THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME
(Leon Payne)


Hank Williams & His Drifting Cowboys - 1950 
Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys - 1958
Jack Scott - 1960
Johnny Horton - 1961 
Billy Walker - 1961 
George Jones - 1962 
Hank Locklin - 1962
Eddie Bond - 1962
Al Martino - 1964 
Charlie Rich - 1967 
Don Gibson - 1968 
Marty Robbins - 1968 
Conway Twitty - 1971
Hank Williams Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation - 1971
Sammi Smith - 1975
Mac Wiseman - 1976
Mel McDaniel - 1977
Ron Mesing - 1978
Emmylou Harris - 1979
Vernon Oxford - 1980
Tommy McLain - 1980
The Coward Brothers - 1985
Bill Harrell & The Virginians - 1985
John Prine - 1986 
Waylon Jennings - 1996
James King - 1998
Doug Sahm - 1999
Larry Butler - 2003
John Starling & Carolina Star - 2006
Threes - 2007

Also recorded by: 
John Casner; Narvel Felts; Glen Campbell; Willie Nelson; 
Chas & Dave; Jo-El Sonnier; Ernest Tubb; Doug Jeffords; 
Eddie Wilson; Mick Flavin .............. and others.





        
If today the sun would set on all my hopes and cares
There is one who's smiling face the Gods would see
'Cause she'll walk along beside me up the golden stairs
Oh, they'll never, never take her love from me

What a fool I was to go and break the trust she gave
And see her love turn into sympathy
It's the one regret I'll carry with me to my grave
Oh, they'll never, never take her love from me

(Instrumental Break)

I'm so thankful for each golden hour of happiness
That we shared together in the used to be
Someone else's arms may hold her now in fond caress
But they'll never, never take her love from me

I thought I'd make her happy if I'd step aside
But I knew her love would never set me free
And even on the morning she became another's bride
I said they'll never, never take her love from me






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2013)