The Essential lyrics

Welcome all you children, give a listen to me

Let me tell you about a new boogie beat

There's no hesitation, and it's sweepin' the nation

It's the Rhumba Boogie done the South American way

While Madame Lazonga was teachin' La Conga

In her little cabana in old Havana

We were doin' the Charleston and Ballin' the Jack

Then that old Black Bottom 'til they started that Jitterbug Rag

That big eight-wheeler rollin' down the track

Means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back

'Cause I'm movin' on, I'll soon be gone

You were flyin' too high, for my little old sky

So I'm movin' on

That big loud whistle as it blew and blew

Said hello to the southland, we're comin' to you

When we're movin' on, oh hear my song

You had the laugh on me, so I've set you free

[E] From old Montana down to Alabam'

I've [A] been before and I'll travel again

You [E] triflin' women can't keep a good man [B7] down

You [E] dealt the cards, but you missed the play

So [A] hit the road and be on your way
Gonna [E] board the Golden [B7] Rocket and leave this [E] town.

I was a good engine a-runnin' on time

But baby I'm switchin' to another line

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Oh! the gold rush is over so honey bye bye

Stake out your claim now on some other guy

I've wined you and dined you 'til my money is gone

But the gold rush is over and the bum's rush is on

Now when I had the money honey, things were just fine

You spent my money like I was a mine

But now you mistreat me 'cause my money is gone

Listen to a story about a gal I know

She's my music makin' mama, I'm her hillbilly beau

She's sweeter than the music when she tickles the strings

Sweeter than the flowers down in New Orleans

She's my music makin' mama from Memphis, Tennessee

She'll play a little rhythm, do the boogie up right

A Tennessee polka, maybe blues in the night

Ever'body travels from near and far

I'm a wonder, I'll keep drifting on

Can't see, honey, why you done me wrong

Hard luck sure has got me

I can't sleep a wink

I'll just have to face it from now on

Sailing o'er the sea of dreams, no one cares for me

And we're drifting oh so far apart

You slammed the door of love on me

Had found a new daddy, I could see

By that unwanted sign upon your heart

Well, look who's coming through the door

I think we've met somewhere before

Hello Love! Hello Love!

Where in the world have you been so long

I've missed you so since you've been gone

Hello Love! Hello Love!

Make yourself feel right at home

I hope you plan on staying long

Come in Love! Come in Love!

I must say I was sure surprised

you're the last thing I expected by

Let me go, let me go, let me go, woman

Let me be, set me free, from your spell

You made me weep, cut me deep, I can't sleep, woman

I was cursed, from the first, day I fell

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You don't want me, but you want me, to go on wanting you

How I pray that, you will say that, we're thru

Please turn me loose, what's the use, let me go, woman

Let me go, let me go, let me go

I was totin' my pack along a dusty Winnemucca road

When along came a semi with a high canvas covered load

"If you're going to Winnemucca, Mac with me you can ride."

So I climbed into the cab and then I settled down inside

He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand

And I said, [break] "Listen, Bud I've traveled every road in this here

land."

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Recorded by Hank Snow

Written by Harlan Howard

[C] Way down in the [G] state of [C] Georgia
Thru the [G] swamps and ever-[C] glades

There's a [F] hole in Tiger [C] Mountain

God help the man who gets [G] lost in Miller's [C] Cave.

I had a girl (had a girl)

in Waycross, Georgia (Waycross, Georgia) but she had unfaithful ways

I just received, sweetheart, your yellow roses

You tell me, dear, they mean that we're all through

You tell me that, tonight your heart is broken

But you should know, I was never untrue

I'll place them near your photograph

And as the petals fall

They'll hide from you my lonely tears

That shouldn't fall at all

Then they will slowly fade away and die

I'm a lady's man, oh yes-sir-ee

I like the gals and the gals like me

Can I make 'em swoon? oh yes I can

Don't know what it is about me they love

But what it is, I got plenty of

Make way for me, I'm a lovin', lady's man

I'm a lady's man and that's no crime

I like 'em 'round me all of the time

I've got a line of talk they understand

Now you may like a baseball game

It don't hurt anymore

All my teardrops are dried

No more walkin' the floor

With that burnin' inside

Just to think it could be

Time has opened the door

And at last I am free

I don't hurt anymore

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No use to deny I wanted to die

The day you said we were thru

But now that I find you're out of my mind

I can't believe that it's true

I've forgotten somehow