The Theme from
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
HIGH NOON
(DO NOT FORSAKE ME)
Lyric by Ned Washington
Verse 1
DO NOT FORSAKE ME,
OH MY DARLIN’,
ON THIS, OUR WEDDING DAY,
DO NOT FORSAKE ME, OH MY
DARLIN’,
WAIT............, WAIT ALONG!
Verse 2
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,
Bridge
OH, TO BE TORN
‘TWIXT LOVE AND DUTY,
‘SPOSIN’ I LOSE MY FAIR
HAIRED BEAUTY,
LOOK AT THAT BIG HAND
MOVE ALONG,
NEARIN’ HIGH NOON,
HE MADE A VOW WHILE IN
STATE’S PRISON,
VOWED IT WOULD BE MY LIFE
OR HIS’N,
I’M NOT AFRAID OF DEATH
BUT, OH,
WHAT WILL I DO IF YOU
LEAVE ME?
Verse 3
DO NOT FORSAKE ME,
OH MY DARLIN’,
YOU MAKE THAT PROMISE AS
A BRIDE,
DO NOT FORSAKE ME, OH MY
DARLIN’,
ALTHOUGH YOU’RE GRIEVIN’,
DON’T THINK OF LEAVIN’
NOW THAT I NEED YOU BY MY
SIDE!
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