Blackboard of My Heart, The

DESCRIPTION: "When I was young and went to school, They taught me how to write, To take the chalk and make a mark And hope it turns out right. Well that's the way it is with love...." "But my tears have washed I love you From the blackboard of my heart."
AUTHOR: Hank Thompson / Lyle R. Gaston (source: LyricFind; SecondHandSongs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (recording, Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys)
KEYWORDS: courting love rejection | school blackboard writing
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RECORDINGS:
Bob Livingston, "The Blackboard of My Heart" (Fragment: Piotr-Archive #106, recorded 03/23/2022)
NOTES [17 words]: The Livingston recording is pretty clearly learned from a commercial recording, not oral tradition. - RBW
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