SALLY LET YOUR BANGS HANG DOWN
(Bill Carlisle)

Bill Carlisle's Kentucky Boys - 1939
Sweet Violet Boys - 1939
The Maddox Brothers & Rose - 1949
Johnny Olenn - 1957
Ed McCurdy & Erik Darling - 1957
Rose Maddox - 1960
Dian & The Greenbriar Boys - 1963
Hylo Brown - 1967
Hamilton County Bluegrass Band - 1968
Leona Williams & Merle Haggard - 1983
Boxcar Willie - 1992







As recorded by the SWEET VIOLET BOYS
(aka The Prairie Ramblers), 22nd September 1939:

Met a gal from Old Kentucky
She was happy and go-lucky
(Sally let your bangs hang down)
She called me honey-bunny
Just to make me spend my money
(Sally let your bangs hang down)

Sally she can land 'em
She loves 'em and she leaves them
(Sally let your bangs hang down)
I'll find out what Sally's got
That makes the boys think she's so hot
(Sally let your bangs hang down)

(Instrumental Break)
(Ha-ha-ha, honey, my bangs are hangin' ..... down)

Now, I caught Sally changin' clothes
She was in a perfect pose
(Sally let your bangs hang down)
Sally caught me peekin' in
But I don't think it was a sin
Sally let your bangs hang down

Sally she can land 'em
She loves 'em and she leaves 'em
(Sally let your bangs hang down)
Sally calls me her sweet man
Sally's gettin' all she can
(Sally let your bangs hang down)

(Instrumental Break)

Now, I must be confessin'
Sally surely has me guessin'
(Sally let your bangs hang down)
She hopped up on my pony
And she ran away with Tony
(Sally let your bangs hang down)

Now, Sally she can land 'em
She loves 'em and she leaves 'em
(Sally let your bangs hang down)
But I think she's full of baloney
'Cause she ran away with Tony
(Sally let your bangs hang down)


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2016)