Tex Ritter - Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin' 1952 <br /> <br />(The Ballad of High Noon) <br /> <br />Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’ - <br />Soundtrack of the Western film 'High Noon', directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly <br /> <br />Do not forsake me, oh my darling <br />On this our wedding day <br />Do not forsake me, oh my darling <br />Wait, wait along <br /> <br />The noonday train will bring Frank Miller <br />If I'm a man I must be brave <br />And I must face that deadly killer <br />Or lie a coward, a craven coward <br />Or lie a coward in my grave. <br /> <br />Oh, to be torn 'twixt love and duty <br />S'posin' I lose my fair-haired beauty <br />Look at that big hand move along <br />Nearin' high noon <br /> <br />He made a vow while in state's prison <br />That it would be my life or his'n <br />I'm not afraid of death, but oh <br />What will I do if you leave me <br /> <br />Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin' <br />You made that promise when we wed <br />Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin', <br />Although your grievin', I can't be leavin' <br />Until I shoot Frank Miller dead <br /> <br />Wait along, wait along <br />Wait along, wait along
