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Thread #42334   Message #3050895
Posted By: Jim Dixon
11-Dec-10 - 08:19 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Kentuckian Song (Irving Gordon)
Subject: Lyr Add: THE KENTUCKIAN SONG (Irving Gordon)
According to ASCAP.com, the official title is THE KENTUCKIAN SONG.

For easier reading:


THE KENTUCKIAN SONG
Irving Gordon

I see my darlin' in each ray of summer sunlight.
I see my darlin' in the leaves that fall.
I see her walkin' in the rainy April sadness
And hear her name in ev'ry bluebird call.

I've told the possum in the gum tree, the raccoon on the ground,
Told ev'ryone but my darlin' of the happiness I've found.
My heart would cry more than the weeping willow tree,
If my darling and her heart were not for me.


YouTube has recordings by—
Brook Benton
Clint Walker
The Hilltoppers (poor sound quality)

Also recorded by the Eddy Arnold, Anita Carter, Anthony Perkins, and Mac Wiseman.]