Kisses Sweeter Than Wine



-Artist: Jimmie Rodgers

-peak Billboard position # 3 in 1957-58 (21 total weeks in the Top 100)

-Words by Paul Campbell and Music by Huddie Ledbetter

-originally a # 19 hit for the Weavers in 1951



Well, when I was a young man never been kissed

I got to thinkin' it over how much I had missed

So I got me a girl and I kissed her and then, and then

Oh, lordy, well I kissed 'er again



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Because she had kisses sweeter than wine

She had, mmm, mmm, kisses sweeter than wine

(Sweeter than wine)



Well I asked her to marry and to be my sweet wife

I told her we'd be so happy for the rest of our life

I begged and I pleaded like a natural man

And then, whoops oh lordy, well she gave me her hand



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Well we worked very hard both me and my wife

Workin' hand-in-hand to have a good life

We had corn in the field and wheat in the bin

And then, whoops oh lord, I was the father of twins



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Well our children they numbered just about four

And they all had a sweetheart a'knockin' on the door

They all got married and they wouldn't hesitate

I was, whoops oh lord, the grandfather of eight



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Well now that I'm old and I'm a'ready to go

I get to thinkin' what happened a long time ago

Had a lot of kids, a lot of trouble and pain

But then, whoops oh lordy, well I'd do it all again



Because she had kisses sweeter than wine

She had, mmmkissessweeterthanwine





Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz

ronhontz@worldnet.att.net