THE TENNESSEE WALTZ
(Pee Wee King / Redd Stewart)

Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys (vocal: Redd Stewart) - 1948
Cowboy Copas - 1948
Roy Acuff - 1948
Patti Page - 1951
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - 1951
Les Paul & Mary Ford - 1951
Jo Stafford - 1951
Spike Jones & His City Slickers
(vocal: Sara Berner & Sir Frederic Gas) - 1951
The Fontane Sisters - 1951
Anita O'Day - 1951
Ruby Wright - 1951
Sammy Kaye & His Orch. (vocal: The Kaydets) - 1951
Eddy Arnold - 1954
The Louvin Brothers - 1958
Slim Whitman - 1963

Also recorded by: Jim Reeves; Norah Jones; LaVern Baker;
Petula Clark; Connee Boswell; Patsy Cline; Polly Bergen;
Maxine Brown; Eva Cassidy; Mills Brothers; Ferlin Husky;
Sam Cooke; Lucy J. Dalton; Connie Francis; Moms & Dads;
Don Gibson; Foster & Allen; Emmylou Harris; Roy Rogers;
Manfred Mann; Chuck Jackson; Miki & Griff; Anne Murray;
Johnny Crawford; Kathy Mattea; LouisPrima; Dottie West;
Kitty Wells; Carl Perkins; Sue Thompson; Jimmy Wakely;
Tennessee Ernie Ford; David Allan Coe; Billy J. Kramer;
Otis Redding; Daniel O'Donnell; Jim Nabors; Jim Reeves;
Ernest Tubb; Jo Stafford; Faron Young; Hank Williams Jr;
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra: ......... and many others.



I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
I introduced him/her to my loved one and while they were dancin'
My friend stole my sweetheart from me

I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
Now I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz

(Instrumental Break)

I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
I introduced him/her to my loved one and while they were dancin'
My friend stole my sweetheart from me

I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
Now I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz


*** The word "dancin'" in the first verse is
sometimes replaced with the word "waltzing".


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As recorded by Emmylou Harris, with
extra verses written by Leonard Cohen:


I was dancin' with my darlin to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see.
I introduced him to my darlin' and while they were dancin'
My friend stole my sweetheart from me.

I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
Now I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playin'
That beautiful Tennessee Waltz

Now I wonder how a dance like the Tennessee Waltz
Could have broken my heart so complete
Well I couldn't blame my darlin', and who could help fallin'
In love with my darlin' so sweet

Well it must be the fault of the Tennessee Waltz
Wish I'd known just how much it would cost
But I didn't see it comin', it's all over but the cryin'
Blame it all on the Tennessee Waltz

She goes dancin' with the darkness to the Tennessee Waltz
And I feel like I'm falling apart
And it's stronger than drink and it's deeper than sorrow
This darkness she left in my heart

I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
Cause I know just how much I have lost
Yes I lost my little darlin' the night they were playin'
That beautiful Tennessee Waltz


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