DON'T BE ASHAMED OF YOUR AGE
(Cindy Walker / Bob Wills)


Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - 1948 
Red Foley & Ernest Tubb - 1949
Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers - 1979
John England & The Western Swingers - 2004
Willie Nelson - 2006
Jerry Lee Lewis & George Jones - 2006
John Prine & Mac Wiseman - 2007
Mac Walter & John Cronin - 2007






Now, don't be ashamed of your age
Don't let the years get you down
That old gang you knew, they still think of you
As a rounder in your old hometown

Now, don't mind the grey in your hair
Think of all the fun you had puttin' it there
As for that old book of time, boy, you never skipped a page
So don't be ashamed of your age
Don't be ashamed of your age

(Instrumental Break)

Now listen Mister Smith, Mister Brown
Don't let your age get you down
Why, life ain't begun until your forty, son
That’s when you really start to go to town

Don't wish that you were a lad
Why boy, you've lost more gals than they've ever had
And listen, you've graduated from that old sucker stage
So don't be ashamed of your age
Don't be ashamed of your age







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2011)