DON'T LET YOUR SWEET LOVE DIE
(Zake Clements / Clarke VanNess)


Bob Atcher - 1948
Roy Acuff - 1953
Mac Wiseman - 1957
The Louvin Brothers - 1958
Don Reno & Red Smiley - 1959
Don Devil & The Drifters - 1964
Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper - 1966
Del McCoury - 1971
Jimmy Martin - 1977
Ralph Stanley & Jimmy Martin - 1980
Ricky Skaggs - 1982
Chris Hillman - 1982
The Dreadful Snakes - 1983
Mac Traynham - 2007
Foggy Gulch - 2008

Also recorded by:
Osborne Brothers; Williamson Brothers; Robert Byrd; 
Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers; Jim Eanes; 
The Lost And Found; Blue Sky Boys; Charlie Moore; 
......... and others.





Don't let your sweet love die like flowers in the Fall
Don't take away the smiles and leave the tears
My heart believes in you, please say you love me true
Don't leave me now to face the lonely years

I drifted all alone, no one to call my own
And then you came like an angel from the sky
You said we'd never part, don't leave and break my heart
Be mine alone, don't let your sweet love die

(Instrumental Break)

When the flowers fade away, they'll bloom again some day
Will you love me when the rosebuds open wide
Or is your kiss to be only a memory
I need you so, don't let your sweet love die

Don't let your sweet love die like flowers in the Fall
Without you life would seem like death to me
I've grown so used to you, I can't believe we're through
Don't say goodbye, don't let your sweet love die






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2013)