Tennessee Waltz
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Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
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I was waltzin' 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 keep from fallin',
In love with my darlin' so sweet.
Well it must be the fault of the Tennessee Waltz.
Wished 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 that Tennessee Waltz.
"Tennessee Waltz" is a popular country music song with lyrics by<br> Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first<br> released in January 1948. The song became a multimillion seller<br> via a 1950 recording by Patti Page.<br> Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, and the rest of the Golden West Cowboys<br> were on their way to Nashville "close to Christmas in 1946" when<br> King and Stewart, who were riding in a truck carrying the group's<br> equipment, heard Bill Monroe's new "Kentucky Waltz" on the radio.<br> Stewart had an idea to write a song, a Tennessee waltz using the<br> melody of King's theme song, "No Name Waltz," and wrote the lyrics<br> on a matchbox as he and King thought up the words. King and Stewart<br> presented "Tennessee Waltz" to music publisher Fred Rose the next<br> day and Rose adjusted one line of Stewart's lyric: "O the Tennessee<br> waltz, O the Tennessee Waltz," to "I remember the night and the<br> Tennessee Waltz."<br> A considerable amount of time passed before Pee Wee King's Golden<br> West Cowboys were able to record "Tennessee Waltz." Their recording<br> was made in a December 2, 1947 during a session at the RCA Victor<br> Studio in Chicago.<br> The song is widely known and it's hard to think of anyone in the<br> country music field who hasn't recorded it.<br>
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