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Expert: Gary R. Del Carlo
Date: 4/10/2007
Subject: oldies music
Question
where can i find a free download or a cheap download on the internet of a song by dickie lee called patches fron the 50's it is a about a boy and girl in love by a saw mill
Answer
Ruby,
Actually it's from 1962. "Patches" by Dickey Lee. It reached it's peak on the Billboard Charts at #6 on 8/25/62. I can give it to you if you want to give me your e-mail address.
Patches
Dickey Lee
Down by the river that flows by the coal yards.
Stands wooden houses with shutters torn down
There lives a girl everybody calls Patches
Patches my darling of Old Shanty town
We plan to marry when June brought the summer
I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride
Now I don't see how that ever can happen
My folks say No, and my heart breaks inside
Patches oh what can I do
I swear I'll always love you
But a girl from that place would just bring me disgrace
So my folks won't let me love you
Each night I cry as I think of that shanty
And pretty Patches there watching the door
She dosn't know that I can't come to see her
Patches must think that I love her no more
I hear a neighbor tellin my father
He said a girl name of Patches was found
Floating face down in that dirty old river
That flows by the coal yards in Old Shanty Town
Patches oh what can I do
I swear I'll always love you
It may not be right But I'll join you tonight
Patches I'm coming to you.
G@ry
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