Biography:
Mary Frances "Skeeter" Davis (December 30, 1931 – September 19, 2004) was a country music singer and a member of the Grand Ole Opry radio show for more than 40 years. She was best known for her hit song "The End of the World" (1963), one of the most popular American records of the 1960's. One of the first women to achieve major stardom in the country music field as a solo vocalist, she was an acknowledged influence on Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton.
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Other songs:
- Don't They Know It's The End Of The World
- The End Of The World
- United states
- Am I That Easy To Forget
- Before The Sunrise
- Bus Fare To Kentucky
- Devils Doll
- Gonna Get Along Without You Now
- He Called Me Baby
- He Left His Heart With Me
- He Says The Same Things To Me
- Hell Have To Stay
- I Aint A
- I Cant Stay Mad At You
- I Want To See You Too Just One Time
- Im Falling Too
- Im Going Steady With A Heartache
- Im Saving My Love
- Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
- Ladder Of Success
- Let Me Get Close To You
- Makin Believe
- Mine Is A Lonely Life
- My Last Date
- Once Upon A Time
- Optimistic
- Someone Id Like To Forget
- Tell Tommy I Miss Him
- The End Of The World Sea Of Love Medley
- The Hand Youre Holding Now
- Too Used To Being With You
- We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus
- What Am I Gonna Do With You
- What Does It Take
- Where I Ought To Be
- Why Im Walkin
- You Taught Me Everything That I Know
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Devil's Doll:Skeeter Davis.
- Album - I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize
Too - on RCA Records in 1959.
(Davis' debut album.)
(Intro)
Ab Bb Eb
(Verse 1)
Eb Ab
I knew him when, he held his head up high and there
Eb Ab Eb
was love and laughter in his eyes.
Bb Ab
And then one day the devil's doll came by, she tempted
Eb
him and he fell.
(Verse 2)
Eb Ab
I knew him when, he wouldn't stay away from home all
Eb Ab Eb
night and drink til break of day.
Bb Ab
But devil doll's all have a certain way of changing
Eb
heaven to hell.
(Bridge)
Bb Eb
She took his heart that never was untrue and taught him
Bb Eb
things the devil taught her, too.
Bb Eb F
Til he became someone I never knew who lied and cheated
Bb
and left me.
(Verse 3)
Eb Ab Eb
But now and then I see him passing by in shabby clothes
Ab Eb Bb
and lost and empty eyes with feel of hate for her that
never dies.
Ab Eb Ab Eb Bb Eb
The devil's doll was she, I knew him when he loved me.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
- Album - I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize
Too - on RCA Records in 1959.
(Davis' debut album.)
(Intro)
Ab Bb Eb
(Verse 1)
Eb Ab
I knew him when, he held his head up high and there
Eb Ab Eb
was love and laughter in his eyes.
Bb Ab
And then one day the devil's doll came by, she tempted
Eb
him and he fell.
(Verse 2)
Eb Ab
I knew him when, he wouldn't stay away from home all
Eb Ab Eb
night and drink til break of day.
Bb Ab
But devil doll's all have a certain way of changing
Eb
heaven to hell.
(Bridge)
Bb Eb
She took his heart that never was untrue and taught him
Bb Eb
things the devil taught her, too.
Bb Eb F
Til he became someone I never knew who lied and cheated
Bb
and left me.
(Verse 3)
Eb Ab Eb
But now and then I see him passing by in shabby clothes
Ab Eb Bb
and lost and empty eyes with feel of hate for her that
never dies.
Ab Eb Ab Eb Bb Eb
The devil's doll was she, I knew him when he loved me.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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