MONEY, MARBLES AND CHALK
(Garner "Pop" Eckler)


"Pop" Eckler - 1949
Patti Page - 1949
Country Washburne - 1949
Carter Sisters with Chet Atkins - 1949
Dan Reno & Red Smiley - 1959
Jimmy Dean - 1968
Pop's Boys - 2006

Also recorded by:
Rex Allen; Stubby & The Buccaneers 
(vocal: Windy Breeze); Red Sovine; 
Wally Bryson & The Blaylock Brothers.





There's an old sayin' that's been all around
I heard it before I could walk 
How some's got health and some's got wealth
Others money, marbles and chalk

I got money, marbles and chalk, sweetheart
But I still feel like I am poor
'Cause my money won't spend and my marbles won't roll
And my chalk won't write anymore

While you were near I was happy and gay
Your presence made me feel so proud
But you left me for another, for another one day
Now I feel all alone in a crowd

I got money, marbles and chalk, sweetheart
But I still feel like I am poor
'Cause my money won't spend and my marbles won't roll
And my chalk won't write anymore

(Instrumental Break)

Money, marbles and chalk is alright
For a miser who loves only gold
But give me a chance to save our romance
For I love you with all of my soul

I got money, marbles and chalk, sweetheart
But I still feel like I am poor
'Cause my money won't spend and my marbles won't roll
And my chalk won't write anymore
And my chalk won't write anymore


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EXTRA VERSE:

I walk in the rain and I feel no pain
I'm lost and I'm lonely and blue
I can't sleep at night and nothing seems right
And I worry a lot about you


SPOKEN INTRODUCTION USED IN 
"POP" ECKLER'S ORIGINAL RECORDING:

You know, folks, money is a funny thing
Just like marbles, it rolls both ways, to you and from you
Strange, isn't it, how all your friends will pass you by when you haven't got a dime
When you got money, hah, there isn't enough chalk in the world
To write down the names of all the so-called fairweather friends
Many of us have been up and down many times
And our friends keep rolling back and forth
Just like a handful of marbles on a teeter-totter
And my chalk won't write anymore






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2013)