I found a lovely tune called "Amanda" (but without lyrics) on a website http://home.wanadoo.nl/bruch/ (It appears under "Lullaby and Sad Songs" and I think at least 1 other category).

When searching Mudcat for "Amanda" I found the following (though there is no date, etc or reference to a thread) from someone called JN; are these the correct (and complete) lyrics for the tune on the above website (you need to listen to it to find out), or is it something else altogether? Does anyone know when the song was written or anything about Bob McDill (I have of course heard of Waylon Jennings, who I think only died in the last few years; didn't he do the theme tune, etc, for the Dukes of Hazzard?).

AMANDA
(Bob McDill)


I've held it all inward, the Lord knows I've tried
It's an awful awakening in a country boy's life
To look in the mirror in total surprise
At the hair on your shoulders and the age in your eyes

Amanda, light of my life, fate should have made you a gentleman's wife
Amanda, light of my life, fate should have made you a gentleman's wife

There's a measure of people that don't understand
The pleasures of life in a hillbilly band
I got my first guitar when I was sixteen
Now I'm pushing (pulling) thirty and still wearing jeans


note: First heard this from Ringer and McCaslin, then again from
Jody Stecher and various friends. Nice tune. JN