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Thread #116137 Message #2504808
Posted By: Richie
01-Dec-08 - 08:47 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs'
Subject: RE: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs'
I'll Be All Smiles Tonight is a song written by T.B. Ranson in 1879.
It was recorded by Luther B. Clark and the Blue Ridge Highballers (1926); Mac and Bob (1927); Allen Brothers (1928); Reed Children (1928); Jenkins and Whitworth (1929); Bradley Kincaid (1929); Linda Parker and The Cumberland Ridge Runners (1933); and the Carter Family (1934).
I'LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT- Carter Family
I'll deck my brow with roses The loved ones may be there And gems that others give 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
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 [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, when the dance commences Oh, how I will rejoice I'll sing the song you taught me Without a falling 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
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 [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
And when the room he enters With a bride upon his arm I stood and gazed upon him As though he was a charm
And onced he smiled upon her And onced he smiled on me They know not what I suffered They found no change in me
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