"Oh, How I Miss You Tonight"



(Oh, how I miss you tonight)

Oh, how I miss you tonight
Miss you when lights are low
Oh, how I need you tonight
More than you'll ever know.

Each moment that we're apart
You're never out of my heart
I'd rather be lonely and wait
for you only sweetheart.

How I miss you tonight.

Each moment that we're apart
You're never out of my heart
I'd rather be lonely and wait
for you only sweetheart.

(Oh, how I miss you.)..

"Oklahoma Hills"



Many years have come and gone
Since I wandered from my home
In those Oklahoma hills where I was born
Many a page of life has turned
Many a lesson I have learned
And I feel that in those hills I still belong.

Way down yonder in the Indian nation
Ride my pony on the reservation
In the Oklahoma hills where I was born
A way down yonder in the Indian nation
A cowboy's life is my occupation
In the Oklahoma hills where I was born.

As I sit here today many miles I am away
From a place I rode my pony through the draw
Where the oak and blackjack trees
Kiss the playful prairie breeze
In the Oklahoma hills where I was born.

Way down yonder in the Indian nation
Ride my pony on the reservation
In the Oklahoma hills where I was born
A way down yonder in the Indian nation
A cowboy's life is my occupation
In the Oklahoma hills where I was born.

As I turn life a page
To the land of a great old sage
In the Oklahoma hills where I was born
Where the Blackbony River flows
In the snow white cotton grows
In the Oklahoma hills where I was born.

Way down yonder in the Indian nation
Ride my pony on the reservation
In the Oklahoma hills where I was born
A way down yonder in the Indian nation
A cowboy's life is my occupation
In the Oklahoma hills where I was born...

"Old Tige"



(Tige you were faithful, faithful to the end)
(Tige how I miss you, you were my best friend)

Three years of Army Service done and I was headin' home at last
I got to thinking 'bout my dog and things long gone past
How old Tige pulled me from a creek when I had no pulse or breath
How he saved me from the changin' bull that gored my Dad to death.

As a kid I'd dream of bears and tremble to my toes
Till old Tige come up to my bed and nudge me with his nose
Then my fears would melt away and Tige would go lie down
I'd drift on back to sleep without another sound.

The big bus stopped and I got off it was awful dark and thick with fog
Then something gently nuzzled me and there stood Tige my dog
I wondered if my faithful dog had met the bus each day
And all the dreary winter nights since I'd been away.

Have Tige meet me here like this I was I was really glad
'Cause I hadn't needed Tige so much since the day they've burried Dad
Too long miles still lay ahead but what I didn't know
A giant Dam was being built where the old road used to go.

I think the Lord was sending Tige and I followed where he led
Knowing well without his help that I'd be good as dead
Tige inched along this way and that going rough and slow
And I could hear the water a lappin' at the ledges far below.

Then through the mist I saw a light and mother in her chair
And I reached down to pet old Tige but he wasn't there
I'm thankful Mom you had old Tige these three lonely years
I owe my life to him tonight I couldn't help my tears.

You say you wrote me bout the Dam well God was sure with us
I didn't get your letter Mom but old Tige met the bus
I hate to tell you son she said but now you've got to know
When you left it broke his heart Tige died three years ago.

(You were my best friend.)...

"Once Upon A Time"



Once upon a time life was lovely
I never found time to complain
Once upon a time blue skies were mine
But now it's beginning to rain.

I'm so unprepared for the weather
Although there's a storm in my heart
I'll just ignore the weather pretend we're together
And linger alone in the dark.

I've always been told the rainbow
Usually follows the rain
But there's no glow of a rainbow
No sign of sunshine again.

I'll just let the clouds cast their shadows
And hide that old moon from my view
Because if it finds me it only reminds me
Of once upon a time with you.

Once upon a time life was lovely
I never found time to complain
Once upon a time blue skies were mine
But now it's beginning to rain.

I'll just let the clouds cast their shadows
And hide that old moon from my view
Because if it finds me it only reminds me
Of once upon a time with you...

"Overnight"



(Overnight, Overnight, Overnight, Overnight, Overnight)

I met you on the Sunday night by that Monday morning
Overnight although I wondered
Overnight what's wrong with me
Overnight love walked right in and shook me like a tree.

Oh, I sat down when I got home and gave my heart a warnin'
Overnight I dreamed about you
Overnight while count the sheep
Overnight I felt for you so hard I couldn't sleep.

All night long I wished you were my own
And when I came to I was huggin' you like a hound dog hugs a bone
All night long my heart was standing still
And when I got up I pitched myself to see if this was real.

Then you came by and told me dear the same sweet Monday morning
Overnight you dreamed about me
Overnight you loved me too
Overnight we found the dream that really did come true.

(All night long I wished you were my own)
When I came to I was huggin' you like a hound dog hugs a bone
All night long my heart was standing still
And when I got up I pitched myself to see if this was real.

Then you came by and told me dear the same sweet Monday morning
Overnight you dreamed about me
Overnight you loved me too
Overnight we found the dream that really did come true.

Really did come true, that really did come true...

"Padre Of Old San Antone"



I strolled to an old mission garden and as I was kneeling alone
An arm gently fell on my shoulder it was the padre of old San Antone
We went for a walk in the garden and as we were talking alone
He told why he came to the mission to the mission in old San Antone
Then the chapel bells they rang and an angel chorus sang
"Mi amor mi amigo" from the sky
Then he kneeled down to pray in the garden and whispered Mi amore mi Corazonne
Then I knew that his love was an angel the padre of old San Antone

"Penny Candy"



There's a little girl lives on our street
She's awful sweet and pretty
The boys stand on their heads for her
But she thinks they're all silly.

She's got freckles on her nose
Her hair is light and sandy
Penelope Candance is her name
But we call her Penny Candy.

She doesn't know what a nickel is
She's got no use for dollars
There's always a penny in her hand
And a licorice on her collar.

She's the sweetest girl in town
The little boys think she's a dandy
But the monkey shines don't bother her
When she's eatin' Penny Candy.

Penny Candy
She eats that messy kind
Penny Candy
She eats it all the time.

She brightens up the neighborhood
Her little face is always glowing
And when she's in a hurry
We all know where she's a going.

It's to the little corner store
That's awful close and handy
Then once again her happy face
Is black with Penny Candy.

Penny Candy
She eats that messy kind
Penny Candy
She eats it all the time.

She's always got a smile for you
If you should ever meet her
And with Candy on her face
Her smile is a little sweeter.

Penelope Candance is her name
And she likes that fine and dandy
But if you want to see her dimples show
Just call her Penny Candy.

Penny Candy
She eats that messy kind
Penny Candy
She eats it all the time...

"Poor Little Doll"



Poor little doll, you're too young for tears
I'm in love with you, honey, up to my ears
I know that you go for somebody else
But he's gonna drop you, he told me himself

Poor little doll, like sun is your smile
But there will be tears in just a short while
Don't let him hurt you and tear down your world
Oh, don't you wanna be my girl

Don't you want to move right into my heart
Don't give those blue tears a chance to start
A love true as mine shouldn't be overlooked
I'll let the world see that you've got me hooked

No kissin' in corners like he wants to do
'Cause nobody hides a love that is true
To him you're a plaything, to me you're a pearl
Oh, don't you wanna be my girl

Don't you want to move right into my heart
Don't give those blue tears a chance to start
A love true as mine shouldn't be overlooked
And I'll let the world see that you've got me hooked

No kissin' in corners like he wants to do
'Cause nobody hides a love that is true
To him you're a plaything, to me you're a pearl
So, don't you wanna be my girl
Yes, don't you wanna be my girl

"Precious Memories"


Precious mem'ries, unseen angels
Sent from somewhere to my soul
How they linger, ever near me
As the sacred past unfold.

Precious mem'ries, how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious, sacred scenes unfold.

As I travel on life's pathway
I know not what the years may hold
And as I ponder, hope grows fonder
Precious mem'ries floods my soul.

Precious mem'ries how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious, sacred scenes unfold...

"Ramona"



(Ramona, Ramona)

Ramona,
I hear the mission bells above
Ramona,
They're ringing out our song of love.

I press you caress you
And bless the day you taught me to care
I'll always remember the rambling rose
You wore in your hair.

Ramona,
When day is done you'll hear my call
Ramona,
We'll meet beside the waterfall.

I dread the dawn
When I awake to find you gone
Ramona,
I made you my own.

(Ramona,)
When day is done you'll hear my call
(Ramona,)
We'll meet beside the waterfall.

I dread the dawn
When I awake to find you gone
Ramona,
I made you my own.

(Ramona.)...

"Rodger Young"


[Spoken]
On July 31st 1943 a bloody round in the battle for
the Solomon Islands was being fought in the tangled
Jungle of the island of New Georgia.
This is the story of one of the young men who fought
And died there.
This song is respectfully dedicated to those heroic
Infantrymen who like Rodger Young have sacrificed
Their lives that their nation might remain forever free.

[Sang]
Caught in ambush lay a company of riflemen
Just grenades against machine guns in the gloom
Caught in ambush till this one of twenty riflemen
Volunteered, volunteered to meet his doom.

Volunteered, Rodger Young,
Fought and died for the men he marched among
In the everlasting courage of the infantry
Was the courage of Private Rodger Young.

On the island of New Georgia in the Solomons
Stands a simple wooden cross alone to tell
That beneath the silent coral of the Solomons
Sleeps a man, sleeps a man remembered well.

Sleeps a man, Rodger Young,
Fought and died for the men he marched among
In the everlasting glory of the infantry
Lives the story of Private Rodger Young...

"Roly Poly"



Roly Poly, eatin' corn and taters
Hungry every minute of the day
Roly Poly, knawin' all the biscuits
Long as he can chew it, it's okay.

He can eat an apple pie
And never even bat an eye
He likes everything
From a soup to hay.

Roly Poly, daddy's little fatty
Bet he's gonna be a man someday.

Roly Poly, scrambled eggs for breakfast
Bread and jelly twenty times a day
Roly Poly, eats a hard day dinner
It takes lots of strenght to run and play.

Bowls up weeds and does the chores
Runs both ways to all the stores
He waers up that apetite that way.

Roly Poly, daddy's little fatty
Bet he's gonna be a man someday...

"Room Full Of Roses"


If I sent a rose to you for every time you made me blue
You'd have a room full of roses
If I sent a rose of white for every time I cried all night
You'd have a room full of roses
And if you took the petals and tore them fall apart
You'd be tearing at the roses just the way you tore my heart
And if someday you're feeling blue you could send some roses too
I don't want a room full of roses I just want my arms full of you

[strings]

And if someday you're feeling blue...

"Roses"



(Roses roses au au ua)

Roses, I send you roses with all the love
Their tender blossoming discloses
Just like my arms, they'll open wide
You'll see my heart inside.

Please dear, embrace the roses
Until I come to you And when the long day closes
Our spark of love will burst to flame
And put the red red roses to shame.

(Please dear embrace the roses)
(Until I come to you and when the long day closes)
Our spark of love will burst to flame
And put the red red roses to shame.

(Roses roses au au ua)

"Roses Are Red (My Love)"



(Roses are red my love, violets are blue)

A long, long time ago
On graduation day
You handed me your book,
I signed this way.

Roses are red my love,
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
But not as sweet as you.

We dated through highschool
And when the big day came
I wrote into your book
Next to my name.

Roses are red my love
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
But not as sweet as you.

Is that your little girl
She looks so much like you
Some day some boy will write
In her book too.

Roses are red my love
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
But not as sweet as you.

Then I went far away
And you found someone new
I read your letter dear
And I wrote back to you.

Roses are red my love
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
Good luck, may God bless you.
(May God bless you.)...

"Sand In My Shoes"



You ask me why I wander
Why I'm always on the roam
Let me tell you sweetheart
I've never had a home

I've got sand, burning sand in my shoes

I've had girls to call me sweetheart
But I always say goodbye
Cos I only love three people
Me,myself and I

I've got sand, burning sand in my shoes

I've got sand, burning sand in my shoes
I keep movin' just to dodge the blues
I'd love to stay a while with you
A wedding ring we'd chose

But I've got sand, burning sand in my shoes

I met a girl the other night
Who pleased me to a 'T'
Till she puckered up and whispered low
Won't you please marry me

Then I got sand burnin' sand in my shoes

I've got sand, burnin' sand in my shoes
I keep movin' just to dodge the blues

I'd love to stay a while with you
A wedding ring we'd choose
But I've got sand, burnin' sand in my shoes

"Satan Can't Hold Me"



When the trumpets has sounded
And the judgement we stand
And the Lord up in heaven
Takes you by the hand.

If for things I've done wrong
I am sent down below
Satan can't hold me
This much I know.

Satan can't hold me
Nobody can
Angel or devil
Spirit or man.

Through the valleys of darkness
I'll come to your side
You are my beacon
My love my guide.

I will climb over mountains
High up in the blue
I'll swim every river
That keeps me from you.

Till that wonderful day
We're together again
Satan can't hold me
True love must win.

Satan can't hold me
Nobody can
Angel or devil
Spirit or man.

Through the valleys of darkness
I'll come to your side
You are my beacon
My love my guide...

"Scarlet Ribbons"



I peeked in to say goodnight
And then I heard my child in prayer
Send for me some scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for my hair.

All the stores were locked and shuttered
All the streets were dark and bare
In our town no scarlet ribbons
No scarlet 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 laying there
Scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons
Pretty 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...

"Sea Breeze"



I saw a ship a sailing
On the ocean blue
I ran right down to the ocean side
In hopes that it was you.

So long ago you left me
To sail to a foreign land
But when that ship went sailing by
My hopes dropped to the sand.

Seabreeze ocean wave
Bring my lover please
Turn her sails toward my heart
And bring her back to me.

The rising sun reminds me
Of the day she had to go
She set her sails to the morning tide
And filled my heart with woe.

She told me when she left me
She'd sail to many shores
But her heart, her dreams would always be
With the one that she loved so.

Seabreeze ocean wave
Bring my lover please
Turn her sails toward my heart
And bring her back to me.

Bring her back to me.
Bring her back to me...

"Señor Santa Claus"


Dear Señor Santa Claus I think I tell you what
I would like for Christmas and I hope you wont forgot
I only want a peso that I can have for mine
To get my señorita something for Christmastime

I don't believe you read the card last Christmas that I sent
You come to see the kids across the street and then you went
Dear Señor Santa Claus I think me understand
Sometimes the toys all gone before you reach the Rio Grande

Dear Señor Santa Claus I tell you what I think
I no got a stocking', I'll set out my piggy bank
So please bring me peso that I can have for mine
To get my señorita something for Christmastime

On Christmas eve I watch for you and I no sleep a wink
If I no get Lolita something she feel sad I think
So please Señor Santa Claus this Christmas be so grand
If I get peso to buy a ring for my Lolita's hand

I don't know what I buy for her, I think I buy a rose
So she can wear it in her hair most everywhere she goes
Please Señor Santa Claus this Christmas be so grand
If I get peso to buy a ring for my Lolita's hand [x2]