KISSIN' COUSINS (Soundtrack)
Songs from the film "Kissin' Cousins" (1963)
Starring Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Glenda Farrell and Jack Albertson
All songs performed by Elvis Presley (Except "Pappy, Won't You Please Come Home")
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KISSIN' COUSINS No.2
(Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Florence Kaye)
Cousins, kissin' cousins
Kissin's allowed 'cos we're proud to be cousins
What's a little teasin', huggin' and a-squeezin'
Between us cousins
Oh, it's so great to be one big family
And we show it, yes we show it
You see, we never feud, we're a happy brood
Folks all know it, yes they know it
Cousins, kissin' cousins
What if wrestle, and we mess'll
We're just cousins
Cousins, kissin' cousins
Cousins, kissin' cousins
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SMOKEY MOUNTAIN BOY
(Lenore Rosenblatt / Victor Millrose)
I'm just a Smokey Mountain boy
Comin' back to the hills I love
With the tops of pine a-bendin' in the wind
And the deep blue sky above
The closer and closer I get to home
The more excited I am
Those were the mornings I'd roll out of bed
Start the day off with a hot corn bread
Smothered in huckleberry jam
I'm just a Smokey Mountain boy
Comin' back to the hills I love
With the tops of pine a-bendin' in the wind
And the deep blue sky above
I can almost hear the hounds running through the woods
Close on the trail of a hare
How I long to be with them
Followin' the hounds, a-huntin' again
A-gettin' me a big old grizzly bear
I'm just a Smokey Mountain boy
Comin' back to the hills I love
With the tops of pine a-bendin' in the wind
And the deep blue sky above
I traveled around and met lots of girls
No matter how many I see
I left some pretty ones behind
I know back home is where I'll find
The girl whose love is meant for me
I'm just a Smokey Mountain boy
Comin' back to the hills I love
With the tops of pine a-bendin' in the wind
And the deep blue sky above
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THERE'S GOLD IN THE MOUNTAINS
(Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Florence Kaye)
There are lots of girls in the mountains
And they're worth their weight in gold
When they're in my arms with their lovin' charms
A treasure chest I hold
Well, there's gold in the mountains, love in the hills
I don't need no city women with diamonds and frills
There's gold in the mountains and oh, what scenery
The prettiest girls I ever did see
There's such beauty there in the mountains
You can feel your knees growin' weak
Every single boy feels the height of joy
When he climbs that mountain peak
Well, there's gold in the mountains, love in the hills
I don't need no city women with diamonds and frills
There's gold in the mountains and oh, what scenery
The prettiest girls I ever did see
I said there's gold in the mountains, love in the hills
I don't need no city women with diamonds and frills
There's gold in the mountains and oh, what scenery
The prettiest girls I ever did see, I ever did see, I ever did see
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ONE BOY TWO, LITTLE GIRLS
(Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Florence Kaye)
One boy, two little girls
Three hearts yearning for love
Although it's hard to explain
I know it may sound insane
But this one boy loves two little girls
Folks say three is a crowd
To each boy, one girl's allowed
But right now I'm having such fun
I just can't give up either one
'Cos this one boy loves two little girls
There will come a time I'll have to settle down
But until that time I love two girls hanging around
Now one day I must decide
Which one I'll choose for my bride
But till we three must part
I've twice as much love in my heart
'Cos this one boy loves two little girls
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CATCHIN' ON FAST
(Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Florence Kaye)
Won't you show me how to kiss
Put your lips on mine
Do you do it just like this
Tell me I'm doing fine
We got a good thing going, now take your time
Come on and make it last.
Love may be new to you but
Oooh, I'm catchin' on fast
Give, give, gimme all you've got to give
Love, love, love every moment you live
Now you've taught me all you know
Have I passed the test
Show me all you've got to show
Baby you're the best
But tell me I've learned quickly and I know each trick
I'm sure love's gonna last
Love maybe new to you but
Oooh I'm catchin' on fast
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TENDER FEELING
(Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Florence Kaye)
I can't conceal a tender feeling
Now that you are close to me
I look at you with tender feeling
And can't help kiss you tenderly
I offer you a true devotion
All life through my love I vow
For this is real, this sweet emotion
This tender feeling I have now
Somehow I knew from the moment our lips first met
You'd be the girl I could never forget
No other love could be appealin'
I loved you right from the start
And with each kiss I'll keep revealin'
The tender feeling in my heart
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PAPPY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME
(Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett)
Performed by Glenda Farrell
Pappy, Pappy, P-A-P-P-Y
Won't you please come home
Chickens won't lay, all night the hounds bay
There's blues in the bees' honeycomb
Ev'rythang's diff'rent since you went away
Pappy, won't you please come home
The old jug and spitoon just sit in your room
The still is as dry as a bone
Ev'rythang's diff'rent since you went away
Pappy, won't you please come home
Oh, how we miss the corncob pipe
Puffin' away in your face
Now that the shack is clear o' smoke
We can't stand the sight of the place
Please come back to us, you orn'ry old cuss
We loves ya wherever you roam
Oh, ev'rythang's diff'rent since you went away
Pappy, won't you please come home
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BAREFOOT BALLAD
(Dolores Fuller / Lee Morris)
I want a barefoot ballad, yes a barefoot ballad
Won't you play for me a down home country song
'Cos when I kick my shoes off, then I kick my blues off
With a barefoot ballad you just can't go wrong
Give me a hoedown fiddle with a guitar in the middle of a melody
Bubblin' like a fountain, swingin' out on Smokey Mountain
Barefoot ballad, yes a barefoot ballad
Won't you play for me a down home country song
'Cos when I kick my shoes off, then I kick my blues off
With a barefoot ballad you just can't go wrong
Now the big toe's connected to the two toe
And the two toe's connected to the three toe
And the three toe's connected to the four toe
And the four toe's connected to the five toe
And the five toe (That's a live toe!)
And away we go......
(Instrumental Break)
I want a barefoot ballad, yes a barefoot ballad
Won't you play for me a down home country song
'Cos when I kick my shoes off, then I kick my blues off
With a barefoot ballad you just can't go wrong
Now the big toe's connected to the two toe
And the two toe's connected to the three toe
And the three toe's connected to the four toe
And the four toe's connected to the five toe
And the five toe
(That's a live toe! What's a live toe? That's a jive toe! What's a jive toe? That's a drive toe!)
Away we go.....
I wanna barefoot ballad, yes a barefoot ballad
Won't you play for me
(Play for who? Play for him! Play for her!)
A barefoot ballad song
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ONCE IS ENOUGH
(Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett)
All you got is one life
Living once can be rough
But if you live every day all the way
Once is enough
You can own just one suit
Worn and torn at the cuff
But if you're livin' the life that you love
Once is enough
What's the good of reaching ninety
If you waste eighty-nine
You got one life, so live it
If you don't it's a crime
Life's a playful puppy
You can grab by the scruff
And if you live every sec', what the heck
Once is enough
(Saxophone Solo)
Never wait until tomorrow
What if it never comes
Life is a seven layer
Don't you settle for crumbs
Life's a playful puppy
You can grab by the scruff
And if you live every sec', what the heck
Once is enough
And if you live every sec', what the heck
Once is enough
And if you live every sec', what the heck
Once is enough
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KISSIN' COUSINS
(Randy Starr / Fred Wise)
Performed by Elvis Presley as the dual voices of Josh and Jodie
JOSH:
Well, I've got a gal, she's as cute as she can be
She's a distant cousin, but she's not too distant with me
We kiss all night, I squeeze her tight
But we're kissin' cousins an' that's what makes it all right, all right, all right, all right
JODIE:
Oh, I've got a girl and she taught me how to live
She can give a lot and she's got a lot to give
We kiss all night, I squeeze her tight
But we're kissin' cousins an' that's what makes it all right, all right, all right, all right
JOSH:
Yeah, we're all cousins, that's what I believe
Because we're children of Adam and Eve
JODIE: I got a girl and she wants a lot of love
JOSH: That's the kind of trouble I need plenty of
JODIE: We'll kiss all night
JOSH: I'll squeeze her tight
BOTH:
We'll be kissin' cousins an' that'll make it all right, all right, all right, all right
We'll be kissin' cousins an' that'll make it all right, all right, all right, all right
JOSH:
Yes we're all cousins, that's what I believe
'Cause we're children of Adam and Eve
BOTH:
Now, I got a girl and she wants a lot of love
That's the kind of trouble I need plenty of
We'll kiss all night, I'll squeeze her tight
But we'll be kissin' cousins an' that'll make it all right, all right, all right, all right
We'll be kissin' cousins an' that'll make it all right, all right, all right, all right!
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ANYONE (COULD FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU)
(Recorded for, but not used in the final print of the film)
(Bennie Benjamin / Sol Markus / Louis A. DeJesus)
Anyone could fall in love with you
Anyone who knows you as I do
Anyone could fall in love with you
And I love you, my darling
Anyone could lose his heart like me
Anyone who has eyes that can see
Anyone could fall in love with you
And I love you, my darling
You're the star I reached for
You're a dream so rare
You're my greatest treasure
Nothing can compare
Anyone could want you for his own
Anyone, not only I alone
Anyone could fall in love with you
And I love you, my darling
Anyone could fall in love with you
And I love you, my darling
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(All songs transcribed and/or verified by Mel Priddle - December 2007)
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(Contributed by - December 2007)
