The steel guitar played when I met her and it played the night I lost her Yes you drove her to another with your sweet Hawaiian chimes I know your sorry but it'...

Oh it's crying time again you're gonna leave me I can see that faraway look in your eyes I can tell by the way you hold me darling That it won't be long before ...

Now if you're gonna cruise be sure that you'll choose Habana Where the waters are green by that old Caribbean sea And if you stay awhile you'll soon like their ...

I've got a sort of lowdown feeling a sickness that is hard to describe It ain't no use to call a doctor cause the cure I know he couldn't prescribe Day by day I...

He remembers the first time he met her he remembers the first thing she said He remembers the first time he held her and the night that she came to his bed He r...

A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune Back at the bar in a solo game sat...

I've got some good news, honey An invitation to the Darktown Ball It's a very swell affair All the "high-browns" will be there I'll wear my high silk hat and f...

The days are long, I'm a-weary I ain't sayin' a word The days are long, I'm a-weary I ain't sayin' a word You left me blue as night Blues all round my head (I s...

Written by Myrtle Jackson Recorded by Hank Snow I don't care how dark and drear my way may be I won't mind the cross to bear For I'm knowing God on time he'll ...

There are so many classy guys with classy uptown ways And I am so afraid that they will steal you someday But don't let 'em darlin' cause you belong to me So do...

A laughing baby boy one evening in his play He disturbed the household with his noisy glee Well I warned him to keep quiet but he soon would disobey For he woul...

Up until now you've been satisfied With the love that I gave to you Now the goin' gets rough you've had enough And all you can say is we're through It's been s...

Don't sing Aloha when I go Because I'm coming back you know Don't sing Aloha though I cry Our parting just not means goodbye I'll dream of you in Waikiki That'...

I'm thinking of you while here all alone I'm wishing and longing for you and for home I'd give this whole world if I could only say I'm climbin' that old hill h...

Down the trail of achin' hearts Where nobody's hidin' their tears You sent me there where sadness starts Down the trail of achin' hearts You told me I was your...

Written and Recorded by Hank Snow Beneath the moon tonight I kneel close to my darling's side, Her eyes in death forever closed, My sweet and future bride Besi...

Written and arranged by Hank Snow Down where the trade winds play Down where they lose the day We found a new world Where Paradise starts we traded hearts The ...

My father is a drunkard, my mother she is dead And I am just an orphan child, no place to lay my head All through this world I wander, they drive me from their ...

Out in the west Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican girl Nighttime would find me in Rosa's Cantina music would play and Feleena would whirl Blac...

You promised to love me to 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...

A little child on a sickbed lay And death was very near She was the pride and only child Of a railroad engineer His duty had called him from those he loved And...

Now talk about Hawaii I didn't know it was so grand I pick me out a hula hula girl before my boat could land everybody does it in Hawaii Now she's got it here a...

Now talk about Hawaii I didn't know it was so grand I pick me out a hula hula girl before my boat could land everybody does it in Hawaii Now she's got it here a...

Diesel smoke climbin' the clear blue sky I sit here wonderin' wanderin' why I leave her everytime I love her Green grass growin' by picket fence Lord I just don...

Written by WB Stevens and JR Baxter Recorded by Hank Snow Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder why could it be thus all the day long When there are other...

Written by John D Loudermilk Recorded by Hank Snow Father time & mother love, Sit in their house some where up above And make us do what they want us to do And...

Here she comes look at her roll There she goes eatin' that coal Watch her fly look at her sail Let her by, by, by, the fireball mail Watch her go look at her s...

We sat a table in Lindy's and I ordered up dinners for two My guest was a grimy intruder who had ask me to buy him a stew But some how I pitied the beggar so sh...

Summer's gone and wintertime's a comin' and where I am ain't where I wanna be I can hear my southern home a callin' and it's callin' out that old wide goose and...

(Keep a movin' keep a movin') We've been followin' the sun ever since the day began and we're weary (Keep a movin' keep a movin') Tell the fading western light ...

I hear that train a comin', it's rollin' round the bend And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin...

For now and always I'll hold you tight day and night Keep the love light burnin' bright in my heart for you Pretty little sweetheart I'll love you for now and ...

For sale one ring that's on your finger (it's such a pretty thing) For sale my memories that linger (I remember everything) For sale our home that stood on love...

Written by Kris Kristofferson Recorded by Hank Snow Don't look so sad I know it's over But life goes on and this old world will keep on turnin' Let's just be g...

Written by Y DeVaney Recorded by Hank Snow How long will my teardrops be falling for you Forever and one day, forever and two How long will my arms ache to hol...

Now Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts oh Lord how they could love Swore to be true to each other true as the stars above He was her man but he wasn't doin' he...

Far across the deep blue water lives an old German's daughter By the banks of the old River Rhine Where I loved her and lost her but I can't forget her cause I ...

From a jack to a king from loneliness to a wedding ring I played an Ace and I won a Queen and walked away with your heart From a jack to a king with no regrets ...

Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal Frosty the snowman was a fairy tale they say He wa...

Down in old southern Texas I wandered one day Where the tropical sea breezes blow I there fell in love with a flower so rare And they called her the Galveston r...

If you ever go across the sea to Ireland, Then maybe at the closing of your day; You will sit and watch the moonrise over Claddagh, And see the sun go down on G...

I thought I was a gambler Broke ev'ry shark in town Until I met a rounder Who called all I put down We laid the cards on the table He drew an ace high hand He b...

Have you ever heard a love song that you didn't understand Were you ever in a teahouse on the Island of Japan And have you ever traveled over many thousand mile...

It's knowin' that your door is always open and your path is free to walk That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch And...

It was early in the fall and a-blowin' up a squall From the trestle you could hear the weirdest moans With a mighty lonesome cry came a whistle from the sky And...

Glory hallujah we are marching on (As we sing this song and it won't be long) The man of Galilee will set us everyone free So get in the gloryland march There ...

He will never love you more than I do, darling He will never need you more than I do darling But as long as fate decrease that we must part Go with my blessings...

In a class room at the grade school just before the Hollidays Boys and girls were writing notes to Santa far away Expect a lad who sat alone his paper put away ...

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 till my money is gone But the gold rush is ove...

Recorded by Hank Snow I hate to see night shadows fall, I hate to see a moon above For it brings me dreams of days gone by When my darling Lola Lee strolled al...

'Board From old Montana down to Alabam' I've been before and I'll travel again You triflin' women can't keep a good man down You dealt the cards, but you misse...

Gonna find me a bluebird let him sing me a song Cause my heart's been broken much too long Gonna chase me a rainbow through a heaven of blue Cause I'm all throu...

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 around and see her flirtin' with some other...

You're a tired buckeroo little pal You've been ridin' hard all day little pal Soon the sandman will be callin' As the twilight shadows fall And you'll go ridin'...

(It's good to touch the green green grass of home) The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train And there to meet me is my mama and papa And do...

Walkin' with my honey down by the water green green green Spring is in the air but we're doin' what we order I'm just a poor boy she's the banker's daughter gre...

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 stich stockings It ain't your b...

Gypsy feet will wander Gypsy feet will stray Neither love nor thunder can ever make them stay I can't tame a heart so wild like a jungle drum it beats Were you ...

I'm handcuffed to the only love I knew yet I never committed any crime Like a prisoner alone in his cell I'm hundcuffed to the love I've thought was mine There'...

A cowboy took a trip to Hawaii And on a beach one day of Waikii The music that he heard was so enchanting He lost his heart to sing this melody I wanna hear yo...

I loved you before you met him and I loved even after you were wed I told you I'd never forget you that I'd be here when his love was dead Now you're back in my...

Give when you give him best of your service Telling the world that the Saviour has come Be not dismayed when man don't believe you He'll understand and say well...

A cowboy return to the scene of his childhood to his sweetheart of long long ago But today he return she was wed to another tells the story of heartbreak and wo...

I've been lonely and so heartsick for you darling Since the might I said that it must be goodbye, Now that I broke your heart and left you lonely Those mem'ries...

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...

You put your heart upon an auction block and sold it Selfish greed and envy were the auctioneers The highest bidder won your heart but he can't hold it Love tha...

His hands paint the flowers he puts leaves on the trees At his whisper birds start singing when my heart needs melodies Why I strayed from all his goodness my p...

Recorded by Hank Snow As the night softly fell down upon the old corral And the moon into the blue sky made its way Not a sound could be heard but the song of ...

Riding on the eastbound freight train speeding through the night Hobo Bill the railroad bum was fighting for his life The sadness of his eyes revealed the tortu...

Tonight as I lay on a boxcar just waiting for a train to pass by What will become of the hobo whenever his time comes to die Has the Master up yonder in heaven ...

At the close of the day when the sun sinks away below the western sea Then I'll seek my rest in a little love nest built for Carrie Anita and me A big mora's ch...

See the tree how big it's grown but friends it hasn't been too long it wasn't big I laughed at her and she got mad the first day that she planted it was just a ...

I know somewhere out in the world There is a gal for me I'd like to find and make you mine How happy we would be We wouldn't need a moonlit night To sit outdoor...

I know somewhere out in the world There is a gal for me I'd like to find and make you mine How happy we would be We wouldn't need a moonlit night To sit outdoor...

Though men may strife to go beyond the reap of space To walk beyond the distance shining stars This world's a room so small within my Master's house The open sk...

Come listen to my tale 'bout a pretty little girl That I chanced to meet on the prairie T'was a night in June by the western moon That I met my charming Mary He...

Now if you wanna get in trouble I'll tell you how to do it You get a guitar and then you're into it You play all day and you play all night And folks say he'll ...

On the isle of Filla Lilla out Hawaii way A hula maiden gay strolled by a moonlit bay There come a to court her over the water from a savage Zinga Zululand A bo...

Hawaii's callin' When I hear the rhythm of the hula rock hula rock In the South Pacific where the trade winds blow They thought that the hula was a little bit ...

I was sittin' at home just a listenin' to my radio An' along came a fella who apparently had been on the go Well he started in a braggin' bout everywhere he'd b...

When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind My head is in a spin since she left me behind I pass a million people I can'...

Though I should say goodbye to you I can't control my heart It won't obey my heart must stay with you You brought me a tear with each kiss you gave to me You ta...

My love has gone my pride has gone I care no more My heart is tired from loving you I care no more I don't regret the day we met when love was there Now love ha...

One heart too many I have broken , Love dreams that faded away Too many teardrops have fallen, Too many vows cast aside Soft wedding bells should be ringing, Fo...

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 la...

Just like old times you were here last night and gone was my worry and care When I awoke I knew then that I had dreamed of an old love affair (I was alone in th...

I was ridin' No 9 heading south from Caroline I heard that lonesome whistle blow Got in trouble had to roam left my gal and left my home I heard that lonesome w...

I want you to know if things should go wrong As you walk through your world if you're walkin' along Give me your burden I'll carry you low Remember I love you I...

In my dreams an old friend came to see you Right from the start he was the stealing kind You'll never know how much it hurt me darling The night you left his lo...

Though we said goodbye and we drifted far apart I knew that we'd meet again Though you left my arms you never left my heart I knew that we'd meet again The lov...

(I love you most of all because you're you) I love you because you understand dear every single thing I try to do You're always there to lend a helping hand dea...

Standing in the moonlight by the old garden gate Nellie, my darlin', I know you will wait Wait for me, dearest, he said in tears Then I'll be your sweetheart th...

One morning as I rambled down by the seashore The wind it did whistle and the waters did roar I heard of fair maiden make a pitiful sound It sounded so lonesome...

How many arms have held you And hated to let you go How many, how many I wonder But I really don't want to know How many lips have kissed you And set your soul...

Last night I dreamed an angel came he took my hand he called my name He bade me look the other way I saw a man I heard him say He said if I'd be lifted up I'll ...

(I see Jesus standing waiting for me) Once a man named Steven preached about the Lord Folks were saved then folks were healed as they heard his word Satan did n...

Once I lived a life of wine and roses and I drank a lot back then for one concern Success for me lay just around the corner I thought my social friends would he...

Recorded by Hank Snow I traded my saddle for a rifle and left to join the troubled shore I hung my guitar in the attic and laid away my forty four I traded my ...

Written by Joe Babcock Recorded by Hank Snow I was born in Macon Georgia they kept my dad in the Macon jail Dad said son if you keep your hands clean You won't...

Words & Music by Jessie Mae Robinson I went to your wedding altho' I was dreading the thought of losing you The organ was playing, my poor heart kept saying: Y...