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Nobody's Darling but Mine
As with several other songs on
this CD, all I know about "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" is that I
learned it in 1946, having learned it when it was played several times on
a country music disk jockey program, allowing me to write down
systematically a few words of the song every time I heard it. I read in
the early 1970s that the song was written by Jimmie Davis, the same person
who wrote "You Are My Sunshine," which was an important song in
my decision to get involved with traditional music. The book from which I
obtained that information was "Country Music, U.S.A., A Fifty Year
History," by Bill C. Malone, published by The American Folklore
Society, 1968. I heard many renditions of the song, but have no idea today
from whose rendition I learned the song. Come sit by my side, little darling, Be nobody's darlin' but mine, love, You're as sweet as the flowers in the springtime, My mother is dead and in heaven, Goodbye, goodbye, little darlin' Be nobody's darlin' but mine, love,
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