I finally found a working reel-to-reel tape recorder and tracked down this song. It's actually `Dark Eyed Sally', an original song by The Lonesome River Boys from their 1961 album `Raise a Ruckus'. A great recording of a great song.
Cheers,
Peter Doyle
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Dark Eyed Sally
INTRO: verse chords |G|Em|A|D G|
CHORUS:
D
Goin to the barn dance down in the valley
G
Takin a chance on dark eyed Sally
Em A D
Wildcat liquor and old time music too
G
We'll be dancin, singin, goin strong
Em A
The hills'll be ringin all night long
D G
Come along Sally gonna step out tonight with you
G
Now who's that man from down the holler?
Em
Buyin moonshine with his last dollar
A
Today he's livin on women and wine
D G
Tomorrow may live on down the line
CHORUS
G
Now where's that gal named Betty Ann Lee?
Em
Looking at the moon in the old pine tree
A
She's been outside for three or four
D G
But she's come back looking for two or three more
CHORUS