Tragic Tales of Love and Life

Tragic Tales of Love and Life is a collection of recordings cut between 1946 and 1955 by Cowboy Copas.[2][3]

Tragic Tales of Love and Life
Compilation album by Cowboy Copas
Released	September 1960
Recorded	1946 to 1955
Genre	Country
Label	King Records[1]
Cowboy Copas chronology
Hymns and Sacred Songs by Cowboy Copas (1959) Tragic Tales of Love and Life (1960) Broken Hearted Melodies (1960)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tragic Romance"	Louis Marshall Jones	2:42
2.	"It's Wrong to Love You But I Do"	Lloyd Copas Jean Branch	2:38
3.	"Hangman's Boogie"	Larry Cassidy	2:34
4.	"The Postman Just Passes Me By"	Lloyd Copas Hal Compton	2:49
5.	"As Advertised"	Lloyd Copas Mann Stewart	2:56
6.	"Ashamed of Myself"	Charles Singleton Rose Marie McCoy	2:23
7.	"The Party's Over"	Boudleaux Bryant Felice Bryant	2:37
8.	"Those Gone and Left Me Blues"	Jimmy Wakely Johnny Bond	2:41
9.	"No More Roamin'"	Pee Wee King	2:45
10.	"Four Bare Walls and a Ceiling"	Lloyd Copas Mann	2:38
11.	"Three Strikes and You're Out"	Lloyd Copas	2:42
12.	"An Old Farm for Sale"	Lloyd Copas Taylor	2:56
13.	"Would Be Better for Both of Us"	Lloyd Copas Eckler Hughes	2:48
Total length:			35:09

• Track information and credits taken from the album's liner notes.[4]

References

1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
2. Ankeny, Jason. Tragic Tales of Love and Life at AllMusic
3. Wolff, Kurt (July 12, 2000). "Country Music: The Rough Guide". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
4. Tragic Tales of Love and Life (liner notes). Cowboy Copas. King. 1960.CS1 maint: others (link)