Ramblin' Country

Tower ST-5089
1968

Gene Moles - guitar/dobro
James Burton, Tommy Collins - guitar
Buzz Evans - guitar/steel
Jimmie Collins - steel
Dennis Hromek, Bob Morris - bass
David Allen - drums
Robert Edrington - piano
Recorded:
Nov/1966, Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood (10)
Jul/1967, Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood

1.

Tornado Tillie

Jack Ripley

© Tree Publ, BMI

Tornado Tillie she's really a dilly
And everybody knows when she hits town
It sounds kinda silly but Tornado Tilly
Picks up ever man that ain't nailed down

He was a big operator in Memphis and he thought he'd really been around
All the girls they called him Big Daddy well he had 'em all over town
Then one day Tornado Tillie she blew in from Alabam
She touched down and she picked up Memphis Sam

When Sam looked up and saw Tillie she swept him right offa his feet
And before he knew what hit him she was a draggin' him down the street
She carried him down to Atlanta and she gave him a great big spin
They hit Birmingham and she whirled him around again

Tornado Tillie she's really a dilly...

Sam and Tilly they blew into Vegas and Sam he hit a lucky streak
But Tillie picked up all the money and went a twistin' on down the street
She met up with a guitar picker hair a hangin' down his back
And they both scratched off in Sam's white Cadillac

Then Tillie she headed for Texas on her way to New Mexico
And then she tore through Dallas like a bat out of El Paso
She dropped that guitar picker down along some Missouri farm
Then she ripped into Memphis with a sailor on each arm

Tornado Tillie she's really a dilly...

So I'm gonna warn you girlies you'd better hang on to your boys
Cause here comes Tornado Tillie and she's makin' with a lotta noise
It's gonna be goodbye Charlie if she ever gets a hold of your man
And just remember what she did to ole Memphis Sam

Tornado Tillie she's really a dilly...

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2.

(# 70 country hit)

Big Foot

Jack Ripley

© Tree Publ, BMI

Big big big Foot there's nothin' you can't do
Big big big foot Missouri's proud of you

Down in the cotton country a Big Foot boy was born
The doctor told his ma and pa he'd be tall as Indian corn
When he was only two years old he pulled a cotton sack
He'd pick a row of cotton leave an acre full of tracks

He backed up to see his foot prints down in that bottom land
Backed up so far he found himself halfway to Alabam
And when it came to breakin' ground Big Foot would show 'em how
He'd hitch a mule to both his shoes and use 'em for a plow

Big big big Foot there's nothin' you can't do...

One summer it began to rain it poured for weeks and weeks
And ev'rybody knew the Mississip had reached her peak
Word came from Cape Geraldo a flood was on the way
And it would cover Caruthersville before the break of day

The town began to panic ev'rybody on the run
They all headed for Crawley's Ridge all except one
Big Foot tossed them sand bags and you could hear him cry
Y'all don't worry about a thing I'll save the town or die

Big big big Foot there's nothin' you can't do...

The rain it kept a comin' down the river comin' up
The Mississip was ragin' now and things were gettin' rough
Then suddenly it happened the levy it broke through
But Big Foot held that river back with one of his big shoes

When ev'rything was over the folks came back to town
But the only trace of Big Foot was his foot prints on the ground
Some say that he's still livin' workin' on a river boat
But the only thing they ever found was two big shoes afloat

Big big big Foot there's nothin' you can't do...
Big Foot Big Foot Big Foot Big Foot

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3.

Life Goes On

Charlie Williams - Glen Garrison

© Tree Publ, BMI

Trains pull in and trains pull out there's hellos and goodbyes
Life goes on why can't I
A newborn baby waits to live and ole folks wait to die
Life goes on why can't I

It seems to me the world should be different but it's not
They don't care what pain I bear or how much hurt I've got
The world still turns the sun still shines and you still cheat and lie
Life goes on why can't I
[ steel ]
It seems to me the world should be different but it's not
They don't care what pain I bear or how much hurt I've got
The world still turns the sun still shines and you still cheat and lie
Life goes I wonder why life goes on why can't I

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4.

Hello Honey

Dick Curless

© Tree Publ, BMI

Hello honey I just call to see
If you're still mad or if you're glad you broke the date with me
I can understand why if you no longer care
But the circumstances I was in left me without a prayer

I didn't see you in there while dancing close to her
I never knew you came downtown specially at the Golden Spur
Honky tonks I thought with you were completely outta line
But I can explain cause of the rain I ducked in and happened to find

Your old love affair was sitting there with a new girl in his arms
A drink or two and it was you he talked about all your charms
He didn't know I knew you so I danced with her to find
That you were late you were his date I almost lost my mind

Hello honey I just call to see...

I was in a back booth by myself the lights were very dim
And little ole me you couldn't see as you danced by with him
Like passin' the time I heard you say now hon don't say you don't care
Oh the circumstances I was in left me without a prayer

Hello honey I just call to see...

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5.

I Went Bad Of A Pretty Girl

Dick Curless - Red Simpson

© Tree Publ, BMI

Oh I went bad for a pretty girl
I robbed and I cheated you see
Yes I went bad for a pretty pretty girl
Now she's got the loot and they got me

I met her in downtown Milwaukee
Makin' beer for a big company
And I knew right away that there would come a day
That she'd bring trouble to me

Oh we talked and we talked about romance
But she didn't want love for love alone
She had dreams of livin' in a mansion
So I set out to put her on her throne

Yes I went bad for a pretty girl...

Oh I bought myself a pistol at a pawn shop
But bullets I never bought me none
Cause I knew if there ever came a showdown
I wouldn't have the nerve to shoot that gun

Oh I quit my job a workin' in Milwaukee
Held up a bank and got away without a clue
And I gave my pretty girl all the money
Caused I promised to make her dreams come true

Oh I went bad for a pretty girl...

Oh I bought my pretty girl her mansion
Pretty diamonds to wear upon her hand
But she left me like someday I knew she'd leave me
For more power and a much much richer man

So I went back to the streets of ole Milwaukee
To pull another job and win her back again
But the police were waiting in Milwaukee
For my pretty pretty girl had turned me in

Oh I went bad for a pretty girl...

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6.

Tears Of St. Ann

Dick Curless

© Tree Publ, BMI

A true story my friends I now tell to you
A strange thing occurred that soon became news
The statute St Ann from the window was knocked
In the driveway below it fell on a rock

A little girl ran to the statute below
But when she got there it was broken and so
She picked up it's head and kissed it so dear
In the eyes of St Anne tears did appear

No one understood how the statute could cry
The whole world was shocked from the tears in its eyes
A miracle of God to show this great land
That the sick could be healed by the tears from St Ann

The statute was kissed by others who came
Some didn't believe that the tears spilled like rain
Only a kiss from this little girl
Caused St Ann to cry and startle the world

If rain soaks I know God changed the rain to tears
This story shall live throughout many years
For this little girl caused both world and man
To believe in the Lord and the tears of St Ann

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7.

Hobo

Bernard Spurlock - Marty Martin

© Fort Knox Music, BMI

Hobo oh oh bum bum bah blue hobo
Bummin' round oh lonesome hobo

I saw a freight train leavin' town
A lonesome hobo was bummin' it down
I wonder if he knows which a way that train goes
Oh hobo oh oh blue hobo bummin' round oh lonesome hobo
[ guitar ]
I met a lady just down the street
And she asked me by chance if I happened to meet
A ragged little guy with no shoes on his feet
That was the hobo oh oh that I saw
With his roll on his back he caught a train just down the track

She said she had made the mistake of her life
When she no longer said she would be his true wife
And the babies keep cryin' for their daddy each night
Oh hobo oh oh please come back they still love you blue hobo

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8.

Nobody

Dick Curless

© Tree Publ, BMI

Nobody but you nobody could be so sweet and true
Now my buddy has you and I'm nobody to you

The love you said you had for me
I really and truly did believe
Your only true love way back then
Just didn't dream that somebody was my friend

Nobody but you nobody could be so sweet and true...
[ guitar - steel ]
The parties and fun I thought was right
But whenever my heart turned out of sight
You'd welcome him in to our world
Now I can see you were his only girl

Nobody but you nobody could be so sweet and true...

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9.

Mumble Boogy

Dick Curless

© Tree Publ, BMI

[ instrumental ]


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10.

How Do I Say Goodbye

Tommy Collins

© Central Songs, BMI

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