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Thread #83224   Message #1528562
Posted By: JohnInKansas
26-Jul-05 - 07:03 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Help! I can't find the titles!
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Help! I can't find the titles!
"Hold me, thrill me, kiss me" was one where the melody popped into mind, and humming along sort of "assembled" enough more words to bring up the title. I don't recognize any of the listed recordings as ones I ever heard do it, but I can't recall who else it might have been.

Recollection is that the "third verse" is notated as a bridge, and there's a "mode change" and a slightly different "beat" for that one. It was a popular dance tune at the "old-folks" dances my short-lived combo played in the 1955-1957 era.

There's a different song titled just "Hold Me," that appears in The Real Little Ultimate Fake Book:

Hold Me
Words and Music by Little Jack Little, Dave Oppenheim, and Ira Schuster
© 1933 MGM, renewed Chappell

Hold Me, Honey won't you
Hold Me, never let me
Go
Take Me, Honey won't you
Take Me, Never to for-
Get Me, 'cause I love you
So.

Thrill Me, let your kisses
Thrill Me, Just like
You alone can do

Hold Me, tenderly en-
Fold Me, Never try to
Hold me,
from you.

The Ultimate Country Fake Book, in most revisions, has another titled just "Hold Me." This book gets re-released frequently, with minor changes in content. I show this title in at least the first, third, and fourth editions.

Hold Me
Words and Music by K. T. Oslin
©1988 Wooden Words Music/Polygram International

Hold Me Tighter
Tell me that tomorrow will be brighter
Kiss me
Kiss me a little harder
Don't kiss me like we're married
Kiss me like we're lovers
...

There are two verses and more to the chorus; so if this looks like what's wanted I can do the rest of a transcription later, but my morning newsrag just hit the porch so I need to read the funnies and get to bed.

John