the name of the game was love

Singer:hank snow

while looking through my jewelry drawer

beneath some paper

there i saw

an address book i'd kept throughout the years

it listed all the girls on it

friends

my list sure has grown

each name brings back the laughter and the tears

there were girls that i'd romance with

girls that i had dance with

some whose face that i just can't recall

there were girls i kissed and lied to

some i couldn't

and though i tried to

the name of the game was love

and i played it with them all

there was mary

martha

diana

eva

josie

hannah

anna

sally

beth and rosie

bonnie

connie

susan and cindy

you get claudette

emma and a minsy

janet

gina

ingrid or a bessie

florence

fanny

surely gonna test us

francie

nora

alice

even dolly

gertie

gretchen

carmelita and molly

girls of every nation

each one a new temptation

they were great

i sure had a ball

they are girls that i had courted

girls whose marriage plans i hoarded

the name of the game was love

and i played it with them all

there was betty

ann

carol and yuanita

cora

dora

grace and rosalita

mory

margie

lisa

katie

dottie

lottie

lynn and a sadie

henrietta

mabel

jane and a alice

daisy

maizie

mona and cecilia

lois

liza

laura and leona

vida

vee

louisa and ramona

penny

janice

silvia

elmira

etta

gretta

louise or mira

merle and perle

and leorial and denise

doris

picta

julia and amy

frances

flora

dontie

even trudy

barbara

ethel

ellen is a beauty

katie

camden and athenalina

georgia

clara

alba and ema

iris

elise

dorothy and hilda

olga

donna

lulu

bella

gilda

eunice

phoebe

ida and a eda

and i loved them all

and i loved them all