BRAND NEW TENNESSEE WALTZ
(Jesse Winchester)
Jesse Winchester - 1970
Matthews Southern Comfort - 1970
Emerson's Old Timey Custard-Suckin' Band - 1970
The Everly Brothers - 1971
Joan Baez - 1971
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys - 1971
John Henry Kurtz - 1972
Garland Frady - 1973
Blueridge - 1973
Ronnie Hawkins - 1974
Norris - 1974
Colleen Peterson - 1976
The Waker Brothers - 1977
Jim Rooney - 1980
Sweethearts Of The Rodeo - 1993
Roland - 1998
Patti Page - 2000
John Wright - 2003
Lyle Lovett - 2012
Also recorded by:
Nashville Bluegrass Band; Tracy & The Grassroots; Don Rigsby;
Dry Branch Fire Squad; Pure Prairie League ........... and others.
As recorded by JESSE WINCHESTER:
Oh my, but you have a pretty face
You favour a girl that I knew
I imagine that she's still in Tennessee
And, by God, I should be there too
I've a sadness too sad to be true
But I left Tennessee in a hurry, dear
The same way that I'm leaving you
Because love is mainly just memories
And everyone's got him a few
So when I'm gone I'll be glad to love you
At the brand new Tennessee Waltz
You're lit'rally waltzing on air
At the brand new Tennessee Waltz
There's no telling who will be there
When I leave it'll be like I found you, love
Descending Victorian stairs
I'm feeling like one of your photographs
Trapped while I'm putting on airs
And gettin' even by askin' "Who cares?"
At the brand new Tennessee Waltz
You're lit'rally waltzing on air
At the brand new Tennessee Waltz
There's no telling who will be there
So have all of your passionate violins
Play a tune for a Tennessee kid
Who's feeling like leaving another town
With no place to go if he did
'Cause they'll catch you wherever you're hid
At the brand new Tennessee Waltz
You're lit'rally waltzing on air
At the brand new Tennessee Waltz
There's no telling who will be there
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As recorded by RALPH STANLEY:
Oh, you have such a pretty face
You favour a girl I once knew
I imagine that she's in Tennessee
Oh Lord, I should be there too
But I left Tennessee in a hurry dear
The same way that I'm leavin' you
For love is mainly just memories
And everyone's got them, but few
It's a brand new Tennessee Waltz
You're literally waltzing on air
It's a brand new Tennessee Waltz
With no tellin' who will be there
(Instrumental Break)
When I leave it'll be like I found you, love
Descending Victorian stairs
I'm feelin' like one of your photographs
With not even you left to care
Have all your passionate violins play
A tune for a Tennessee kid
Who's feelin' like leavin' another town
With no place to go if he did
It's a brand new Tennessee Waltz
You're literally waltzing on air
It's a brand new Tennessee Waltz
With no tellin' who will be there
(Transcriptions by Mel Priddle - May 2014)
