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Lyr Req: Have I Stayed Away Too Long?
| jofield | 25 Feb 00 - 11:31 AM | |
| GUEST,Gene | 25 Feb 00 - 12:35 PM | |
| DougR | 25 Feb 00 - 03:23 PM | |
| jofield | 25 Feb 00 - 03:42 PM | |
| DougR | 25 Feb 00 - 10:20 PM | |
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Lyr Req: Have I Stayed Away Too Long?
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Subject: Have I Stayed Away Too Long? From: jofield Date: 25 Feb 00 - 11:31 AM This is a sweet little tune for duet. I know about a third of it. Does anyone have the complete lyrics, and who it was originally done by? (Sounds like someone like Johnnie and Jack.) James in Bristol, RI (not in the Savoie, which is in France) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Have I Stayed Away Too Long? From: GUEST,Gene Date: 25 Feb 00 - 12:35 PM The LATE, GREAT GENTLEMAN JIM REEVES-
HAVE I STAYED AWAY TOO LONG
Have I Stayed Away Too Long?
The lovelight that shone so strong
I'm just outside of town
Have all my dreams gone wrong
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Have I Stayed Away Too Long? From: DougR Date: 25 Feb 00 - 03:23 PM Long before Jim Reeves, Tex Ritter had a big hit with this song in the mid to late 1940s. DougR |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Have I Stayed Away Too Long? From: jofield Date: 25 Feb 00 - 03:42 PM Tex Ritter makes sense -- it clearly has the sound of a WWII return song, à la "I'm Comin' Back, But I Don't Know When". Ritter also explains why the friend of mine who taught what he remembered of it to me associated it with "Gene Ashtray" (former owner of the California Angels). |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Have I Stayed Away Too Long? From: DougR Date: 25 Feb 00 - 10:20 PM I think Gene Autry may have recorded it too. DougR |
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