I GAVE MY WEDDING DRESS AWAY
(Hy Heath / Fred Rose)

Kitty Wells - 1963
Eileen Reid & The Cadets - 1964



Tomorrow was to be my wedding day
But I gave my wedding dress away
Another will be holding my bouquet
So I gave my wedding dress away

My baby sister wanted him
And so she took my place
It's worth a broken heart
To see the smile upon her face
I've cared for her since Mother went away
So I gave my wedding dress away

SPOKEN: "Everything I ever wanted, she always wanted too
And maybe giving in to her was not the thing to do
I always let her have her way, perhaps I wasn't strong
But I was all she had to turn to when anything went wrong
She's all I have to live for, she's all the joy I've ever had
And though she's hurt me many times, she really isn't bad
I saw the lovelight in her eyes, the day she met my Jim
And then I knew that he belonged to her and she belonged to him"

If I could win him back again
Our love would be devine
But I could never break her heart
The way that she broke mine
I'll worship him until my dying day
But I gave my wedding dress away