Jimmie Rodgers Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Lyrics

Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Lyrics

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

CHORUS
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

CHORUS

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

CHORUS

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

CHORUS

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,
mmm…kisses…sweeter…than…wine


Transcribed by Ronald E.
Hontz
ronhontz
worldnet.att.net