Biography:
Dickey Lee Lipscomb (born September 21, 1936, Memphis, Tennessee), known professionally as Dickey Lee (sometimes misspelled Dickie Lee), is an American pop/country singer and songwriter best known for the 1960s teenage tragedy songs "Patches" and "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)." For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... A piece of fabric. ... Lee made his first recordings in his hometown of Memphis for Tampa Records and Sun Records in 1957-58.
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Other songs:
- 9999999 Tears
- Ashes Of Love
- Baby Bye Bye
- Big Brother
- Dark Old Cave Millers Cave
- Devil Woman
- Dont Wanna Think About Paula
- Gina
- Good Lovin
- I Saw Linda Yesterday
- I Saw My Lady
- Laurie
- Millers Cave
- Never Ending Song Of Love
- Patches
- Rocky
- Roses Are Red
- Shes Walking Away
- Sleep Walikin Blues
- The Day The Saw
- The Girl From Peyton Place
- Wolverton Mountain
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The Day The Saw-Mill Closed Down:Dickey Lee.
#104 on BB Hot 100 on SMASH Records in 1963.
INTRO: C# F# (x2)
#1.
C# F# C# F#
Her house on the corner of Cedar and Elm..
C# F# C#
still stands in our town.
C# F# C# F#
But it's been empty since she moved away..
C# F# C#
the day that the saw-mill closed down.
F# C#
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)
#2.
C# F# C# F#
We'd sit on her porch almost every night..
C# F# C#
I remember how happy we were.
C# F# C# F#
We'd grow up and marry I'd work at the mill..
C# F# C#
to make a living for her.
F# C#
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)
BRIDGE:
F# G# C# F# C#
Her father worked at the mill..like most of the
F# C# C#7
others in town.
F# G# C# F# C#
I lost my girl when he lost his job..the day that
F# C#
the saw-mill closed down.
F# C#........D
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)
#3.
D G D G D
She moved from the corner of Cedar and Elm..and I
G D
never saw her again.
D G D G
But I can still hear her mother's soft voice..saying,
D G D
honey, it's time to come in.
G D
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)
#4.
G A D G D G
No lon..ger do mill hands live here..the giant saws don't
D
make a sound.
G A D G D G
No long..er does my love live here..not since the saw-mill
D
closed down.
OUTRO:
D G D
She left when the saw-mill closed down.
G D
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#104 on BB Hot 100 on SMASH Records in 1963.
INTRO: C# F# (x2)
#1.
C# F# C# F#
Her house on the corner of Cedar and Elm..
C# F# C#
still stands in our town.
C# F# C# F#
But it's been empty since she moved away..
C# F# C#
the day that the saw-mill closed down.
F# C#
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)
#2.
C# F# C# F#
We'd sit on her porch almost every night..
C# F# C#
I remember how happy we were.
C# F# C# F#
We'd grow up and marry I'd work at the mill..
C# F# C#
to make a living for her.
F# C#
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)
BRIDGE:
F# G# C# F# C#
Her father worked at the mill..like most of the
F# C# C#7
others in town.
F# G# C# F# C#
I lost my girl when he lost his job..the day that
F# C#
the saw-mill closed down.
F# C#........D
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)
#3.
D G D G D
She moved from the corner of Cedar and Elm..and I
G D
never saw her again.
D G D G
But I can still hear her mother's soft voice..saying,
D G D
honey, it's time to come in.
G D
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)
#4.
G A D G D G
No lon..ger do mill hands live here..the giant saws don't
D
make a sound.
G A D G D G
No long..er does my love live here..not since the saw-mill
D
closed down.
OUTRO:
D G D
She left when the saw-mill closed down.
G D
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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