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Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
Mon Mar 30, 2015, 01:02 PM Mar 2015

Emmylou Harris - Queen Of The Silver Dollar - live with Hot Band 1979



written by the great Shel Silverstein and probably the version by Dr. Hook is better known but, I think Emmy does it fine, just fine.

She's the queen of the Silver Dollar, and she rules this smokey kingdom
And her sceptre is a wine glass and a bar-stool is her throne
And the jesters, they flock around her, and they fight to win her favours
And see which one will take the queen of the Silver Dollar home

She arrives in all her splendour every night at nine o'clock
And her chariot is a cross-town bus that stops right down the block
The ol' piano minstrel plays a song as she walks in
And the queen of the Silver Dollar, she's home again

She's the queen of the Silver Dollar, and she rules this smokey kingdom
And her sceptre is a wine glass and a bar-stool is her throne
And the jesters flock around her, and fight to win her favours
And see which one will take the queen of the Silver Dollar home

Her royal gown is a satin dress, that's stained and slightly torn
And her sparkling jewels are rhinestones, and her shoes are scuffed and worn
From the many roads she's travelled and the wonderous sights she's seen
And I watch her and I pray God save the queen

She's the queen of the Silver Dollar, and she rules this smokey kingdom
And her sceptre is a wine glass and a bar-stool is her throne
And the jesters flock around her, and fight to win her favours
And see which one will take the queen of the Silver Dollar home

The queen of the Silver Dollar is not as haughty as she seems
She was once an ordinary girl with ordinary dreams
But I found her and I won her, and I brought her to this world
Yes I'm the man who made a queen of a simple country girl

She's the queen of the Silver Dollar, and she rules this smokey kingdom
And her sceptre is a wine glass and a bar-stool is her throne
And the jesters flock around her, and fight to win her favours
And see which one will take the queen of the Silver Dollar home

She's the queen of the Silver Dollar, and she rules this smokey kingdom.......

(c)1972 Tro-Essex Music Ltd.



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Emmylou Harris - Queen Of The Silver Dollar - live with Hot Band 1979 (Original Post) Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 OP
kicking, in honor of our Queen. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #1

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
1. kicking, in honor of our Queen.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 01:46 AM
Mar 2015

May she rule this smokey kingdom forever.

Long live the Queen of our Silver Dollar.

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