Kisses Sweeter Than Wine lyrics

Artist  : Jimmie Rodgers 
Song : Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
 


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