READER'S DIGEST COUNTRY AND WESTERN SONGBOOK SHEET MUSIC HARD COVER

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The book is a compendium of country and western songs from the turn of the century to the present. You will find the parlor songs of the 1900's, the first commercial favorites of the 1920's, the railroading and prison songs so popular in the '30s, the lost love and cheating songs of the '40s, the ballads and rockability hits of the '50s, the songs and novelties of the '60s and, finally, the more mature and even philosophical products of the '70s. An entire section, section 1, is devoted to songs either written or made popular by Hank Williams. Another section draws on the Western classics that via films and recordings made Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and the "The Sons of the Pioneers latter-day American heroes. Each of the 95 songs in this book has an interesting lyric, and many were inspired by equally interesting incidents or circumstances. The publishers have tried to provide additional insight into each song in the annotations that accompany the words and music. This terrific collection is spiral bound so that it stays flat when opened. The last page includes photos of the nine immortal stars included in the book: Hank Snow, Chet Atkins, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash, Kitty Wells, Gene Autry, Jim Reeves, Jimmie Rodgers, and Hank Williams Contents: INDEX TO SECTIONS *Hank Williams hits *New country classics *Country hits of the '60s *Country hits of the '50s *Golden memories of the '40s *Western classics *All time old time favorites *The touch for God's hand
CONTENTS
Alabama jubilee
All I have to do is dream
Any time
Are you from Dixie?
Back in the saddle again
Beautiful brown eyes
Blue suede shoes
Bonaparte's retreat
Born to lose
Bye bye love
Can the circle be unbroken
Candy kisses
Careless kisses
Casey Jones
Cigareetes, whusky and wild, wild women
Cold, cold heart
Deep in the heart of Texas
Delta Dawn
Detroit city
Don't fence me in
Don't it make my brown eyes blue
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
El Paso
Empty saddles
Flowers on the wall
Folsom prison blues
Fraulein.
(cont.) The gambler
Gentle on my mind
Half as much
He touched me
Hey, good lookin'
His hands
Home on the range
I can't help it (if I'm still in love with you)
I can't stop loving you
I don't hurt anymore
I love you because
I love you so much it hurts
If you've got the money (I've got the time)
I'll never slip around again
I'm movin' on
I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes
In the jailhouse now
It makes no differnce now
Jambalaya (on the Bayou)
Jealous heart
Just a little lovin' (will go a long way)
Just because
Kentucky waltz
Kiss an angel good mornin'
The last round-up
A legend in my time (I'd be)
The letter edged in black.
(cont.) Little green apples
Love lifted me
Lovesick blues
Lucille
Make the world go away
Midnight
Mountain dew
My daddy is only a picture
My last date with you
Oh, lonesome me
Ole faithful
The one rose that's left in my heart
Orange blossom special
Pistol packin' mama
Please help me, I'm falling in love with you
The prisoner's song
Release me
Riders in the sky
Rocky top
I never promised you a rose garden
Send me the pillow you dream on
Shall we gather at the river?
Singing the blues
Sioux city Sue
Slipping around
Someday you'll want me to want you
Tennessee waltz
Thank God I'm a country boy
This ole house
The touch of God's hand
Tumbling tumbleweeds.
(cont.) The wabash cannonball
Wagon wheels
Walking the floor over you
Waterloo
Welcome to my world
When it's springtime in the rockies
A white sport coat and a pink carnation
Wings of a dove
The wreck of the old 97
Your cheatin' heart.
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