MY WEDDING RING
(Jack Rhodes)


Jean Shepard - 1953
Johnny Horton - 1953







As recorded by JEAN SHEPARD:

You ask me how long I've been drinkin'
And livin' this honky tonk life
Well listen, girls, I'll tell you my story
I'm a mother that was once a happy wife

I'm a girl just like so many others 
Neither good nor bad, maybe a girl like you
And just think, but for the grace of God in Heaven
It could have been your heart that was broke in two

I'm a girl that's left without a future 
And a baby boy that has his daddy's name
And the baby looks just like his daddy
But another woman wears my wedding ring

(Instrumental Break)

I'm a girl that's left without a future 
And a baby boy that has his daddy's name
And the baby looks just like his daddy
But another woman wears my wedding ring


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As recorded by JOHNNY HORTON under the title 
"ANOTHER WOMAN WEARS MY WEDDING RING":

I was drinkin' last night in a tavern
When in walked a pretty little girl
She took the drinks that I offered
And here's the story that she told the world

You ask me how long I've been drinkin'
And livin' this honky tonk life
Well, listen and I'll tell you my story
I'm a mother that was once a happy wife

I'm a girl that's left without a future 
With a baby boy who has his daddy's name
And the baby looks just like his daddy
But another woman wears my wedding ring

She said there's too many songs 'bout us women
How we always seem to prove untrue
Back of ev'ry drink I've ever taken
Was because he left me for somebody new

I'm a girl that's left without a future 
With a baby boy who has his daddy's name
And the baby, he looks just like his daddy
But another woman wears my wedding ring






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2015)