Gather round me, everybody I'm gonna tell you a story About Betty and Dupree Betty told Dupree I want a diamond ring Lord, Betty told Dupree I want a diamond ring Dupree told Betty I will buy you an

Betty told dupree, "i want a diamond ring." (2x)
Dupree told betty, "l'il give you most anything."

He said, "lie down, little betty, see what tomorrow brings," (2x)
It may bring sunshine, may bring you that diamond ring."

Then he got his pistol, went to the jewelry store,(2x)

I said C., C. C. Rider
Oh see, what you have done
(Yea yea yea)

I said C. (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
Oh see, (C. C. Rider) what you have done
(Yea yea yea)

Oh girl, you made me love you
Now, now, now, you love me, your loving man has gone
(C. C. R

I'm goin' to the river
Gonna jump overboard and drown
I'm goin' to the river
Gonna jump overboard and drown
Because the girl I love
She just done let me down

Now when she left me
I bowed my head and cried
When she left me
I bowed my head and cried
I neve

Shoo bop, shoo bop
Shoo bop, shoo bop

My mama told me she didn't
Like that rock and roll
I said, please, Mama, please
Mama, you just don't know

I don't wanna
(Shoo bop, shoo bop)
Hang up my rock and roll shoes
(Shoo bop, shoo bop)
You know I get that f

Stayed in bed all mornin' just to pass the time
There's somethin' wrong here, there can be no denyin'
One of us is changin', or maybe we've just stopped tryin'

And it's too late, baby now, it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Somethin' inside has died, and I ca

Words and music by Fred Jay and Art Harris
What am I living for if not for you
What am I living for if not for you
What am I living for if not for you

Oh nobody else, nobody else will do
What am I longing for each lonely night
To feel your lips to mine, to hold you tigh