NOBODY'S DARLIN' BUT MINE
(Jimmie Davis)

Jimmie Davis - 1935
Wilf "Montana Slim" Carter - 1935
Carson Robison & His Pioneers - 1935
Gene Autry (feat. in the film "The Big Show") - 1936
Bing Crosby (with Victor Young & His Orch. - 1942
Dick Haymes - 1950
Wanda Jackson - 1955
Rosemary Clooney & Johnny Bond - 1956
Ernest Stoneman & The Stoneman Family - 1962
Slim Whitman - 1964
Webb Pierce - 1964
Pat Boone - 1965
Moon Mullican - 1966
The Stonemans - 1966
Eddy Arnold - 1967
Hugh X. Lewis - 1967
Sonny James - 1974
The Statler Brothers - 1980
Wilma Lee Cooper - 1981
Merle Haggard - 1982
Foster & Allen - 1986
John & Jamie Hartford = 1991
The Chieftains & Emmylou Harris - 1992
The McPeak Brothers - 1998
Leona Williams - 2004
David Holt & The Lightning Bolts - 2006
David Frizzell & Jeannie Seely - 2008

Also recorded by:
Wesley Tuttle; Hylo Brown; Stonewall Jackson; Tex Ritter;
Patti Page; Isla Grant & Mick Flavin; Tex Ritter; Sylvia;
Frank McCaffrey; Sydney Devine; Ralph Stanley; Bob Wills;
The Briarhoppers; Jan Garber & His Orch; Andrews Sisters;
Uncle Dave Macon; Johnny Sea ...... and others.



Come sit by my side, little darlin'
Come lay your cool hand on my brow
Promise me that you will never
Be nobody's darlin' but mine

Nobody's darlin' but mine, love
Be honest, be faithful, be kind
And promise me that you will never
Be nobody's darlin' but mine

You're as sweet as the flowers of springtime
You're as pure as the dew from a rose
I had rather be somebody's darlin'
Than a poor boy that nobody knows

My Mother is dead and in Heaven
My Daddy has gone down below
Sister has gone to meet Mother
An where I'll go, nobody knows

Goodbye, goodbye little darlin'
I'm leaving this cold world behind
Promise me that you will never
Be nobody's darlin' but mine

Nobody's darlin' but mine, love
Be honest, be faithful, be kind
Promise me that you will never
Be nobody's darlin' but mine


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2012)


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As recorded by FRANK IFIELD:

Be nobody's darlin' but mine, love,
Be honest and faithful, be kind,
And promise me that you will never
Be nobody's darlin' but mine! (but mine)

You're sweet as the flowers in the Springtime,
Fair as the roses that twine.
You're sure to be somebody's darlin',
Be nobody's darlin' but mine! (but mine)

Come sit by my side, little darlin', (oh my darlin')
Come lay your cool hands on my brow.
I'm taking a long weary journey, (oh my darlin')
So give your last kiss to me now! (oh my darlin')

So this is goodbye little darlin',
My heart breaks to leave you behind,
And promise me that you will never
Be nobody's darlin' but mine (mine, all mine)


(Contributed by Peter Akers - November 2010)


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