Expert: Mel Priddle - 4/20/2008

Question
my husband's father used to play and sing a song which has words...i've got lots of money and things you gave me honey i've got a house and a cadillac or two ??????one small photograph of you.unfortuneately my father-in-law has died otherwise we could ask him. thanks hope you can help colleen.

Answer
Hello Colleen,

This song is called "One Small Photograph". It was written by Tasmanian country singer Kevin Shegog and was a very popular song in Australia and Tasmania, where it was recorded by:

Kevin Shegog & The Gold-Toppers - 1961
Dorothy Baker - 1962
Rex Franklin - mid 60s
The Singing Kettles - late 60s
Johnny Chester & Hotspur - 1980
Ambush - late 80s


Heartaches and sad dreams
Take away the moonbeams
Memories that made me so blue
All I have to cheer me
I always keep it near me
One small photograph of you

I've got lots of money
And things you gave me, honey
I've got a house and a Cadillac or two
If my fortune lessens
I'll be satisfied possessin'
One small photograph of you

Take away the sad dreams
Bring back the moonbeams
Come back my darling and stay
If you say you'll love me
By all the stars above me
I'll put my little photograph away

I've got lots of money
And things you gave me, honey
I've got a house and a Cadillac or two
If my fortune lessens
I'll be satisfied possessin'
One small photograph of you


Glad to be of help. Cheers...........Mel.