Pardon me if I'm sentimental when we say goodbye Don't be angry with me should I cry When you're gone yet I'll dream a little dreams as years go by Now and then...

Written by Merle Haggard (Willie) We left out of Tucson With no destination in mind We were running' from trouble And the jail term the judge had in mind And ...

I took you home from a party and we kissed in fun, a few stolen kisses and no harm was done Instead of stopping when we could, we went right on, until suddenly ...

He remembers the first time he met her He remembered the first thing she said He remembered the first time he held her And the night that she came to his bed H...

Recorded by Hank Snow He remembers the first time he met her He remembered the first thing she said He remembered the first time he held her And the night that...

Written by E Johnson Recorded by Hank Snow A good gal is hard to find You always get the other kind And when you think you've got the best in the land You look...

If heartaches brought fame in love's crazy game I'd be a legend in my time If they gave gold statues for tears and regrets I'd be a legend in my time But they ...

Dear Santa Claus, It's been so long So long since I have written Since as a kid in happy house I dwelled I've moved from there and now I live On disillusion ave...

A Mother wrote a letter asking how much longer must I wait Before you send my boy back home to me For my eyes are growing dim and I'm longing for my Jim Please ...

Written and Recorded by Hank Snow The lights were burning low and Mister Midnight made his way Old Father TIme had trudged along to close another day The old c...

The lights were burning low And Mister Midnight made his way Old Father TIme had trudged along To close to another day The old clock ticked and seemed to say Y...

Here's a rose from my garden Where the bloom of romance grows But I'll keep on a part near my aching heart Just a petal from a faded rose Love'd be sweet in th...

Recorded by Hank Snow If I had a scale to measure love Like a clock can measure time And we put our love upon that scale Would your's weigh as much as mine Of...

Have you found, since you've turned me down, The one that you were searching for? Are you glad that you made me sad, For you know I vowed to love you ever more ...

The world's a stage they say and we're all part of the play And you were only acting when we met You played the lover well so how could I foretell That you woul...

The world's a stage, they say And we're all part of the play And you were only acting when we met You played the lover well So how could I foretell That you wou...

I waited each day for your letter although I knew what it would cost But dear when it came I knew that your game had been won And I knew that I had lost But I j...

Adios amigo adios my friend the road we have traveled has come to an end When two love the same love one love has to lose And it's you who she longs for it's yo...

Recorded by Hank Snow Another cryin' night will soon be over now The morning light won't help, I'll still be blue 'Cause everywhere I turn there's only lonelin...

(Opens with an accoustical guitar run - Hank of course!) Sittin' in an all-night cafe in a booth back in the corner Makin' wads from paper napkins, throwin' to...

Sittin' in an all-night cafe in a booth back in the corner Makin' wads from paper napkins, throwin' toothpicks on the floor Bet my baby's out with someone laugh...

All the time yes darling all the time tenderly constantly I'll love you Every day I'll prove it every day in happiness or in loneliness I'll love you Other arms...

Well there was Anna from Austin and Betty from Boston And Caroline from down in Tennessee I was out to get through the alphabet Until I hit that terrible Z Wel...

There's nothing left for me of days that used to be I lived in memory among my souvenirs Some letters tied in blue a photograph or two I see a rose from you amo...

I was a stranger passing through your town I was a stranger passing through your town Well, I asked you a favor good gal you turned me down You may see me out ...

I was a stranger passing through your town I was a stranger passing through your town Well I asked you a favor good gal you turned me down You may see me out a ...

I'm writing this answer to the Galveston Rose The answer to a sad, broken heart My whole world, it crumbled when I read your last note Saying, that we forever m...

Oh dear I'm so sad and heart broken waiting in my prison cell To be trialed for the death of sweet blossom my baby that I love so well Last night as I drank in ...

Written and recorded by Hank Snow (spoken) Well howdy boys, howdy, man, man it sure seems like a long time since I last rode down this old trail How ya all an...

I'm writing this answer to the Galveston Rose The answer to a sad, broken heart My whole world, it crumbled when I read your last note Saying, that we forever m...

Any old time, you want to come back home Drop me a line, and say no more you'll roam You had your chance to play the game fair When you left me, sweetheart You ...

I talked with a stranger so sad and forlorn His garments were sack cloth all tattered and town He told me a story of sorrow and woe His heart went to heaven at ...

I've traveled this whole world over And now I'm going down to the rainbow's end From twilight till dawn trudging on and on On my way to the rainbow's end I'm w...

Everybody calls me bo I got no money but I hold my row Some folks say I'm just a no good guy But I can ride for miles in old boxcar smoke cigarettes butts and u...

This is the tale that was told to me by the man with the crystal eye As I smoked my pipe in the camp-fire light and the Glories swept the sky As the Northlights...

Beautiful Dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee; Sounds of the rude world heard in the day, Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd...

I Had Sunk As Low As A Man Could Go The World Had Turned Me Dow --- own Then You Picked Me Up And Kissed Me Sweet You Changed A Beggar In-to A King Yes You Too...

Ben Dewberry was a brave engineer He told his fireman don't you ever fear All I want is the water and coal Stick your head out the window, watch the drivers rol...

Recorded by Hank Snow You're mine for awhile till a new face appears And then you're no longer with me They call me a fool and laugh at my tears But they know ...

Beyond the reef where the sea is dark and cold My love has gone and my dreams grow old There'll be no tears there'll be no regretting will she remember me will ...

Oh them big wheels a-turnin', goin' somewhere And they're carryin' her away from my side Yes I cried, thought I died Love was just a game to me, I thought I'd ...

I loved and laughed and had my fun and went on to someone new And tonight at last the game is done and the bill is falling due I took your love you gave me all ...

They heard the breeze in the trees making weird melodies And they made that the start of the blues And from a jail came the wail of a downhearted frail And they...

Dear Mother, said a poor blind boy That little bird sings very long And do you see him in his joy And is he pretty as his song? The mother looked and replied I...

Recorded by Hank Snow When I see blossoms in the springtime I know that sweetheart time is here My love that blossoms in the springtime Blooms in my heart thro...

It's been a blue blue day I feel like running away I feel like running away from it all My love has been untrue she's found somebody new it's been a blue blue d...

Written by Cindy Walker Recorded by Hank Snow In the Blue Canadian Rockies spring is sighing through the trees And the golden pupies are blooming round the ban...

I'll have a blue Christmas without you I'll be so blue thinking about you Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree Won't mean a thing if you're not here wit...

Tonight I'm blue for old Hawaii my weary sould is lonesome too She left me blue and broken hearted I've got them old Hawaii blues (Your big blue eyes and darkbr...

The stars shine down on me only The moon is pale I search in vain For love on the lonely trail I'm a blue ranger But my heart's in danger Would you bide awhile...

There are flow'rs that are rich, there are flow'rs that are rare On the banks where the bright water flows, But the sweetest of all nature's flowers to bloom Wa...

Written by Rusty Keefer - Ruth Keefer Recorded by Hank Snow Blue rose of the Rio I can see her now As she looked that day when I rode away through a golden daw...

Recorded by Hank Snow Blue sea keep a-rollin' On your weary way My sweetie has left me She done drifted away She hopped a big ocean liner Headed out to the sea...

(Lonesome lonesome) I'm calling to tell you it's over yes darling you're now free to go You're saying you're sorry you hurt me but you hurt me much more than yo...

Here I am with you, in a world of blue, While we're dancing to the tan-go we loved when first we met While the music plays, I recall the days, When our love wa...

Here I am with you,in a world of blue, While we're dancing to the tan-go we loved when first we met While the music plays, I recall the days, When our love was ...

If you listen a story I'll tell you of a girl who once lived in this land A girl who once was my sweetheart she was known as the Blue Velvet Band On her cheeks...

Something about you, mama That sure gives me the blues Something about you mama That sure gives me the blues It ain't your drop stitch stockings It ain't your b...

My ship set sail to Bluebird Island And slowly drifted out to sea Her silver sails to cross the ocean My lover's lonely heart set free Then out across the wave...

Woke up this morning, Bluer than blue, This old heart breaking for someone I knew, Colleen, dear "?tis you Why did you leave me? What made you roam? Is your he...

Thanks for the bed and board Bob enjoyed my stay But I got just a little bit bored Bob be on my way So you got yourself a job Bob that's not for me You got a ho...

I was singin' the blues and now I'm shoutin' hooray Cause I met a pretty mama and I met her today Well her eyes started cheatin' my heart started beatin' aloud ...

Born to be happy but always so sad Born to be good but always so bad Born to be somebody with faith in all I do Born to be happy but lost without you Without y...

Recorded by Hank Snow Born to lose, I've lived my life in vain Every dream has only brought me pain All my life I've always been so blue Born to lose and now I...

My troubled old heart dear is beating with pain, You've gone and I know I'm the one who's to blame, You've gone in the world to make a new start, And left as a ...

Baby oh baby tell the man at the ticket stand that you've changed your mind Let me run on out and tell the cab to keep his meter flyin' Cause if you say goodbye...

This is our last night together you just gave me my walkin' shoes This is our last night together you just gave me my walkin' shoes Well, dinner with you for th...

You ask me why I'm broken hearted Why, I've she'd a million tears sweetheart, for you It's not easy when the love you've cherished Proves falsehearted, careless...

Got an old slouch hat, got my roll on my shoulder I'm as free as the breeze and I'll do as I please, just a bummin' around Got a million friends, don't feel any...

Dig down deep where the ground is cold (dark and cold and all alone) Tired of life all alone and blue happiness I never knew In this cold world there's nothing ...

(And that's why there's a Christmas Day) When I was but a youngster Christmas meant one thing That I'd be getting lots of toys that day I learned a whole lot di...

So the bright lights beckon you again And took you back and fill your life with sin I knew they'd never really set you free I knew again you'd soon be leaving m...

It's been many, many day Me sail away from de isle of Trinidad Me leave brown skin blue eyed C'lypso sweetheart Most love, best love me ever had In de market p...

Hey pretty mama, I'm as blue as the skies above Hey pretty mama, you're the only woman I love And your daddy's gonna love you but I just can't have you blues Ho...

Recorded by Hank Snow (D) I rode your ocean liner to New (EM) foundland, Where I (BM) made a living in an iron (A) mine When I (G) got my fill I went to Nova (...

Have you ever been down to Haiti when the summer sun was sinkin' low There's nothing but romance just everwhere you glance And the native hearts are all aglow B...

A long time ago In a town in Tennessee There lived a man And he was great as he could be By the sweat of his brow He earned fortune and fame Casey Jones was his...

On days like this we would linger by the ocean Then we would dream as we lay there side by side I don't know why but one day you got the notion To sit and watch...

(The rippling rills the cataract spills the whippoorwill thrills) Take a look at the sky where the whippoorwill thrills And the mountains so high where the cata...

Pardon me, boy Is this the Chattanooga choo choo Track twenty-nine Boy, you can give me a shine I can afford To board a Chattanooga choo choo I've got my fare A...

Chattin' with a chick in Chattanooga The cutest southern belle I've ever seen Looks just like a dewdrop in the starlight She's the idol of my dreams Chattin' w...

From up the frozen northland, to the bitter covered clime Theres a train that comes a rollin' every year at Christmas time All the kids are in their glory, when...

Christmas roses to you I'm sending May they bring the Christmas joy though we're apart Christmas roses will say I love you as the tender message echoes from my ...

Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central Monday morning rail 15 cars and 15 restless riders 3 conductors and 24 sacks of mail All along the southbound...

White's for the wedding that I'll never see Blue is for heartaches that she gave to me Green were those two eyes that stole her away Gray were the darks skies o...

(Life lost its color when I lost my love) White's for the wedding that I'll never see blue is for heartaches that she gave to me Green were those two eyes that ...

Looking through the window of the greyhound station down in San Antone Watching people come and people go and feeling so alone And every face I see reminds me o...

Come live with me and be my love share my bread and wine Be wife to me be life to me be mine Come live with me and be my love let our dreams combine Be mate to ...

I sit upon the bed in my rented room and watch The broken shadows from the street lights playing tag upon the wall Down the street a neon light is reaching out ...

Everyone that I meet on the street tells me I look so sad I just lost my gal and the truest love I ever had Left the trouble in mind here behind Lord I wish I w...

Oh consience, I'm guilty, I'm guilty again Now I'm driving home slowly, my spirit's so low I cheated on her again and why I'll never know I hope I don't look t...

Within my prison cell so dreary alone I sit with weary heart I'm thinking of my lonely darling from her forever I must part (A rose she sent him as a token she...

All day I've faced a barren waste without the taste of water cool water Old Dan and I with throats burt dry and souls that cry for water cool clear water The ni...

(Rodgers) He was just a Texas cowhand, One that knew his stuff His eyes were black, His face was tan, His hands were broad and rough (Yodel) Tough as an old ...

A long black engine keeps a rolling along It's wheels goin' clickety-clack She's carrying me to war that eastern seaboard Louisiana I ain't comin' back And I s...

A long black engine keeps a rollin' along its wheels goin' clickety-clack She's carryin' me to war that eastern seaboard Louisiana I ain't comin' back And I sit...

The black smoke stack was barking the steam made them pistons groan And behind that screaming whistle you could hear that engine moan The train was reeling and ...

I never saw the world lookin' so bright Never saw the wheels turnin' so right And I'm glad to be ridin' This crazy little train of love I'm just like a kid on ...

(Chorus) Cross the Brazos at Waco Ride hard and I'll make it by dawn Cross the Brazos at Waco I'm safe when I reach San Antone On the Chisholm Trail it was mi...

I loved you so what made you go Why did you say I need you so Oh why, oh why did you go away Oh why, oh why couldn't you stay? I keep cryin', cryin' Prayin', p...