Jimmie Rodgers-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   
 
  
    
 
  
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  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, mmmkissessweeterthanwine   
 
  
    
 
  
    
 
  
  Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz   
 
  
  ronhontz@worldnet.att.net