FOLK SINGER, THE
(Merle Kilgore)


Tommy Roe - 1963
Jimmy Justice - 1963
Eddy Arnold - 1964
Jim Ed Brown - 1970
Glen Campbell - 1970





He used to sing his songs to his Sarah Jane
The folk singer
His songs filled with love made the mountains ring
The folk singer
At first Sarah Jane was to be his bride
But as his fame grew, she was pushed aside
Sweet mountain girl would say goodbye
To the folk singer

He let his hair grow long and he dressed in style
The folk singer
His voice was pure and the fans went wild
For the folk singer
He said Sarah Jane was much too plain
So he left her alone as he gained more fame
But sorrow will come like the mountain rain
To the folk singer

Lavished in glory, fortune at his feet
The folk singer
Awoke one morning and he couldn't speak
The folk singer
The doctors said his singing days were through
Thousands wept, Sarah Jane did too
He couldn't sing, now his friends were few
The folk singer

Sick at heart in the mountains again
The folk singer
Now Sarah Jane didn't look so plain
To the folk singer
Oh, the power of love can do strange things
'Cause love has made him sing again
Only now he sings for his Sarah Jane
The folk singer

And once again the mountains ring
For the folk singer
The folk singer
Oh, the folk singer






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2011)