Blue Skirt Waltz Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Thompson
Blue Skirt Waltz
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Recorded by Hank Thompson
Written by Mitchell Parish - Music by Vaclav Blaha
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wand
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alo
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ne one night
Till I heard an
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orchestra
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play
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met you
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where
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lights were bright
And people were
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care free and
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gay
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heaven
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just
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waltzing with you
You thrilled
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w
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ith
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softly
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you stole a
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I dream of that
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night with
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you
Lady when first we
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world of
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blue
How can my heart
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forget
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Blue were the skies and blue were your eyes
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Just like the blue skirt
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you
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blue
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lady come
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back
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Don't be
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blue any
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Blue Skirt Waltz?
- The song Blue Skirt Waltz was sang by Hank Thompson.
Who is Hank Thompson?
- Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 - November 6, 2007) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
Thompson's musical style, characterized as honky-tonk Western swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar, and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals.
His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard. Thompson pursued a "light" version of the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others played the primary difference between his music and that of Bob Wills was that Thompson, who used the swing beat and instrumentation to enhance his vocals, discouraged the intense instrumental soloing from his musicians that Wills encouraged however, the "Hank Thompson sound" exceeded Bob Wills in top-40 country hits.
Although not as prominent on the top country charts in later decades, Thompson remained a recording artist and concert draw well into his 80s.
The 2013 game Grand Theft Auto V featured his song "It Don't Hurt Anymore" in the fictional radio show, Rebel Radio.
The 1987 novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009, Cobb's novel was turned into a successful film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeff Bridges in an Academy Award-winning performance.