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Thread #166799   Message #4013887
Posted By: Jim Dixon
15-Oct-19 - 10:05 PM
Thread Name: Songs of Ernest Tubb
Subject: Songs of Ernest Tubb
I’m starting this thread because I plan to post some lyrics of songs recorded by Ernest Tubb. But first, here are some songs whose lyrics have already been posted. Please note that he didn’t write all these, and his recording wasn’t necessarily even the first or most prominent one:

A DAISY A DAY
A HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES
BIG BLUE DIAMONDS
BORN TO LOSE
DO WHAT YOU DO DO WELL
DON'T TRADE YOUR OLD-FASHIONED SWEETHEART (FOR A HONKY-TONK QUEEN)
DRIFTWOOD ON THE RIVER
DRIVING NAILS IN MY COFFIN
FILIPINO BABY
FORT WORTH JAIL
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
I'LL GET ALONG SOMEHOW
I'LL JUST HAVE ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE (THEN I'LL GO)
I’M WONDERING HOW
MEAN OLD BED BUG BLUES
MISSING IN ACTION
MOM AND DAD'S WALTZ
NO LETTER TODAY
REMEMBER ME (I'M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU)
SINCE THAT BLACK CAT CROSSED MY PATH
SOLDIER’S LAST LETTER
THE CHICKEN SONG (I AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT SETTIN' DOWN)
THE LAST THOUGHTS OF JIMMIE RODGERS a.k.a. JIMMIE RODGERS' LAST THOUGHTS (MY BLUE BONNET DREAMS)
THE PASSING OF JIMMIE RODGERS
TIGER BY THE TAIL
TILL MY GETUP HAS GOT UP AND GONE
TOMORROW NEVER COMES
TRY ME ONE MORE TIME
WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS
WHEN JIMMIE RODGERS SAID GOOD-BYE
WITH TEARS IN MY EYES