I read it over my skies turned to grey, And tears dimmed my eyes love, at mail call today. I can't understand love what happened to you, The day that I...

Beyond the sunset oh blisful morning When with our Saviour heaven is begun Earth stroll is ending oh glorious dawning Beyond the sunset when day is done Should you go first and I remain to walk the road alone I'll live in memory's garden dear with happy days...

Bothered by the blues so bad love ain't treatin' me right Bothered by the blues so bad can't sleep at night Life don't seem worth living wish I'd never loved you Bothered by the blues so bad since you said we're through. Feeling oh so weary What makes you tre...

Well, me and brother Bill went a huntin' Away up in the hills of Maine The reason why we went up there We thought we'd catch some gain. And as we were a huntin' away In the middle of the night We shot somethin' that looked like a grizzly bear The doggone thin...

Candy kisses wrapped in paper Mean more to you than any of mine Candy kisses wrapped in paper You'd rather have them any old time You don't mean it when you whisper Those sweet love words in my ear Candy kisses wrapped in paper Mean more to you than mine d...

Have you ever passed the corner of Forth and Grand? Where a little ball o' rhythm has a shoe-shine stand People gather 'round and they clap their hands He's a great big bundle o' joy He pops the boogie woogie rag The Chattanoogie shoe-shine boy He charges you...

Oh, mama I'm excited, I'm almost out of breath What I saw the light that made me run myself to death I was on the mountain side when I looked down below And glory be I thought I'd better come and let you know. That we got company comin' we got company comin'...

There's a place I'd like to be and it's back in Tennessee Where your friendly neighbors smile and say hello It's a pleasure and a treat to me enter down the street That's why I want the whole wide world to know. I love those dear hearts and gentle people Who...

Now don't be ashamed of your age And don't let the years get you down That old game you knew, they still think of you As the rounder in your own home town Now don't mind the gray in your hair Just think about all the fun you had puttin' it there As for that o...

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 Keep your heart for me for someday I'll return And you'll know you're the only one I'll ever love. Too many...

Railroad train, railroad train, hurry up some more Put a little steam on just like never before Hustle on, bustle on, I've got the blues Yearning for my Swanee shore Brother if you only knew you'd want to hurry up to. Down yonder someone beckons to me Down yo...

You promised to love till the end of the world And I built a world just for two Now I'm alone at the end of the world What good am I without you. Gone are the vows that we made by the stars Gone like a boat from the blue Darling I'm lost at the end of the wor...

Fiddles and guitars and goosberry pies Cider and peanuts and babies that cry Goin' home been away too long From fiddles and guitars and gooseberry pies Fiddles and guitars and gooseberry pies. --- Instrumental --- Round the bend across the river There's a ho...

Your love is colder than a foggy river Flowing o'er a heart of stone You left me stranded on this foggy river Drifting helpless and alone. Can't escape this broken heart of mine There's no freedom anymore Oh, heaven help me on this foggy river Help me find th...

Casey Jones he was a mighty man But now he's resting in the promised land The kind of music he could understand Was an eight wheel driver under his command He made the freight train boogie All the time He made the freight train boogie As he rolled down the li...

I got the Georgia town blues I got to thinkin' of you And I'm walkin' my feet right out of my shoes Well my baby's gone and left me took away my love And I can't get to Georgia on a Greyhound bus. A honky tonk woman with the dreamy eyes broke my heart in two...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ Irene goodnight Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene Goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams Last Saturday night I got married Me and my wife settled down Now me and my wife are parted I'm gonna take another stroll downtown Irene goodnight Ir...

Does your conscience ever bother you When somebody calls my name Tries to think of all that I've gone through And hang your head in shame Someone came along and took my place Then you gave me all the blame You should go somewhere and hide your face And hang y...

Happiness means you dear our life's complete no rivers too wide no hills too steep I'll face life smiling and no room for the blues Cause we both know dear happiness means you Everyone will know dear I found love at last No time for old memories or tears from...

Come on and sing, sing, sing, sing the happy song Come on and sing, sing, sing, sing the happy song And you will soon be forgettin' anything is wrong If you'll sing, sing, sing the happy song. Well, you say that your true love has left you all alone And that...

All the cowhands wanna marry Harriet, Harriet's handy with a lariat, But she don't want to marry yet, She's havin' too much fun! With a lasso she can throw a buffalo, Any old bronco in the rodeo; She can round up any Romeo Without a rope or a gun! On her ver...

Have I told you lately that I love you* Could I tell you once again somehow Have I told with all my heart and soul how I adore you Well darling I'm telling you now This hear would break in two if you refuse me I'm no good without you anyhow Have I told you la...

Hello number one, goodbye lonesome time You never released my heart or treat my mind First I've tried to forget you, decided it couldn't be done We're back again where we belong, hello number one. We left back friends gossip separate us for awhile I don't des...

Home where the river runs cold The water tastes good the winters ain't cold Home where trees grow tall The homefires burn and the whippoorwills call. Well I've been a traveler most of my life I never took a home I never took a wife I ran away young and decide...

Baby baby I miss you so very much It hurts me baby I just gotta I gotta have my baby back Can't sleep can't eat because I miss my sweet baby sweet I gotta I just gotta I gotta have my baby back Alone in a tavern people all around laughing and dancing paintin'...

(Holy, holy, holy.) I hear a choir singing far away They're singing in a church while people pray The organ tones keep rising above In a hymn of brotherly love. I hear a choir join in harmony Every voice rejoices for their hearts are free I'll sing with the...

I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old dad She was a pearl and the only girl that daddy ever had A good old fashion girl with heart so true One who loves nobody else but you I want a girl just like the girl that marry dear old dad. (Let's chop...

All ther words that I let you 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 on each day To always come through d...

I'm throwing rice at the girl that I love After she just said I do I'm throwing rice with a smile on my lips But my heart is breaking in two. She was my gal and he was my pal But she loved him better somehow I stepped aside after I kissed the bride And I'm th...

Be sure it's true when you say I love you It's a sin to tell a lie Millions of hearts have been broken Just because these words were spoken. I love you, yes, I do, I love you If you'll break my heart I'll die So be sure it's true when you say I love you It's...

I am weak, but Thou are strong. Jesus, keep me from all wrong. I'll be satisfied as long As I walk, let me walk close to Thee. Just a closer walk with Thee, Grant it, Jesus, is my plea. Daily walking close to Thee, Let it be, dear Lord, let it be. When...

Why must I love the heartless one Who'll never know the harm she's done Though love is blind I should have known Just call me lonesome from now on. I climb the stairs up to my room But no one meets me in my gloom The silence tells me she is gone Just call me...

We can't go on living as strangers Knowing we once loved each other so Your lips used to be so warm and tender But lately they are growing cold. We're living as strangers, strangers in our home The vows we made together have turned into regret We're living as...

We have too many secrets you and me 'Cause you belong to her and I'm not free Our friendship turned into a love affair And our families just don't know the dates we shared. We're looking over our shoulder for her or him We're searching for a place where light...

Just a memory of a love I left behind I'm a fool, seems I lose every time But the future that I once held in my heart Is fading fast now the loneliness will come Just a memory of a love that's sad and true I just know, that forever I'll be true In the meantime...

Oh, little children I believe I'm a methodist till I die. I've done to camp meetin' the other afternoon For to hear them shout and sing For to tell each other how to love one another And to make halleluia ring. There was old Uncle Daniel and his brother Eben...

Midnight, I've spent another lonely day, thinkin' of you Midnight, tomorrow is on it's way, empty and blue I'm so lonely, so lonely at midnight for you Midnight, oh what a lonely time to weep, I ought to know Midnight, I should have been fast asleep hours ago...

The warship had landed and night come ashore The fighting was over for me ever more For I had been wounded they left me forget A stone for my pillow and snow for my bed The enemy found me and took me away and made me a prisoner of war so they say But God in h...

We were sailing along on Moonlight Bay We could hear the voices ringing they seemed to say You have stolen my heart now I don't go away As we sang love's old sweet songs on Moonlight Bay. Just the girls now (we were sailing along) Beautiful (on Moonlight Bay)...

Mountain boy Pickin' up rocks a puttin' 'em in the wagon The sun goes down my poor feet a draggin' Mountain boy. Now I wish I own ten acres down in the valley instead of these rocks on this hill 'Cause they grow some tall corn down in the valley And my land s...

My happiness. Evening shadows make me blue when each weary day is through How I long to be with you my happiness Everyday I reminisce dreaming of your tender kiss Always thinking how I miss my happiness. A million years it seems have gone by since we've shar...

We built a little wall around the two of us The two of us the two of us We built a little wall around the two of us But the wall came tumblin' down. I built foundation with love and trust Love and trust love and trust I built foundation with love and trust Bu...

If you ain't a man with a lot of guts, a dog-gone woman will drive you nuts You can't trust one to the corner now a day You gotta watch your doors or she'll cheat you blind, a woman ain't got but a one track mind You'll find out Bud, it's the man who always pa...

Now when I'm by myself dear who do I want near Who no one but you Now when I want some loving some old fashioned hugging It's you no one but you You've got me talking my sleep sometimes even I can't eat My heart don't beat the way it used to you You've got me...

When I was a lad And old Shep was a pup Over hills and meadows we'd stray Just a boy and his dog We were both full of fun We grew up together that way I remember the time at the old swimmin' hole When I would have drowned beyond doubt But old Shep was right t...

On top of old Smokey (on top of old Smokey ) All covered with snow (all covered with snow) I lost my true lover (I lost my true lover) From a courtin' too slow, (from a courtin' too slow.) A courtin's a pleasure (a courtin's a pleasure) Parting is grief (a pa...

One by one we've broke each vow we made It was you who lied it was me who paid As sure as there's a heaven beyond the sun we'll pay for our lies one by one My plans and hopes have tumbled down my castle of dreams plunged to the ground How can you face me afte...

Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile If you've a lucifer to light your fag smile boys that's the style What's the use of worrying it never was worthwhile So pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile. --- Wh...

Oh well, I'm tired and so weary but I must go along Till the Lord will come and call, call me away, oh yes Well, the morning's bright and the lamb is the light And the night, night is as black as the sea, oh yes There will be peace in the valley for me, somed...

Oh, the place where I worship is the wide open spaces Filled by the hand of the Lord Where the trees of the forrest are like pipes of an organ And the breeze plays an amen choir. All the stars are the candles and they light up the mountains Mountains are alta...

There's a sweet young Miss I love to kiss But listen close and hear me She's not my only love I have another love And she'll just have to share me. She's five feet tall high heel and all She already knows She has a competition and a compensation Known as polk...

You keep going your way I'll keep going my way River stay away from my door All I got is a cabin you don't need my cabin River stay away from my door. Don't come up any higher I'm so all alone Leave my bed and my fire that's all I own I ain't breakin' your he...

How many times have you heard someone say If I had his money I could do things my way But little they know it's so hard to find One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind. Once I was wadded in fortune and fame Everything that I longed for to get a start in lif...

Wouldn't it be a change for you and me to stay at home once ina while? We'd babaret until the break of day I'll bet we've danced many a mile I'll like to see a movie once more They don't keep people staying up until four Wouldn't it be a pleasant novelty to t...

There are smiles that make us happy There are smiles that make us blue There are smiles that steal away the teardrops As the sun will steal away the dew. There are smiles that have a tender meaning That the eyes will blood the lonely sea But the smiles that f...

There will be a sad day comin' For the foes of all mankind They must answer to the people And it's troubling their mind Everybody who must fear them Will rejoice on that great day When the powers of dictators Shall be taken all away CHORUS: There'll be smoke...

When the world seems cold and your friends leave you There is someone who cares for you When you've tears in your eyes your heart bleeds inside There is someone who cares for you. Someone to care someone to share All your troubles like no other can do He'll c...

Steal away, steal away Steal away to Jesus Steal away, steal away home I ain't got long to stay here. I was walkin' in Savannah Passed the church decayed and dim There's slowly through the window Came a plaintive funeral hymn. And a sympathy awakened And a w...

Oh, the taste of life it gets bitter But you can't give up, you can't be a quitter You're wantin' no more, you gotta take another bite Hmm, the taste of life. I know a man didn't know what to do I guess he bit off more than he can chew He just sits around and...

Her eyes were blue, her hair was auburn Her smile was like an angel dear She was her daddy's only daughter On the Tennessee border. One night I took a ride just across the line I picked her up in a pickup truck and she broke this heart of mine Her mother said...

Now, listen while I tell you about a place I know Down in Tennessee where the tall corn grows Hidden from the world in a bunch of pines Where the moon's a little bashful and it seldom shines Civilized people live there all right But they all go native on Satur...

A tiny turned up nose two cheeks just like a rose So sweet from head to toes that little boy of mine Two arms that hold me tight two eyes that shine so bright Two lips that kiss goodnight that little boy of mine. No one will ever know just what his coming has...

Up in the mornin' out on the job, work like the devil for my pay But that lucky old sun has nothin' to do But roll around heaven all day Fuss with my woman toil for my kids Sweat 'til I'm wrinkled and gray While that lucky old sun has nothin' to do But roll...

If I jhad a nickel, I know what I would do, I'd spend it all for candy and I'd give it all to you! I'd spend it all for candy and give it all to you, 'Cause that's how much I love you, baby, That's how much I love you, baby! If you were a picture I'd hang you...

There's a yellow rose in Texas that I'm gonna see Nobody else could miss her, not half as much as me She cried, so when I left her it'd like to broke my heart And if I'd ever find her, we never more will part She's the sweetest little rosebud that Texas ever k...

[Together again My tears have stopped falling] *The long lonely nights are now at an end* (The key to my heart you hold in your hand) [And nothing else matters we're together again.] ~~~♫♫♫~~~ [Together again the grey skies are gone] *You're back in my...

Trouble in mind, I'm blue But I won't be blue always The sun's gonna shine In my backyard someday. I'm gonna lay my head On some lonesome railroad line And let that old two-twenty Pacify my mind. Goin' down to the river Gonna take me a rocking chair And if t...

Wasted years, wasted years, oh, how foolish As you walk on in darkness and fear Turn around, turn around, love is calling Keeps calling me from a life of wasted years. Have you wandered a lot on life's pathway Have you lived without love, a life of tears Have...

We live in two different worlds dear That's why we're so far apart You made your world out of vows that are broken I built the world in my heart. Everyone here tried to warn me You were just playing a game I told them all we were meant for each other I though...

We made a mistake dear 'bout playing a cheating game It's all my fault she's wearing your name He's taking my place where I should be today We made a mistake dear and now we have to pay. We had a quarrel, I said I didn't love you I called you a cheater and to...

We drifted far apart from each other But your love it didn't die within my heart You're asking me once more to forgive you I'll give you one more chance and pray that we will never part. We need one more chance to be together To talk and get all troubles stra...

Not a soul down on the corner that's a pretty certain sign That wedding bells are breaking up that old gang of mine All the boys are singing love songs they forgot sweet at a line Those wedding bells are breaking up that old gang of mine. There goes Jack ther...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ You say that I was all to blame That's untrue because you know I gave my heart and soul to you A million tears ago But you were satisfied at least You told me so-ho-ho That was just a wedding ring ago I couldn't offer much to you Just a promi...

When God dips his pen of love in my heart And writes my soul a message he wants me to know His spirit all divine fills this sinful soul of mine When God dips his love in my heart Well I said I wouldn't tell it to a living soul How he brought salvation when he...

I saw a blind man, He was a kind man, Helping a fellow along, One could not see, One could not walk, But they both were humming this song; When you're smiling, When you're smiling, The whole world smiles with you, When you're laughing, When you're laughing,...

Why don't you haul off and love me one more time Why don't you squeeze me until I'm turning blind If you don't cuddle up and love me like I want you to do I'm gonna haul off and die over you. They say a love bug will get you at the age of twenty-three I'm not...

I was standin' by the window On one cold and cloudy day When I saw that hearse come rolling For to carry my mother away. Will the circle be unbroken By and by Lord, by and by There's a better home awaitin' In the sky, Lord, in the sky. ~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ Lord, I t...

You and me together life's a pleasure But without your love I'd want to flee And I feel the same about you darling We belong together you and me We'll share loves' joy and life's sorrow You belong to me I belong to you When you hold my hand The sun shines bri...

You're nobody till somebody loves you You're nobody till somebody cares You may be king you may posses the world and its gold But gold won't bring you happiness when you're growing old. The world still is the same, you'll never change it As sure as the stars...