IF TEARDROPS WERE PENNIES
(Carl Butler)

Carl Smith - 1951
Rosemary Clooney - 1951
Goldie Hill - 1961
Kitty Wells - 1965
Loretta Lynn - 1966
Stonewall Jackson - 1967
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton - 1973
Rosie Flores & Ray Campi - 1997
Lynn Morris - 1999

Also recorded by:
Miki & Griff; Two's Company; Carl Butler;
Mac Wiseman; Jimmy Martin; Harry Fontenot.


If teadrops were pennies
And heartaches were gold
I'd have all the treasures
My pockets could hold

I'd be, oh, so wealthy
With treasure untold
If teardrops were pennies
And heartaches were gold

An acre of diamonds
I'd offer to you
A solid gold mansion
An airplane or two

This whole world would be yours
To have and to hold
If teardrops were pennies
And heartaches were gold

The tears that have fallen
Won't buy you a thing
The heartaches you caused me
Won't pay for a ring

The love that I wanted
Would not have grown cold
It teardrops were pennies
And heartaches were gold

If teardrops were pennies
And heartaches were gold
I'd have all the treasures
My pockets could hold

I'd be, oh, so wealthy
With treasure untold
If teardrops were pennies
And heartaches were gold


(Transcribed by Carlene Bogle - June 2005)