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High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin')
(Dimitri Tiomkin / Ned Washington)RCA studio session - September 10-12, 1967 - RCA's Studio B - Nashville
September 10, 6 pm-12 am- Just one line during recording of Guitar Man)
On this, our wedding day.
Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin',
Wait; wait alone.
I do not know what fate awaits me.
I only know I must be brave.
For I must face a man who hates me,
Or lie a coward, a craven coward;
Or lie a coward in my grave.
Oh, to be torn 'twixt love an' duty.
S'posin' I lose my fair-haired beauty.
Look at that big hand move along,
Nearing high noon.
He made a vow while in state prison:
Vowed it would be my life for his an',
I'm not afraid of death but, oh, what shall I do,
If you leave me?
Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin':
You made that promise as a bride.
Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin'.
Although you're grievin', don't think of leavin',
Now that I need you by my side.
Wait along, (Wait along.)
Wait along.
Wait along. (Wait along, wait along, wait along, wait along.)
