I'M JUST A COUNTRY BOY
(Fred Brooks / Mashall Barer)

Harry Belafonte - 1954
George McCurn - 1963
Sam Cooke - 1964
Jim Ed Brown - 1965
Ronnie Laine - 1974
Don Williams - 1977
Also recorded by: Jimmy Witherspoon; Roger Whittaker;
David Ball; John Holt; The Brothers Four; Bobby Vinton.



I ain't gonna marry in the fall
And I ain't gonna marry in the spring
For I'm in love with a pretty little girl
Who wears a diamond ring

For.....I'm just a country boy
Money have I none
But I've got silver in the stars
And gold in the morning sun
And gold in the morning sun

I'm never gonna kiss those ruby red lips
Of the prettiest girl in town
I'm never gonna ask her if she'd marry me
'Cause I know she'd turn me down

'Cause.....I'm just a country boy
Money, money have I none
But I've got silver in the stars
And gold in the morning sun
And gold in the morning sun

I Never could afford a store-bought ring
With a sparkling diamond stone
All I could afford was a loving heart
The only one I own

'Cause.....I'm just a country boy
Money, money have I none
But I've got silver, silver in the stars
And gold in the morning sun
And gold in the morning sun



(Contributed by boB Cartlidge & Mel Priddle - August 2004)