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Teardrops In My Eyes
Composer: Red Harley Allen / Tommy Sutton

Teardrops In My Eyes was played by the Black Mountain Boys on the March 7, 1964. Played by the Good Old Boys, with Jerry Garcia sitting in, in 1975.


Jerry Garcia

info Good Old Boys Live: Drink Up And Go Home, Good Old Boys, 2018

New Riders of the Purple Sage

info The Adventures of Panama Red, New Riders of the Purple Sage, 1973
info Wasted Tasters, New Riders of the Purple Sage, 1998
info Gypsy Cowboy/Panama Red, New Riders of the Purple Sage, 2000
info Worcester, MA, 4/4/1973, New Riders of the Purple Sage, 2003
info Armadillo World HQ Austin, TX, 6/13/1975, New Riders of the Purple Sage, 2005
info Stonybrook, NY 03/17/1973, New Riders of the Purple Sage, 2007
info Instant Armadillo Blues: Best of 1971-1975, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, 2011
info Original Album Classics, The New Riders Of The Purple Sage, 2017
info Hempsteader, New Riders of the Purple Sage, 2024

Other recordings

no info Single (Who Done It? / Teardrops In My Eyes), Osborne Brothers and Red Allen, 1956
info 37th Old-Time Fiddlers Convention at Union Grove North Carolina, Various Artists (Friendly City Playboys), 1961
info Livin' On The Mountain, Bill Keith & Jim Rooney, 1963
info Stars And Stripes Forever, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1974
info Favorites, Red Allen & the Allen Brothers, 1975
info Live at McCabes, Byron Berline & Sundance, 1977
info The Osborne Brothers & Red Allen, The Osborne Brothers & Red Allen, 1977
info In Concert, Byron Berline, Sam Bush & Mark O'Connor, 1977
no info Reunion Album, Stone Mountain Boys, 1978
info Clarence White And The Kentucky Colonels, Kentucky Colonels, 1980
no info The Roanoke Fiddle & Banjo Club, Various Artists (Bluegrass Travelers), 1980
no info Hogtied, High On The Hog, 1981
info Jack Rabbit!, Doug Dillard Band, 1986
info Home Is Where The Heart Is, David Grisman, 1988
info The Rice Brothers, The Rice Brothers, 1989
no info The Wind Is Cold Tonight, The Hart Brothers, 1990
info She's No Angel, Frank Wakefield & Good Old Boys, 1992
info Prestige/Folklore Years, Vol. 3: Roots and Branches, Various Artists (Keith and Rooney), 1994
info 1956-1968, The Osborne Brothers, 1995
no info Live in Holland, Joe Val and the New England Bluegrass Boys, 1996
no info More Than 16 Tons of Bluegrass & Other Fine Stuff, Pete Stanley & Wizz Jones, 2001
no info It's About Time, The Lost & Found, 2002
info Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists (Friendly City Playboys), 2002
no info Unbroken! Live, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 2003
no info The Grascalism, The Grascals, 2005
info Rounder Bluegrass, Various Artists (The Grascals), 2005
info Flatpicking Bluegrass, Various Artists (Jim Nunally), 2009
info Live at the Great American Music Hall, Bluegrass Reunion, 2021

Lyrics

The lyrics of the version performed by the Black Mountain Boys are as follows;

These heartaches now are on [their] way
What makes you want to be that way
You cheated on me and you lied
You put teardrops in my eyes

(Chorus)
I found out what they say is true
I hope some day that you'll be blue
And then you'll know dear why I cry
With these teardrops in my eyes

I heard the rumors all around
That some day you'd let me down
I turn my head when [faced] [?]
Cause it puts teardrops in my eyes

Chorus

I never thought you'd let me down
But now [I at last] understand
You wrecked my life [?]
You'll have to pay for it somehow

Chorus

 
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