The Best of Bobby Helms Album Lyrics by Bobby Helms

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April Fool

April fool I'm just an April fool
Thinkin' bout you with my heart broke in two
What in the world can I do
I'm just an April fool

We met when the blossoms bloom
Spring had only begun
I gave my heart to you
While you were just havin' fun

(April fool I'm just an April fool)
April turned into May
The blossoms fell from the trees
You laughed when I begged you to stay
You made a fool out of me

I'm just an April fool

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Dance With Me

Dance with me like it used to be
And whisper you love me once more
Oh dance with me and you will see
I love you more than ever before

Let me hold you tight if just for tonight
And then you will find
Only heaven knows how I miss you so
And when you were still mine

Dance with me like it used to be
And whisper you love me once more
Oh dance with me and you will see
I love you more than ever before

Oh please dance with me

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Fraulein

Far across deep blue waters
Lives an old German's daughter
By the banks of the old river Rhine
Where I loved her and left her
But I can't forget her
I miss my pretty Fraulein

FrauIein, Fraulein,
Look up toward the Heaven
Each night when the stars start to shine
By the same stars above you
I swear that I love you
You are my pretty fraulein

When my memories wander, away over yonder
To the sweetheart that I left behind
In a moment of glory, a face comes before me
The face of my pretty fraulein

Fraulein, Fraulein, walk down by the river
Pretend that your hand's holdin' mine
By the same stars above you
I swear that I love you
You are my pretty fraulein

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Jacqueline

Badum, Badum
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha
Badum, Badum
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha

Jacqueline (Badum)
I'm so in love with you (Badum)
My Jacqueline (Badum)
My heart belongs to you (Badum, Badum)
My Jacqueline (Badum)
Oh won't you say you love me too
(Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha)



I got a gal and she sure looks classy
Smooth as a car with a fiberglass chassis
Spicy as a magazine and twice as sassy
Jacquie, you're the one for me

Jacqueline (Badum)
I'm so in love with you (Badum)
My Jacqueline (Badum)
My heart belongs to you (Badum, Badum)
My Jacqueline (Badum)
Oh won't you say you love me too
(Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha)

When we're alone it's a big temptation
To try for a kid that's a real sensation
She's the got the keys to the situation
Jacquie, you're the one for me

Jacqueline (Badum)
I'm so in love with you (Badum)
My Jacqueline (Badum)
My heart belongs to you (Badum, Badum)
My Jacqueline (Badum)
Oh won't you say you love me too
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha

My baby doll is a real humdinger
She likes to dance to the [?]
And when she rocks she's a real life swinger
Jacquie, you're the one for me

Jacqueline (Badum, Badum)
I'm so in love with you (Badum)
My Jacqueline (Badum)
My heart belongs to you (Badum, Badum)
My Jacqueline (Badum)
Oh won't you say you love me too
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, Jacqueline

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Jingle Bell Rock (Rerecorded)

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
That's the jingle bell rock

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bell chime in jingle bell time
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
That's the jingle bell
That's the jingle bell
That's the jingle bell rock

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Lay Me Down Look

You wore out your walking shows walking out on me
And every time I let you walk back in
Sometimes I get to thinking I'm gonna change my way
But lovin' you is still my favorite thing

You've ruined my reputation you've broken my heart
And look what you've done to my pride
But pride ain't near as heavy as a woman when she cries
With that lay me down look in her eyes

I'm used to being lonely I'm used to being blue
I'm gettin' used to staring at the wall
I don't know where you go I don't know where you've been
I don't know if you're coming back at all

The fool in the middle says he finally glad you're gone
Then all at once at my surprise
You're standing at the door with a pocket full of lies
With that lay me down look in your eyes

I never could learn to play second fiddle
That's one thing my heart just won't allow
I never could find the answer to a riddle
But that's the way you're talking to me now

Your love has been a prison a mountain I can't climb
So if I'm not to hold on after awhile
I'm just biding for my freedom I'm a slave I realize
With that lay me down look in your eyes
I'm just biding for my freedom I'm a slave I realize
With that lay me down look in your eyes

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My Special Angel

(Angel, angel, whoa-oh-oh-oh, ooh)
(Angel, angel, whoa-oh-oh-oh, ooh)

You are my special angel
Sent from up above
The Lord smiled down on me
And sent an angel to love (to love)
You are my special angel
Right from paradise
I know that you're an angel
Heaven is in your eyes

A smile from your lips
Bring the summer sunshine
The tears from your eyes bring the rain
I feel your touch, your warm embrace
And I'm in heaven again

You are my special angel
Through eternity
I'll have my special angel
Here to watch over me

(A smile from your lips)
(Brings the summer sunshine)
(The tears from your eyes bring the rain)
I feel your touch
Your warm embrace
And I'm in heaven again

You are my special angel
Through eternity
I'll have my special angel
Here to watch over me (watch over me)
Here to watch over me
(Angel, angel)
(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oooooh)

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Somebody Wrong is Looking Right

[Lyrics not available]

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Southern Belle

Belle Southern Belle
Everybody knows knows her well
Her beauty seems to put them in a spell
She's a lovely southern belle

She left Memphis went to New Orleans
Nobody knew she would become a Cajun Queen
You oughta hear the stories now they all tell
About that lovely southern belle

She's got the walk she's got the smile
She's got the looks she's got the style
They think of her as an angel straight
From heaven she fell

They all love that southern belle
She's a lovely southern belle

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The Best Man

I am gathered here together
To wish a close friend goodbye
But I'm afraid I'll go to pieces again
The minute that you march by

The announcement in the paper
Said that I'm to be the best man
I found out too late that I love you
And I'll die when he takes your hand

I'm the best man in more ways than one
But I waited too long to prove it
Cause I didn't know that I'd love you so
And find what I need just in time to lose it

Now the wedding march is playing
And soon the knot will be tied
But I won't conceal the way that I feel
When it's my turn to kiss the bride

Then I'm sure you'll know that I love you
Cause I'll hold on as long as I can
And maybe someday if things don't work out
You'll discover that I'm the best man

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This Songs for You

This songs for you straight from my heart
A few words were written each day since we've been apart
I need you to come back and make a new start
This song is just for you straight from my heart
Every word my broken heart wrote
And there's a tear or two in every note

When you hear it play you'll know right from the start
This song is just for you straight from my heart
Every word my broken heart wrote
And there's a tear or two in every note

When you hear it play you'll know right from the start
This song is just for you straight from my heart
This song is just for you straight from my heart

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Troubles Wall to Wall

I climb the stairs up to my lonely room
As I walk down this long dark hall
I open the door and walk in
I've got troubles wall to wall
I've got troubles wall to wall

You've been gone for quiet awhile
You left in early springtime
Now it's late in the fall
Yes I've got troubles wall to wall

Sittin' in this dreary room wonderin' where you are
Knowin' all the things I did were wrong
Waitin' by the telephone knowin' you won't call
Yes I've got troubles wall to wall

I've got troubles wall to wall
You've been gone for quiet awhile
You left in early springtime

Now it's late in the fall
I've got troubles wall to wall
Yes I've got troubles wall to wall

(Troubles wall to wall)

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What A Friend We Have In Jesus

What a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!

Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy-laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge-
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He'll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.