Maria (If I Could) Lyrics

Martha Ellen Jenkins, how long have I chased The boys away from you It seems like it was yesterday I turned Bill Johnson's green eyes black and blue That was back in Grammar School...Read Full Lyrics

Martha, I wish you were just teasin' me When you tell me we have to part I don't mind the way that you're makin' me crawl Or the footprints you put on my heart Martha, I love you a...Read Full Lyrics

She met him one night in Laredo just a wild comanchero they say They told her that he'd been an outlaw and she'd have to send him away They warned her of toil and of hardships and ...Read Full Lyrics

Once I had a silly notion to out across the ocean The future for me didn't look to bright So I signed up with a tanker, Got on board and raised the anchor Stood and watched the Gol...Read Full Lyrics

Merry, merry, merry little Christmas bells are ringin' And all the happy, merry little carolers are singin' 'Cause it's Christmas time again, a time to bring the yule log in So hav...Read Full Lyrics

I got a misery in my soul I've got a heartache that won't let go I got a memory of you in my mind I got a feelin' deep inside Lots a-nights I've laid and cried I got a memory of y...Read Full Lyrics

Moonland, a summer's evenin' in June land An old familiar tune land Is Paradise to me My land, a twinkling star filled sky land A simple, peaceful island Across the silver sea Yon...Read Full Lyrics

Just the memory of your body next to mine Now you're gone Just the thought of your hair blowin' in the sunshine Now you're gone Just, memories are somethin' I took for granted Just...Read Full Lyrics

I left my home town Turned a good woman down Even laughed at my own Mother's plea I pushed her aside Even laughed when she cried Now I'm here in this penitentary Now Mother knows ...Read Full Lyrics

Nobody knew where he came from They only knew he came in Slowly he walked to the end of the bar And he ordered up one slug of gin. Well, I could see that he wasn't a large man I c...Read Full Lyrics