SONGS AND SADDLES (Soundtrack)


Songs from the film "Songs And Saddles (1938)
Starring Gene Austin and Lynne Berkeley
All songs written and performed by Gene Austin














SONG OF THE SADDLE




Eee-eee-ooo-eee-eee-ooo-eee


Let me sing my song of the saddle
The song my saddle sings to me
While I ride and rock in my saddle
I hear this haunting melody


Oh, ride me easy, Cowboy
Oh, try and treat me right
The road is long and lonely
And I'm your home tonight


Let me sing my song of the saddle
My saddle's haunting melody
Oh, I'll sing you the song of the saddle
The way my saddle sings the song to me




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THE MAN FROM TEXAS




Well I'm a rootin'-tootin'-shootin' man from Texas
I'm a howlin' coyote, I'm a-tellin' you
When I get good and plastered on carbolic acid
I can tear a rattlesnake in two


Now women lay around me by the dozen
They seem to go for ev'rything I do
I whoop 'em and I beat 'em, that's the way you've got to treat 'em
If you wanta make a lady fall for you


Now, when I'm on the prod and start in prowlin'
The sheriffs put their badges on the shelf
And though they all detest me, they never do arrest me
Till I get mad and arrest myself, myself


Now, when I eat I pick my teeth with cactus
And smoke a stick of dynamite or two
I love to be a bully, because I'm wild and woolly
You ain't tellin' me, I'm tellin' you, ooh-lee-ooh-lay-eee-ooh




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I'M COMIN' HOME




Don't you weep anymore for me tonight
I'm comin' home, I'm comin' home
Don't you wait up tonight by the candlelight
I'm comin' home, I'm comin' home


I want to hold her near
I'm all through wandering, I'm weary
So, just let me return to the one I love
I'm comin' home, I'm comin' home


Ooh-lay-eee-lay-eee-ooh
Ooh-lee-lay-eee-eee-ooh
Ooh-lay-eee-lay-eee-ooh
Ooh-lee-lay-eee-eee-ooh
Ummm-ummm-umm
Ummm-ummm-ummm-ummm
Ooh-lay-eee-lay-eee-ooh
Ooh-lee-lay-eee-eee-ooh




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WHY CAN'T I BE YOUR SWEETHEART TONIGHT?




Oh, why can't I be your sweetheart tonight
Why can't I hold you in my arms tonight
In the mornin', with the dawnin', it won't seem right
But why can't I be your sweetheart tonight


A million years ago we loved each other so
Remember how we laughed at fate a million years ago


So, why can't I be your sweetheart tonight
Why can't I hold you in my arms tonight
In the mornin', with the dawnin', you'll be gone from my sight
But why can't I be your sweetheart tonight




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I FELL DOWN AND BROKE MY HEART IN TWO




I fell down and broke my heart in two
Now you've got me cryin' over you
I never was lonely, till you came along
Now you've got me singin' the blues all day long


I fell down and broke my heart in two
When I tripped and stumbled into you
I was excited and you were delighted, just like a couple of schoolkids
Darling, won't you tell me what to do
'Cause I fell down and broke my heart in two




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All songs transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2007)




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(Contributed by  - October 2007)