ROBERT
(Dolly Parton)


Dolly Parton - 1969



Robert's appearance is something to behold
Dressed in the finest of store bought clothes
My mama sews my clothes 'cause I'm just a poor girl
But Robert is as real as his daddy's gold

Robert could have any girl that he wants
But his feeling for me each day seems to grow
And he don't know the reason that he's so drawn to me
For there is a story that Robert doesn't know

Oh Robert, oh Robert

Robert is constantly making eyes at me
He misunderstands the feeling we share
There's no way that I can return his glances
For I know the meaning of the feeling that's there

Robert, if you knew there once was a rich boy
In love with a poor girl long time ago
But the folks of that rich boy would not let them marry
And I am a symbol of the love that they stole

Oh Robert, oh Robert

Robert, oh Robert, if you only knew
The same blood is flowing in both me and you
That rich boy's your father, but he's also mine
But my mama is the poor girl that he left behind

Oh Robert, oh Robert
Oh Robert, oh Robert



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2019)