Set Him Free

About Set Him Free

"Set Him Free" is a song written by Skeeter Davis, Helen Moyer, and Marie Wilson. In 1959, Skeeter Davis recorded and released the song as a single for RCA Victor. "Set Him Free" was recorded in January 1959 at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The song was released as a single in February 1959, and it peaked at number five on the Billboard Magazine Hot C&W Sides chart later that year. The single became Davis' highest-charting single to that point and her third solo hit. In November 1959, "Set Him Free" was issued onto Davis' debut studio album entitled, I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too. In 1959, "Set Him Free" became the first song by a female country artist nominated by the Grammy Awards. In 1967, Davis re-recorded an updated version of "Set Him Free" and released it as a single in late 1967. The new version peaked at number fifty-two on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and was issued onto her studio album entitled, What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied). more »

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1989

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Set him free, set him free
For I love him, you see

Order in the court
Do you swear to tell the truth
The whole truth and nothing but the truth
So help you God

Yes, I do
Judge, I've never believed in divorces
Unless they just have to be
But after you've heard my story
Then I know you'll set this man free

It began right after the wedding
She cheated and she lied from the start
And I could see from the way they were hidden
This woman would soon break his heart

Set him free, set him free
For I love him, you see

The three of us were always the best of friends
But when I leave this courtroom, judge, I know our friendship ends
If you could've heard the awful things that I've heard her say
Why she'd call him names and slap his face, and he'd just turn away

And the nights we went out for fun
It was all so plain to see then
She'd dance all night with someone else
And leave him there with me

Set him free, set him free
For I love him, you see

Now I ask you, judge, to understand
Think it over slow
You see, I fell in love with him
And I don't care who knows

I'd respect him as a husband
And I'd treat him like a man
I know I can help him find more happiness
Than this woman ever can

Well, judge, you've heard my story
It's true as true can be
I've even told you that I love him
So, judge, won't you please set him free?

Set him free, set him free
For I love him, you see

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Skeeter Davis

Mary Frances Penick (December 30, 1931 – September 19, 2004), better known as Skeeter Davis, was an American country music singer best known for crossover pop music songs of the early 1960s. She started out as part of The Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s, eventually landing on RCA Victor. In the late '50s, she became a solo star. Her best-known hit was the pop classic "The End of the World" in 1963. more »

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