The Girl Turned Ripe
THE GIRL TURNED RIPE (AND THE PICKERS CAME TODAY) (Merle Haggard) « © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI » Well the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today Had an uncle who was farmin' down in Tennessee And I stopped by to see him there brought this friend with me He had a daughter seventeen whose name was Clementine And sure enough they fell in love her and this friend of mine He said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today He said there ain't no need in me beggin' her to stay Ol' uncle Dave just shook his head and turned away He said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today Fell in love with a gal that made her home in Louisian' And her daddy was a hard and strict but very humble man And he shook me up that day I went to ask him for her hand But I felt better when I heard them same old words again Well the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today Said there ain't no need in me beggin' her to stay He just shook his head and slowly walked away He said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today Now me and this gal from Louisian' we got a family We got a little doll with big brown eyes that we call Charmarie And there's a great long line of pickers waitin' to talk to me About the sweet little gal of mine that we call Charmarie Well I said the girl turned ripe... I said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today
- Falling For You
- Please Mr. D.J.
- You Don't Have Far To Go
- I'd Trade All Of My Tomorrows
- The Worst Is yet To Come
- Walkin' The Floor Over You
- Jimmie The Kid (Previously Unreleased - bonus track)
- If I Could Be Him
- The Longer You Wait
- I'll Look You Over
- I Can't Stand Me
- The Girl Turned Ripe
- No More You And Me
- Somebody Else You've Known
- This Town's Not Big Enough
- Shade Tree (Fix It Man)
- When No Flowers Grow (Previously Unreleased - bonus track)
- (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers (2005 Digital Remaster)
- Sing A Sad Song (2005 Digital Remaster)
- Sam Hill (2005 Digital Remaster)
- I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can (2005 Digital Remaster)
- You Don't Even Try (2005 Digital Remaster)
- If I Had Left It Up To You (2005 Digital Remaster)
- I'm A Lonesome Fugitive - Alternate Take (2005 Digital Remaster)
- Swinging Doors (2005 Digital Remaster)
- The Bottle Let Me Down (2005 Digital Remaster)
- High On A Hilltop (2005 Digital Remaster)
- Skid Row (2005 Digital Remaster)
- I Threw Away The Rose (2005 Digital Remaster)