TOMMY ROE- " THE FOLK SINGER " ( W / LYRICS)

THIS SONG WAS RECORDED IN NASHVILLE AND WENT ON TO THE # 4 SPOT IN ENGLAND. IT WAS RELEASED IN 1963.




Title: Tommy Roe - The Folk Singer lyrics

Artist: Tommy Roe Lyrics




He used to sing his songs to his Sara Jane,
The folk singer,
His songs filled with love made the mountains ring,
To the folk singer,
At first Sara Jane was to be his bride,
But as his fame grew she was pushed aside,
So the mountain girl would say good-bye,
To the folk singer,
He let his hair grow long and he dressed in style,
The folk singer,
His voice was pure and the fans went wild,
For the folk singer,
He said Sara Jane was much too plain,
So he left her alone as he gained more fame
But sorrow will come like a mountain rain,
To the folk singer,
Lavished in glory, fortune at his feet,
The folk singer,
Awoke one morning and he couldn't speak,
The folk singer,
The doctor said his singing days were through,
Thousands wept, Sara Jane did too,
He could not sing now his friends were few,
The folk singer,
Sick at heart in the mountains again,
The folk singer,
Now Sara Jane didn't look so plain,
To the folk singer,
Oh the power of love can do strange things,
Cause love has made him sing again,
only now he sings for his Sara Jane,
The folk singer,
And once again the mountains ring,
To the folk singer,
The folk singer,
The folk singer.

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[Mraodom1966]

Does anyone know if Tommy Roe had a b-side titled "Moon Walkin'"?

[rwells47]

@Mraodom1966- Tommy did have a song titled "Moon Talk". The flipside had the song "Sweet Sounds". Both songs were from his album "It's Now Winter's Day" from 1967. If you are on Facebook- I have a "Fans Of Tommy Roe" page there. Ron

[rte66byhd]

tommy made many of my favorite songs. this one of them. thaks for psting it.

[rwells47]

@rte66byhd - you are very welcome! Ron

[tigerssixty]

I have this. Keep thinking it's on an album titled '12 In A Roe'.

Thanks for the song. I only played it a few times but it's so good I never forgot it. And he does it well.

[rwells47]

@tigerssixty- you are very welcome! Ron

[oldermusiclover]

@vangelovan You are right. that was one of my fav Cash songs

[vangelovan]

The story is like the Ballad of a Teenage Queen with the gender roles reversed.

Great recording.

[oldermusiclover]

does anyone know what kind of guitar they are playing on this song

[BrassedOff2]

Beautiful song...I named my daughter after this song (Sara Jane, not Tommy Roe!)

[stevewwatts]

suddenly i,m 15 again thank you for posting this classic tommy track

[oldermusiclover]

does anyone know if Tommy has any cd music

[rwells47]

@oldermusiclover- you're very welcome!