Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

[Jim_S]

Kisses Sweeter Than Wine is a popular love song, with lyrics written and music adapted in 1950 by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays of The Weavers. The tune was adapted from Lead Belly's "If It Wasn't for Dicky" (1937), which in turn was adapted from the traditional Irish folk tune "Drimindown / Drumion Dubh". The Weavers first released the song in 1951 as a Decca single, which reached #19 on the Billboard chart and #20 on the Cashbox chart in 1951. The song was also a hit for Jimmie Rodgers in 1957 and Frankie Vaughan in 1958.

The Weavers​

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9_MpNwduAA[/ame]

Peter, Paul, and Mary​

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6U3oeJvo3k[/ame]

Jimmie Rodgers​

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNivTEdgT7Y[/ame]