You Are Never Far Away ~ original album 1968
 
( The ) Girl
With The Golden Braids
 
( I'm in love with the girl with the golden, 
can't live without the girl with the golden . . . braids! )
 
I saw a gal with golden hair 
dancin' as I played
never saw a gal so fair 
as the girl with the golden braids!
I was travellin' with a band, 
came to town and stayed
knew I'd have to seek the hand 
of the girl with the golden braids!
 
Oh! . . . Dance girl, dance an' sway, 
dance an' steal my heart away,
so many fellas stand in line 
but I knew you'd be mine!
Yes, you'd be mine! 
 
Knew I had to take a chance, 
so I made a trade
gave my fiddle for a dance 
with the girl with the golden braids 
Now I'm thru forever more, 
roamin' never paid 
found that life that I adore 
with the girl with the golden braids!
 
Oh! . . . Dance girl, dance an' sway, 
dance an' steal my heart away,
so many fellas stand in line 
but I knew you'd be mine!
Oh! . . . you'd be mine! 
 
< instrumental break >
 
Dance girl, dance an' sway, 
dance an' steal my heart away,
so many fellas stand in line 
but I knew you'd be mine!
You'd be mine! 
 
Now the boys are talkin' of 
my last serenade
lucky me, I'm so in love 
with the girl with the golden braids!
Ever since that night in June, 
life's a rosy shade, 
dancin' on my honeymoon 
with the gal with the golden braids!
 
Oh! . . . Dance girl, dance an' sway, 
dance an' steal my heart away,
so many fellas stand in line 
but I knew you'd be mine!
 
Dance girl, dance an' sway, 
dance an' steal my heart away,
so many fellas stand in line 
but I knew you'd be mine!
 
Yes . . . I knew you'd be mine!
 
Music by Eddie Snyder 
with lyrics by Stanley J. Kahan, 1957
Roncom Music Company
Original RCA RecordingVinyl Version
Arranged by Joe Reisman
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City
Recorded April 9, 1957

Perry Como ~ Mr. Saturday Night!

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