Songs Of The Kingwood Kowboy

Chester The Town Crier (Larry W. Jones 01/01/2012) (song #6512)

Well, here comes old Chester the town crier

He’s the gloomiest man seen around town

Had a girl, but her he couldn’t inspire

Now Chester the town crier wears a frown

Old Chester used to have a happy face

He told the whole town about her embrace

Anyone could see Chester was in love

Until I stole his girl I’m singing of

(instrumental)

I told the whole town with a happy face

Just how much I enjoyed her warm embrace

But then she left me and the whole town sees

The town criers are old Chester and me

Now I look like Chester the town crier

Oh, both of us enjoyed her warm embrace

But neither one of us could we inspire

Chester and I both wear a gloomy frown

Well, here comes old Chester the town crier

We’re the gloomiest men seen around town

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How Years Move Along (Larry W. Jones 12/31/2011) (song #6511)

Howdy stranger, haven’t seen you in quite awhile

Well, I’m OK, and I see you’re still dressed in style

I remember when you sang to me your swan song

Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along

I know you’re married and I hope you stay that way

Heard he carried you across the threshold last May

That’s the same thing I did for you when I was strong

Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along

Adios dear, I’ll tip my hat to yesterday

No, it’s not a tear, you and I are molded clay

Just remember that clay doesn’t last very long

Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along

(instrumental)

I know you’re married and I hope you stay that way

Heard he carried you across the threshold last May

That’s the same thing I did for you when I was strong

Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along

Adios dear, I’ll tip my hat to yesterday

No, it’s not a tear, you and I are molded clay

Just remember that clay doesn’t last very long

Now ain’t it strange dear, how years move along

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Do You Yearn For Me (Larry W. Jones 12/31/2011) (song #6510)

When evening falls, do you yearn for me

By empty walls, do you yearn for me

And at any time when you’re alone

Do you yearn for any love we’ve known

Has your heart learned or turned into stone

When mem’ries come, do you yearn for me

When you’re lonesome, do you yearn for me

Although it has been so long ago

I would again wish our love could grow

Please let me know, do you yearn for me

(instrumental)

Do you yearn for any love we’ve known

Has your heart learned or turned into stone

When mem’ries come, do you yearn for me

When you’re lonesome, do you yearn for me

Although it has been so long ago

I would again wish our love could grow

Please let me know, do you yearn for me

Although it has been so long ago

I would again wish our love could grow

Please let me know, do you yearn for me

Do you yearn for me

Do you yearn for me

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Did It Snow (Larry W. Jones 12/31/2011) (song #6509)

Did it snow, did it snow at your address last night

Like it fell, like it fell down on mine

Did you know, did you know by dawn of morning light

You could tell you almost lost your mind

Were they warm, were they warm, your memories last night

Or were they as cold as snow and ice

Did they form, did they form memories clear and bright

Did you know someday you’ll pay the price

Did it snow, did it snow at your address last night

Like it fell, like it fell down on mine

(instrumental)

Were they warm, were they warm, your memories last night

Or were they as cold as snow and ice

Did they form, did they form memories clear and bright

Did you know someday you’ll pay the price

Did it snow, did it snow at your address last night

Like it fell, like it fell down on mine

Did you know, did you know by dawn of morning light

You could tell you almost lost your mind

Did it snow, did it snow at your address last night

Like it fell, like it fell down on mine

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Bygone Yesterdays (Larry W. Jones 12/31/2011) (song #6508)

Yesterdays are always in my memory

Though they’re bygone, they’re still shadows in my heart

Every day I close my eyes and then I see

Bygone yesterdays that never did depart

How I remember old friends from yesterday

I recall mostly kind words they had to say

Those old friends, you see, are still a part of me

Here in memories of bygone yesterdays

I never sing the old Scot song, Auld Lang Syne

Such things make me cry for those who’ve passed away

I’d rather think they’re just asleep, counting sheep

Here in memories of bygone yesterdays

(instrumental)

How I remember old friends from yesterday

I recall mostly kind words they had to say

Those old friends, you see, are still a part of me

Here in memories of bygone yesterdays

I never sing the old Scot song, Auld Lang Syne

Such things make me cry for those who’ve passed away

I’d rather think they’re just asleep, counting sheep

Here in memories of bygone yesterdays

Those old friends, you see, are still a part of me

Here in memories of bygone yesterdays

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Long Before You Were Mine (Larry W. Jones 12/31/2011) (song #6507)

On the license our signatures are on the lines

Marriage is a covenant made for all of time

But looking at history, there’s no mystery

Cause you were on my mind long before you were mine

Dear, you were on my mind

Long before you were mine

And you were in my heart

Long before our new start

Now we both share a door

To happiness and more

I knew love’s light would shine

Long before you were mine

(instrumental)

Written down on paper are words that sound sublime

Down in my heart those words are engraved for all time

Like endless ocean waves, I’ll honor words I gave

Cause you were on my mind long before you were mine

Dear, you were on my mind

Long before you were mine

And you were in my heart

Long before our new start

Now we both share a door

To happiness and more

I knew love’s light would shine

Long before you were mine

Dear, you were on my mind

Long before you were mine

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Cynthia Ann Parker (Larry W. Jones 12/30/2011) (song #6506)

On a wide brown prairie in early Texas days

John Parker came to settle on the land

But he knew not the cunning of Comanche ways

Nor what lay in store for Cynthia Ann

When cabins and Fort Parker were finally built

They felt the land was right for them to stay

Menfolk did the hunting and women made their quilts

Cynthia Ann was just a child at play

One day Comanches came, five hundred in their band

Eighteen thirty six, in the month of May

When the massacre was done, not a man would stand

Cynthia Ann, Comanches took away

Cynthia Ann Parker lived the Indian life

She grew up learning all Comanche ways

Peta Nocona took Cynthia Ann as wife

Three half-breed children filled up all her days

The story isn’t over, there’s another turn

Texas Rangers searched near by and far flung

The rescue of Cynthia Ann was their concern

Their deeds at Medicine Mound is still sung

Son, Quanna Parker, a famous Indian chief

Is still remembered to this very day

But Cynthia Ann died in Texas full of grief

She still missed her tribal Comanche ways

On a wide brown prairie in early Texas days

John Parker came to settle on the land

But he knew not the cunning of Comanche ways

Nor what lay in store for Cynthia Ann

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Voyagers Lantern (Larry W. Jones 12/30/2011) (song #6505)

If when you’re asleep in the night

A voice you hear softly spoken

Of someone who’s deep in their fright

And their hope is deeply broken

With each wave they travel along

While the hull is fragile and weak

Doing right will never be wrong

So, if their horizon is bleak

Go on and light the voyagers lantern

And when you do, oh please light one for me

Perhaps it will help all of us discern

The path to steer in life’s dark stormy sea

And as a new day awakens

You will find new friends waiting there

For you will not have forsaken

The voyagers lantern of care

Go on and light the voyagers lantern

And when you do, oh please light one for me

Perhaps it will help all of us discern

The path to steer in life’s dark stormy sea

Go on and light the voyagers lantern

And when you do, oh please light one for me

Perhaps it will help all of us discern

The path to steer in life’s dark stormy sea

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Someone Somewhere (Larry W. Jones 12/29/2011) (song #6504)

Somewhere is wherever she has gone

Somewhere I know that I have gone wrong

I cannot get her out of my mind

So, I’ve thought it through and this I find

Someone, somewhere, is telling her things I meant to say

Someone, somewhere, is dwelling on things that I let stray

I know she’s contented but somehow it just isn’t fair

Someone, somewhere, is now loving my someone somewhere

Well, it has been awhile but I’m OK by myself

And I still try to smile with my heart upon the shelf

Yeah, I’m still here while she’s been somewhere covering ground

And I’m pretty sure that this here is what she has found

Someone, somewhere, is telling her things I meant to say

Someone, somewhere, is dwelling on things that I let stray

I know she’s contented but somehow it just isn’t fair

Someone, somewhere, is now loving my someone somewhere

(instrumental)

She might be in Colorado

She might be in Eldorado

I might be a desperado with nowhere to go

Somewhere is wherever she has gone

Somewhere I know that I have gone wrong

I cannot get her out of my mind

So, I’ve thought it through and this I find

Someone, somewhere, is telling her things I meant to say

Someone, somewhere, is dwelling on things that I let stray

I know she’s contented but somehow it just isn’t fair

Someone, somewhere, is now loving my someone somewhere

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Deep Wooded Holler (Larry W Jones 12/17/2018) (song #7404)

Well, I’d rather live in a deep wooded holler

Where the live oak trees won’t allow the sun to shine

Than to know that somehow you could love another

When you said that you would vow to always be mine

I now sleep in a deep wooded holler

And when I awake I can find no rest

Every hour it seems my world gets smaller

Every time my poor heart beats in my chest

Dear, in my deep wooded holler you are welcome

If you’re not wedded, you can rightly come herein

Here in my poor heart dear I will always love you

For you know that it was your love I tried to win

(Instrumental)

I now sleep in a deep wooded holler

And when I awake I can find no rest

Every hour it seems my world gets smaller

Every time my poor heart beats in my chest

Dear, in my deep wooded holler you are welcome

If you’re not wedded, you can rightly come herein

Here in my poor heart dear I will always love you

For you know that it was your love I tried to win

(Instrumental)

I now sleep in a deep wooded holler

And when I awake I can find no rest

Every hour it seems my world gets smaller

Every time my poor heart beats in my chest

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