Frankie Laine

High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
-Artist: Frankie Laine as sung on "Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits"
-Columbia CS 8636
-peak Billboard position # 5 in 1952
-Academy Award-winning title song sung by Tex Ritter in the film starring Gary
-Cooper and Grace Kelly
-Words and Music by Ned Washington and Dmitri Tiomkin
Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
On this, our weddin' day
Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'
Wait, wait along
I do not know what fate awaits me
I only know I must be brave
And I must face a man who hates me
Or lie a coward, a craven coward
Or lie a coward in my grave
Oh, to be torn 'tweenst love and duty
S'posin' I lose my fair-haired beauty