IT TAKES ME ALL NIGHT LONG
(Bill Eldridge / Gary Stewart)


Del Reeves - 1969
Cal Smith - 1969
Nat Stuckey - 1969






I used to get more women than I could put my hands on
And I put my hands on more than I can get
If I knew I'd have to do what I used to love to do
I doubt if I could do it on a bet

'Cause it takes me all night long
To do what I used to do all night long
My wild and woolly days have come and gone

It takes me all night long
To do what I used to do all night long

(Instrumental Break)

I'm not the young rooster that I was in my day
But I still like to crow some anyway
I'm not the king of a chicken yard
But I could keep one ol' hen tired
If I keep it up and it ain't a rainy day

It takes me all night long
To do what I used to do all night long
My wild and woolly days have come and gone

It takes me all night long
To do what I used to do all night long

It takes me all night long
To do what I used to do all night long
My wild and woolly days have come and gone

It takes me all night long
To do what I used to do all night long







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2011)