Lyr Req: I Loved Her First (from Heartland)

Subject: Need help ID-ing country song
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 13 Jun 06 - 12:51 AM

Heard it once on the radio and not in it's entirety, so it's driving me crazy trying to find out what the song is.

The basic idea in the song:

A man is watching/observing a woman dancing with her love....sorta sounded like it was a father watching his daughter dance at her wedding...but then there was something in the lyrics that made me think it was a former boyfriend watching his old love dance with her new love (perhaps at their wedding???)

It's a slow, pretty melody...sung by a male.

Does this ring a bell with anyone?

Thanks.

Mary

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: open mike
Date: 13 Jun 06 - 01:10 AM

any chance it had a Philadelphia lawyer in it?

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,J C
Date: 13 Jun 06 - 04:16 AM

Sounds vaguely like Poison in a Glass of Wine aka Oxford City
He saw her dancing with another
Which made jealousy run in his mind
So for to destroy his own true lover
He gave her some poison in a glass of wine

Let me know if it's this and I'll post it.
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: Andrez
Date: 13 Jun 06 - 05:55 AM

Just a shot in the dark. The Amazing Rythm Aces had a song called the Ella B.

Cheers,

Andrez

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: BTMP
Date: 13 Jun 06 - 03:49 PM

How about "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight". Although the usual situation for this song is a woman observing her former boyfriend getting married ... just wondering. -btmp

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 13 Jun 06 - 11:38 PM

LOL re Philadelphia lawyer.

"I'll Be All Smiles Tonight" so far sounds like the best match. Does anyone know if there are any recordings of it that are not the bluegrass style?

Many thanks for the feedback!

Mary

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: Snuffy
Date: 14 Jun 06 - 08:39 AM

The Watersons are not bluegrass

Subject: Lyr Add: I'LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT
From: BTMP
Date: 14 Jun 06 - 09:29 AM

Mary - I have a nice version of "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight" by the Louvin Brothers. I'm sure there are more recordings by Country artists - I haven't heard many Bluegrass singers perform the tune. Here are the lyrics:

I'll Be All Smiles Tonight

I'll deck my brow with roses the loved ones may be there
And gems that others gave me will shine within my hair
And even those who know me will think my heart is light
Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smiles tonight

Chorus:
    I'll be all smiles tonight, Love, I'll be all smiles tonight
    Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smiles tonight

Oh when the dance commences, Oh how I will rejoice
I'll sing the songs he taught me without a faltering voice
When the flattering ones come around me they'll think my heart is light
Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smiles tonight

Chorus

And when the room he entered with a bride upon his arm
I stood and gazed upon him as though he was a charm
And then he smiled upon her as once he'd smiled on me
They knew not what I suffered, they found no change in me

Chorus

And when the dance is over and all have gone to rest
I'll think of him, dear Mother, the one that I love best
He once did love me dearly and ne'er from me would part
He sought not to deceive me, false friends have changed his heart

Chorus

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 14 Jun 06 - 09:37 AM

Was it commercial country or true country?
Or a modern tune in the traditional style?

Could it have been Didn't I Dance in My Day?

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: Peace
Date: 14 Jun 06 - 09:40 AM

"Didn't I Dance" is in the DT, FYI.

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,Randy old northerner
Date: 14 Jun 06 - 11:48 AM

I bet it was the Tennesee waltz.

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 16 Jun 06 - 09:23 AM

Definitely not Tennesee Waltz, that's in my repertoire...

I'll have to check the DT for Didn't I Dance.

Yesterday I heard a new song--definitely a Father/Daughter song (cause it is spelled out in the lyrics) but it isn't the one I am looking for....It's a good one though.

I Loved Her First by Heartland

I was listening to snippets of I'll be All Smiles Tonight, and they seemed rather "twangy" (I used the term bluegrass since that was the category the recordings seemed to fall under)--whatever song I heard didn't have the "twang" to it....more ballady sounding, could be a cross over on the music charts. If any of that makes sense. LOL

Thanks for all the feedback!

Mary

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 16 Jun 06 - 05:10 PM

Could it have been The Tennessee Waltz? "I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz when an old friend she happened to see..."?

Michele

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: Ferrara
Date: 16 Jun 06 - 08:05 PM

There was a pop song called "I'll Dance at Your Wedding," or "I Danced at Your Wedding." I can't find it on line. It had these lines, which are all I remember right now:

I danced at your wedding, although I was dreading
The thought of losing you,
...

Your mother was crying, your father was crying,
And I was crying too,
Our poor hearts were aching
Because we were losing you.

But ... I don't think of it as a country song.

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: scouse
Date: 17 Jun 06 - 12:06 PM

Perhaps it was...

I loved a lass, I loved her so well,
I hated all others who spoke of her ill,
But now she's rewarded me well for her love,
For she's gone to be wed to another...

I saw my Love,sit down to dine,
I sat down beside her and poured out her wine,
And I prayed to the love.....
For she's gone to be wed to to another

Forgotten the rest....
As Aye,
Phil..

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,Greycap
Date: 17 Jun 06 - 02:44 PM

See Alecia Nugent - first cd - Red Roses, Whites satin & Sweet Memories. That one maybe?

Subject: Lyr Add: I LOVED HER FIRST (from Heartland)
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 17 Jun 06 - 02:53 PM

Artist: HEARTLAND
Song Name: I LOVED HER FIRST

Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each others face
So much in love your alone in this place
Like there's nobody else in the world
I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one
She told me so
and she still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl
Time changes everything
Life must go on
and I'm not gonna stand in your way

Chorus:
But I Loved her first and I held her first
and a place in my heart I'll always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
and I prayed that she'd find you someday
but it still hard to give her away
I loved her first

How could that beautiful women with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to
and tucked into bed all those nights
and I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time

Chorus:
But I Loved her first and I held her first
and a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
and I prayed that she'd find you someday
but it still hard to give her away
I loved her first

From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Someday you might know what I'm going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first…

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: skarpi
Date: 18 Jun 06 - 06:28 AM

Hallo , scouse I learned the lyric like this :

I once loved a maid and I loved her so well
that I hated all others that made of her ill ....

I guess though there are lot of lyrics of this song in diffrent words I mean.

All the best Skarpi Iceland

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: Snuffy
Date: 19 Jun 06 - 09:01 AM

Rita,

I don't remember "I Danced at Your Wedding." as a pop song, but I do remember hearing Spike Jones and his City Slickers doing a hilarious demolition job on it!!

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: Little Robyn
Date: 20 Jun 06 - 03:37 AM

Your Mother was laughing,
Your Father was laughing,
And I was laughing too.
We all had hysterics,
At last we were loosing you!

It was a great joke in our family
Robyn

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jun 06 - 01:21 PM

The song is "I loved her first" by the band Heartland. The are a new and huge country act from Alabama. go to www.loftoncreekrecords.com to get the song

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 21 Jun 06 - 09:31 AM

Thanks for the loftoncreek.com link.

I posted the lyrics for I Loved Her First earlier in this thread....it might be the song, though when I was listening to whatever song I am looking for, I don't recall hearing the word "father" mentioned in the lyrics, which made me think it might be another tune. So far, "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight" seems the next most likely song.

Lots of great old songs mentioned!

"I Went to Your Wedding" written by J.M. Robinson was recorded by Patti Page. It's on her Greatest Hits cd. It's a song I like very much.

Thanks everyone for the feedback!!

Mary

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,Leigh
Date: 22 Jun 06 - 05:37 PM

I Know EXACTLY the song. It's called "I Loved Her First" and it's by a new group called Heartland. I LOVE It! Call radio and request it. It's awesome! "I loved her first, I held her first..."
Leigh

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 22 Jun 06 - 08:16 PM

Sounds to me like it must be "Waltzing With Bears"----right?

Art ;-)

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,thurg
Date: 23 Jun 06 - 12:34 AM

I bet it's that Doug Snider song:


The bums in the park,
They come out after dark;
They dance and they sing,
And their bottles they bring;
...........

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Jun 06 - 10:57 AM

"I Loved her first" is by Heartland and Lofton Creek Records. You can buy the single for $5.00 online from Lofton Creek Records, but, I haven't found it in stores here yet..

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: Genie
Date: 23 Jun 06 - 12:08 PM

Art, is "Waltzing With Bears" the one where Papa Bear watches wistfully as Goldilocks dances with her new love, Baby Bear?



Guest Michele - Just to slow down the 'folk process' a wee bit, the first line of Tennessee Waltz is: "I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz when an old friend I (not "she") happened to see... ."?

Little Robyn, I like your family's joke song!

Genie

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Jun 06 - 04:55 PM

The song is called "I loved her first" by Heartland

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Jun 06 - 05:10 PM

The song "i loved her first" by Heartland, is definitely about a father watching his daughter and her new husband. you can tell with these lyrics:
How could that beautiful women with you -->(his daughter)
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew-->(once again, his daughter)
The one that I read all those fairy tales to-->(read to her as a child)
and tucked into bed all those nights --> (once again, as a child)


you can also tell in the chorus by the words and it says father:

But I Loved her first and I held her first (loved her before this man, held her when she was a baby)
and a place in my heart I'll always be hers
From the first breath she breathed (when she was born)
When she first smiled at me (when she was born)
I knew the love of a father runs deep (FATHER... obvious meaning)
and I prayed that she'd find you someday
but it still hard to give her away (last two lines: father always wants his daughter to find a good man to spend the rest of her life with, but its hard to give her away after so long)
I loved her first

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Jun 06 - 06:10 PM

very good song written by Walt Aldridge. Great songwriter with many hits under his belt.

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,hannah aldridge
Date: 29 Jun 06 - 10:04 PM

my dad wrote this song... it's called I loved her first by heartland.... call in and request it on the radio so we can get the word out!!! the cd should be out soon they are in the studio working on it.... go out and grab a copy

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 30 Jun 06 - 12:03 AM

WOW! What a pleasant surprise! Thanks for posting Hannah! And please let your Dad know his song, I Loved Her First is being well received! The radio stations in my area that have played it continually comment on how it stirs up the emotions in the listeners.

The first time I heard it in it's entirity, I was driving and had to pull over because I got so choked up.

It's a beautiful song!!

What was the inspiration for the song?? Perhaps your wedding or the wedding of a sister of your's (if you have a sister(s))????

Cheers!

Mary

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Jun 06 - 01:50 AM

My hubby wrote this song, so it is fun to hear that people are trying to find out the lyrics and like the song so much. You can read more about his music at www.waltaldridge.com

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Jun 06 - 01:54 AM

I just saw where my daughter had written in previously and I did not see that before (I was just looking up feedback about his songs.) Walt (of course), wrote the song about our two daughters that are 18 and 22 and the prospect of "losing" them to some young man soon. If you think YOU guys get choked up listening to it, you ought to try to sit in the audience and be me and know it is about our daughters!! :) Thanks again for loving the song and spread the word to request it all over the country. It is a previously unknown group on a small record label, so your calls really will make a difference!!      Ann Aldridge

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 02 Jul 06 - 10:38 PM

Ann,

Thank you for responding. I will definitely check out the website!

Mary

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Jul 06 - 09:48 PM

Heartland's "I Loved her First" Lofton Creek Records.

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,Bubba
Date: 08 Jul 06 - 04:13 PM

The song is called " I loved her first" By a new group called Heartland .

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,jasieJoy
Date: 10 Jul 06 - 06:54 PM

I just have to say that after ready all of these posts I had to go find the song. I started bawling during the first line and I love it. I'm married now but I'm really close to my dad and this touched a spot in my heart. Thanks to those who spread the word and thanks to the man who wrote it!

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,Amanda
Date: 18 Jul 06 - 11:32 PM

I love this song, "I loved her First". I heard just the end of it on the radio a few weeks ago, and thought "It would be perfect for me to dance with my dad at my wedding in a few weeks!" I had been waiting to choose a song for the father/daughter dance because I just didn't like many of the other's out there. This song came out in perfect time for my wedding, and I am sure there will not be a dry eye at the reception when everyone listens to the lyrics!! Thanks Heartland!!

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: open mike
Date: 19 Jul 06 - 12:21 AM

hear it here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=46041570if that is too long of an URL google heartland or heartland country

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: open mike
Date: 19 Jul 06 - 12:54 AM

I would like to know more about Elliott Park, cowriter of the song "I Loved Her First,"

Is walt related to any of the other musically talented aldridges ?
(Darin-mandolin-Country Gentlemen, Mike-dobro-Chesapeake)

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: GUEST,Ted
Date: 11 Feb 07 - 12:50 PM

"I went to your wedding although I was dreading..."
That's all I know! Looking for title, artist. Any thoughts?? Thanks!

Subject: RE: Need help ID-ing country song
From: SingsIrish Songs
Date: 13 Jul 07 - 01:47 AM

Ted...

The song you are looking for is "I Went to Your Wedding" written by J.M. Robinson, recorded by Patti Page. It's on her Greatest Hits cd.

Mary