Jim Reeves

[fox69]

"Rodger Young"

"Rodger Young"


[Spoken]
On July 31st 1943 a bloody round in the battle for
the Solomon Islands was being fought in the tangled
Jungle of the island of New Georgia.
This is the story of one of the young men who fought
And died there.
This song is respectfully dedicated to those heroic
Infantrymen who like Rodger Young have sacrificed
Their lives that their nation might remain forever free.

[Sang]
Caught in ambush lay a company of riflemen
Just grenades against machine guns in the gloom
Caught in ambush till this one of twenty riflemen
Volunteered, volunteered to meet his doom.

Volunteered, Rodger Young,
Fought and died for the men he marched among
In the everlasting courage of the infantry
Was the courage of Private Rodger Young.

On the island of New Georgia in the Solomons
Stands a simple wooden cross alone to tell
That beneath the silent coral of the Solomons
Sleeps a man, sleeps a man remembered well.

Sleeps a man, Rodger Young,
Fought and died for the men he marched among
In the everlasting glory of the infantry
Lives the story of Private Rodger Young...

 

[fox69]

"Roly Poly"

"Roly Poly"



Roly Poly, eatin' corn and taters
Hungry every minute of the day
Roly Poly, knawin' all the biscuits
Long as he can chew it, it's okay.

He can eat an apple pie
And never even bat an eye
He likes everything
From a soup to hay.

Roly Poly, daddy's little fatty
Bet he's gonna be a man someday.

Roly Poly, scrambled eggs for breakfast
Bread and jelly twenty times a day
Roly Poly, eats a hard day dinner
It takes lots of strenght to run and play.

Bowls up weeds and does the chores
Runs both ways to all the stores
He waers up that apetite that way.

Roly Poly, daddy's little fatty
Bet he's gonna be a man someday...

 

[fox69]

"Room Full Of Roses"

"Room Full Of Roses"


If I sent a rose to you for every time you made me blue
You'd have a room full of roses
If I sent a rose of white for every time I cried all night
You'd have a room full of roses
And if you took the petals and tore them fall apart
You'd be tearing at the roses just the way you tore my heart
And if someday you're feeling blue you could send some roses too
I don't want a room full of roses I just want my arms full of you

[strings]

And if someday you're feeling blue...

 

[fox69]

"Roses"

"Roses"



(Roses roses au au ua)

Roses, I send you roses with all the love
Their tender blossoming discloses
Just like my arms, they'll open wide
You'll see my heart inside.

Please dear, embrace the roses
Until I come to you And when the long day closes
Our spark of love will burst to flame
And put the red red roses to shame.

(Please dear embrace the roses)
(Until I come to you and when the long day closes)
Our spark of love will burst to flame
And put the red red roses to shame.

(Roses roses au au ua)

 

[fox69]

"Roses Are Red (My Love)"

"Roses Are Red (My Love)"



(Roses are red my love, violets are blue)

A long, long time ago
On graduation day
You handed me your book,
I signed this way.

Roses are red my love,
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
But not as sweet as you.

We dated through highschool
And when the big day came
I wrote into your book
Next to my name.

Roses are red my love
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
But not as sweet as you.

Is that your little girl
She looks so much like you
Some day some boy will write
In her book too.

Roses are red my love
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
But not as sweet as you.

Then I went far away
And you found someone new
I read your letter dear
And I wrote back to you.

Roses are red my love
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
Good luck, may God bless you.
(May God bless you.)...

 

[fox69]

"Sand In My Shoes"

"Sand In My Shoes"



You ask me why I wander
Why I'm always on the roam
Let me tell you sweetheart
I've never had a home

I've got sand, burning sand in my shoes

I've had girls to call me sweetheart
But I always say goodbye
Cos I only love three people
Me,myself and I

I've got sand, burning sand in my shoes

I've got sand, burning sand in my shoes
I keep movin' just to dodge the blues
I'd love to stay a while with you
A wedding ring we'd chose

But I've got sand, burning sand in my shoes

I met a girl the other night
Who pleased me to a 'T'
Till she puckered up and whispered low
Won't you please marry me

Then I got sand burnin' sand in my shoes

I've got sand, burnin' sand in my shoes
I keep movin' just to dodge the blues

I'd love to stay a while with you
A wedding ring we'd choose
But I've got sand, burnin' sand in my shoes

 

[fox69]

"Satan Can't Hold Me"

"Satan Can't Hold Me"



When the trumpets has sounded
And the judgement we stand
And the Lord up in heaven
Takes you by the hand.

If for things I've done wrong
I am sent down below
Satan can't hold me
This much I know.

Satan can't hold me
Nobody can
Angel or devil
Spirit or man.

Through the valleys of darkness
I'll come to your side
You are my beacon
My love my guide.

I will climb over mountains
High up in the blue
I'll swim every river
That keeps me from you.

Till that wonderful day
We're together again
Satan can't hold me
True love must win.

Satan can't hold me
Nobody can
Angel or devil
Spirit or man.

Through the valleys of darkness
I'll come to your side
You are my beacon
My love my guide...

 

[fox69]

"Scarlet Ribbons"

"Scarlet Ribbons"



I peeked in to say goodnight
And then I heard my child in prayer
Send for me some scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for my hair.

All the stores were locked and shuttered
All the streets were dark and bare
In our town no scarlet ribbons
No scarlet ribbons for her hair.

Through the night my heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking.

I peeked in and on her bed
In gay profusion laying there
Scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons
Pretty scarlet ribbons for her hair.

If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair...

 

[fox69]

"Sea Breeze"

"Sea Breeze"



I saw a ship a sailing
On the ocean blue
I ran right down to the ocean side
In hopes that it was you.

So long ago you left me
To sail to a foreign land
But when that ship went sailing by
My hopes dropped to the sand.

Seabreeze ocean wave
Bring my lover please
Turn her sails toward my heart
And bring her back to me.

The rising sun reminds me
Of the day she had to go
She set her sails to the morning tide
And filled my heart with woe.

She told me when she left me
She'd sail to many shores
But her heart, her dreams would always be
With the one that she loved so.

Seabreeze ocean wave
Bring my lover please
Turn her sails toward my heart
And bring her back to me.

Bring her back to me.
Bring her back to me...

 

[fox69]

"Señor Santa Claus"

"Señor Santa Claus"


Dear Señor Santa Claus I think I tell you what
I would like for Christmas and I hope you wont forgot
I only want a peso that I can have for mine
To get my señorita something for Christmastime

I don't believe you read the card last Christmas that I sent
You come to see the kids across the street and then you went
Dear Señor Santa Claus I think me understand
Sometimes the toys all gone before you reach the Rio Grande

Dear Señor Santa Claus I tell you what I think
I no got a stocking', I'll set out my piggy bank
So please bring me peso that I can have for mine
To get my señorita something for Christmastime

On Christmas eve I watch for you and I no sleep a wink
If I no get Lolita something she feel sad I think
So please Señor Santa Claus this Christmas be so grand
If I get peso to buy a ring for my Lolita's hand

I don't know what I buy for her, I think I buy a rose
So she can wear it in her hair most everywhere she goes
Please Señor Santa Claus this Christmas be so grand
If I get peso to buy a ring for my Lolita's hand [x2]