Pat Boone - Moody River

This is definately one of his best, a number one hit for Pat on the US BillBoard Hot 100k, #4 on the US Adult Contemporary, and #18 on the UK Singles chart, it was originally written and performed by Rockabilly singer Chase Webster aka Daniel Bruce a fellow Dot Records performer with Pat, this was the title track to one of Pat’s better selling albums, several noteables have performed it, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Rivers, John Fogerty, it’s a fold song of sorts and tells of a man who goes to meet his lover at the river by the old oak tree finding her dead after committing suicide over the greaf of cheating on him leaving him a note “No longer can I live with this hurt and this sin, I couldn’t tell you that guy was just a friend“ It’s a sad song performed very well by Pat and I hope you enjoy it, the lyrics below, enjoy, Dave Moody River by Pat Boone Moody river more deadly Than the vainest knife. Moody river your muddy water Took my baby’s life.