Darwin's Favorites

I have tried several times to list my favorite Tags but the list always grew too large! Finally, the wisdom/words came to me so I re-listed all my favorite Tags using these brilliant words that also inspired me to compose and arrange...

“A Tag is a “10” if worthy of singing again and again.”

Raindrops! Raindrops! Everywhere the rain drops, gets wet! Nancy Moxness-Scheel, 2023.
Slowly we'll fade into a sea of midnight blue and a falling crescent noon. Darwin Scheel, 2021.
May your new journey together, be filled with joy and love, with love. Darwin Scheel, 2021.
(On) To the top, (our) roller coaster ride, (way,) it's too late, (here) have no fear, (we) here we go! Darwin Scheel, 2021.
Or do you still wait for me, dream giver? Just around the river bend, round the river bend. Hannah Briggs, 2021.
Love - So much in love. David Harrington.
When we plant a tree, our hopes, like seeds, may grow. Darwin Scheel, 2021.
Sing like no one can hear you! Darwin Scheel, 2021.
How I long to be loved and kissed again, again. Yes, I long to be loved and kissed again, a-gain. Kissed a-gain. Darwin Scheel, 2020.
I can't help it, can't help it; you warm my heart. Darwin Scheel, 2020.
When you came to me I found my home. Darwin Scheel, 2020.
All bridges have been crossed; I guess our love is lost. Darwin Scheel, 2020.
Love will come your way, (rose) lonesome, (rose) lonesome, lonesome rose. Darwin Scheel, 2020.
A Tag is a ''10'', a ''10'', if worthy of singing again and again and again. Darwin Scheel, 2020.
You'll always be my hero, forever I'll be yours, I'll be yours. Darwin Scheel, 2020.
How I love to be with you ev'ry night I dream with you snuggled close and be with you all night long. Nancy and Darwin Scheel, 2020.
On my way. Darwin Scheel, 2020.
A beautiful rose, a rose, a rose, for you. Brandon Hall, 2020.
I can see her now, shinning, smiling. Riding her carousel horse on the oceans of heaven. Darwin Scheel, 2020.
Love her then let her go, just let her go. Back to the heaven of stars, heaven of stars. Darwin Scheel, 2020.
Eyes - How I love to look within your eyes. Those Eyes - deep blue ocean eyes. Darwin Scheel, 2020.
And that would be so beautiful, that would be so beautiful... I know. Darwin Scheel, 2020.
Here we are, here we are, in love. Darwin Scheel, 2020. Tag analysis by Kyle Hottel of ‘Shop Class, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX70z60IlNMdtmQlDYQ_lFA
Stay, little Valentine stay, Valentine stay. Each day is Valentine's, day. Valentine's day. David Breen.
I don't want to leave her now, you know I believe and how. I don't want to leave her now, not now. I know I believe and how. Darwin Scheel, 2019.
Won't you please, please help me? Help me, help me oo. Darwin Scheel, 2019.
Then my skin drinks in the winter wind like an ice-cold glass of water, ice-cold water. Darwin Scheel, 2019.
A falling leaf is just summers' way of saying ''good-bye,'' ''good-bye.'' Nancy and Darwin Scheel, 2019.
Why won't you learn form the scars, from the scars I have earned? Terry S. Chapman, 2019.
I love you now, (for now) for now and forever. Darwin Scheel, 2019.
So much of life ahead, we'll find, we'll find a place where there's room to grow. And yes, we've just begun. And yes, we've just begun, begun. Darwin Scheel, 2019.
When you're gone, how can I even try to go on? Frances Davies, 2019.
While the moon shines bright, so bright, so bright, so bright. That pesky moon shines bright. Brandon Hall, 2019.
Stay with me won't you stay with me I love you so. By my side. By my side. Darwin Scheel, 2019.
For I haven't got a clue. But let me start by saying, ''I love you.'' Darwin Scheel, 2019.
Happy Valentine's Day. Happy Valentine's Day. Darwin Scheel, 2019.
It's an Oasis, Oasis of Peace. Brandon Hall, 2019.
We raise a glass, we raise a glass, a glass to you, to you, to you, to you, to you. Paul C. Olguin, 2018.
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without you. Brandon Hall, 2018.
I love only you. Darwin Scheel, 2018.
Give me a boat that can carry two, and both shall row my love and I. Darwin Scheel, 2018.
Oh Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, why did you have to cross the road? Oh Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, why did you have to cross the road? Once you were green and oh so fat, but now your red and oh so flat! Oh Tom the toad, oh Tom the toad, why did you have to cross the road? Darwin Scheel, 2018.
I'm alone and blue, please, come back home. Darwin Scheel, 2018.
Moonlight and starlight and you. Brandon Hall.
Fresher, bigger, better! Friendship at the Ram. Will Fox, Mark Gross, Noah and Joe Eckstine, 2018.
Come to the dark chocolatey side, chocolatey side. Will Fox, 2018.
I'm falling, I'm falling, like a dream I am falling, I'm falling, I'm falling, falling down. Darwin Scheel, 2017.
The first time ever I saw your face, your face, your face, your face. Darwin Scheel, 2017.
The warm spring, the winter cold. Mark Heathershaw, 2016.
What a lovely day. What a special day. Bethany's, Bethany's day. Darwin Scheel, 09/30/2016.
Let go, let go. Let go. It's time to let go. Terry S. Chapman, 2016.
Mittens, my awesome Mittens. Rest in peace. Darwin Scheel, 07/10/2016.
There's a love I've never known. Brandon Hall, 2016.
It's a very hot day. Very hot, so hot, very hot day. Darwin Scheel, 2016.
Lost Lake in Oregon, where does your water go? Down the hole. Down the lava tube hole. Nancy and Darwin Scheel, 2016.
Good Morning My Darling, It's Time To Say Goodnight. Travis Tabares, 2013.
If I had to choose just one day. Nick Woods.
Where have you been all my life, my love, my love. Brandon Hall, 2015.
We'll take a cup O' kindness yet for auld lang syne. What are you doing New Year's, New Year's Eve? Darwin Scheel, 2015.
Although its been said many times, many ways, "Merry Christmas to you.'' Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Darwin Scheel, 2015.
''Feed the birds, tuppence a bag, tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.'' James Williams.
Birds in the sky! Where do they go when they die? Why do we never see them die! William Stutts Jr.
So I'd best be on my way, in the early mornin' rain, in the early mornin' rain. Darwin Scheel, 2015.
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone. You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles, a hundred miles. Darwin Scheel, 2015.
The answer, my friend, is Blowin' in the Wind. The answer is Blowin' in the Wind, the Wind. Darwin Scheel, 2015.
The world is at rest so sleep, just sleep. Close your eyes and sleep. Rick Spencer, HU 2014.
Whenever you call I'll be there for you. Paul Carey Olguin. 100 Days: 100 Tags, Day 090; July 14, 2014, Tag 090b.
Let's sing a Tag at the Scheel Lodge, the Scheel Lodge. Darwin Scheel, 2014.
I know this love of mine will never die. And I love her, I lover her so, I love her so. Darwin Scheel, 2014.
It's in the bag, it's in the bag. Darwin Scheel, 12/31/2013.
The most beautiful sound I ever heard, Maria.
There's a million stars in the skies, none shine brighter than your eyes. Jake Kynaston, 2013.
Lovely Dyann. Paul C. Olguin & Coda Quartet, 2013.
All I need is a heaven above. Oh - And a road below. Terry S. Chapman, 2013.
It wouldn't hurt… if I didn't care… but I do, but I do. Terry S. Chapman, 2013.
When the sun goes down, it sets the clouds on fire! The clouds on fire! Terry S. Chapman, 2013.
How dry I am, how dry I am. Nobody knows, how dry I am, how dry I am. Darwin Scheel, 2013.
The bridge is crossed, so stand and watch it burn, we've passed the point of no return. Terry S. Chapman, 2013.
The long and winding road, we're lost, we're lost, we're lost. Darwin Scheel, 2013.
She just didn't know, didn't know, I'd really go, didn't know, that I'd go. Larry Wright.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be, let it be. Darwin Scheel, 2012.
We'll fall - Like leaves in Fall we'll fall in love, in love. Jake Tickner. 5th voice by Jayson Wilson.
And it burns, burns, burns, The Ring Of Fire, The Ring Of Fire, The Ring Of Fire. Darwin Scheel, 2012.
Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy I love you so. Gene Cokeroft.
That a lifetime's not too long, it's not too long, not too long, to live as friends, to live as friends. David Wright, 1987. As sung by Ambiance.
To my beautiful lifelong friends, hey, Mom and Daddy, thanks again, thanks again. Peter Benson.
Have you seen my childhood? Have you seen my childhood? Have you seen my childhood? Have you seen my childhood?
Goodnight sweet prince and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest, thy rest. David Breen, 2010.
So take a look, it's in a book, in a book, a Reading Rainbow. David Breen, 2011.
But your soul is shining, like the sun! Victor Nilsson.
Starry, Starry night. Darwin Scheel, 2017.
I Love You So. Darwin Scheel, 2012.
Cool, whistling breeze through (dry) Autumn leaves on golden aspen trees. Darwin Scheel, 2012.
On a rainy, rainy, rainy, rainy day, a rainy day! Paul C. Olguin, 2012. 100 Days: 100 Tags, Day 031; May 16, 2014, Bonus Tag 05.
It's only words, and words are all I have to steal your heart away.
Waitin' 'round the bend, my huckleberry friend. Chuck McKnown.
Walking alone, still by your side, by your side. Terry S. Chapman, 2010.
And I will wake to face the skies. Ever roaming in your eyes! There I go lost in your eyes! Your eyes! Soren Wohlers.
For their hearts were full of spring. Sun by the Four Freshmen.
Black, Black, Black is The Color of My True Love's Hair. Grant M. Goulding, 2010.
Livin' the dream, livin' the dream. Brandon Hall.
Around, not while I'm around. Jeremiah Pope
Ring the bells of Notre Dame. Jason Dyer, 2011.
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know!
Love.
You are the one! Bring on tomorrow 'cause you're the one! BRENT GRAHAM, 6/12/2011.
I love you, for now and all time. Jason Dyer, 2011.
You are so beautiful to me. Wayne Grimmer, 2011.
My love - My love, don't say good-bye. Don't cry, don't cry. I'm by your side. Josh LeClerc, 2011.
Sunshine almost always makes me high. Peter Benson; modified by Darwin Scheel.
If only for a day, you were my baby girl. Goodbye, goodbye. Josh LeClerc, 2004.
Falling leaves, falling leaves.
Down by Old Point Bay.
Just tell me why (did you) old friend-leave me old friend. Paul Olguin, 1988.
Aquarius, Aquarius, Aquarius, Aquarius, Aquarius.
Hold her near when Sonny gets blue.
Oh how I love this crazy world/crazy would, crazy world, crazy world. Brent Graham, HU 2010.
But who knows where or when, just where or when, when. Six part Tag, Brent Graham, HU 2010.
Of mine - angel divine, mother of mine.
Somewhere she's all alone without you. Pete Benson, HU 2010.
I will dream of you 'til I die. Chad Wulf, 1991.
How will I get by without you? Burt Szabo, 1990s.
Ring ring the banjo! Hey, get along Jimalong Joe! Get out the way for old Dan Tucker, camptown ladies sing this song, say! With my banjo doo da day!
Don't be blue when raindrops come along. Listen to the (or let it pitter) patter 'cause it really doesn't matter when the raindrops come along.
Won'tcha tell me how, the best kind of work if you're gettin' it now just tell me all you will allow. Won'tcha tell me how, I said baby, get it now! There's no maybe, tell me how, you gotta tell me how. Greg Volk.
Close your eyes, close your eyes, and sleep.
Oh, oh, oh, More than you know, more than you know, more than you know. Keith Clark.
Have you heard, (I) I married an angel, I'm sure that the change'll be awfly good for me. As taught by Don Williams.
Old rockin' chair's got me, doo-wah, cane by my side. Fetch me that gin, son, for I tan your hide. As taught by Don Williams.
Most people say they love London by day but lovers love London by night, London by night.
It had to be do do do do, do do do do do do, it had to be you.
My ideal, my ideal. As taught by Don Williams.
This fine day - Lovely day, fine day. Gene Cokeroft.
Where, where is love? Where oh where, oh where oh where is love? Gene Cokeroft.
Sing an old time song again; (five part Tag).
It was such a romantic affair, that night we met in Barkley Square, in Barkley Square.
Lullaby and goodnight, now it's time to say goodnight, goodnight. Brent Graham.
Though my world may go awry, in my heart will ever lie, just the echo of a sigh, goodbye. Barbara Tate, The Portland Pipers.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight. Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight. Paul C. Olguin, 1994.
Funny how love becomes a cold rainy day. Funny that rainy day is here, rainy day is here.
Oh what miracle has made you the way you are, what miracle has made you, what you are. Bob Bohn.
Mary don't go, I'll miss you so, Mary. I love you, I love you. Jeff Baker, HU 2008.
Then violins will cry, and so will I; Mam'selle.
Silvery moonlight (moonlight) and starlight and you, all I can see is you. 5 Part.
For you - Missing you (for you), wanting you (for you), nothing to (for) do, just a lonely thing listening for you, listening just for you (for) you.
But in all the long years when the clouds brought their tears, those two eyes of blue kept smiling through at me, at me. Greg Backwell.
My dream is o'er to live no more; last night - Last night was the end, the end of the world, end of the world. Bob Brock, four Renegades quartet, 1962.
Tammy, Oh Tammy, Tammy's in love, I hope that he knows that Tammy's in love. Brent Graham, 1989.
Like the tide at its ebb, I'm at peace in the web of your love. HU 2008.
Together in our shell in a small hotel.
When the green leaves of summer are calling me home. Are – Calling me home. Mike Gabriella for a Lou Perry arrangement.
Let's be friends forever, pals forever more, ever more. Mac Huff, 06/20/1977.
May the - Love that's been given never be driven from this child of mine, this child of mine.
Happy trails to you till we meet again (till we meet again). Bobby Gray, Jr., late 1970's.
All that I crave in this wide, wide world, all that I ask is love, only love.
Goodbye forever its over I know, loves warm sweet weather has turned into snow, the loveliest night of the year has gone. Bill Busby.
The tears have left my eyes, my eyes, my eyes. Peter Benson, 2006.
I will go sailing no more, I will sail no more. Rich Hasty, 2000.
Cheer up, Charlie, just be glad you're you, cheer up Charlie, I love you. Brent Graham, 1986.
Just a garden in the rain, just a garden in the rain. Bob Jones.
Lonely, so lonely for you am I, lonely for you am I. Mac Huff, 1976.
I'll come to you, smiling through the years. Gene Puerling, 1954.
But kiss me as you go, goodbye, goodbye. Renee Craig.
Gone are the memories of all those golden days, golden days. That have gone by. Joe Sullivan, 1962.
Your smile - My world forever, the sunshine of your smile. Bill Diekema, Confederates, 1956.
From the first hello, to the last, goodbye, to the last goodbye.
Its goodbye my love, farewell my love, its time to say goodnight. Bobby Gray, Jr.
I'll be looking at the moon, looking at the moon, but I'll be seeing you, I'll be seeing you. Bobby Gray, Jr., 1976.
Drink to me only with thine eyes, and I will not ask for wine. John Hill, 1955, Buffalo Bills quartet.
And when I die, you can bury me. Neath the western sky, on the long prairie. Norman Luboff, 1966. With optional 5th voice part.
With you - Falling in love over again, with you, foolish over you. S. K. Grundy, Sundowners, 1967.
It's a love without end, Amen, Amen. Darwin Scheel.
Tho' I'm gone for a long, long time. A long, long time. George Peters, 1970's.
I know we'll meet again. Someday - meet again someday. Lee Plaskoff, 1996.
Nobody knows, nobody cares, no one cares. Burt Szabo, 1974.
When I leave the world behind, behind. Burt Szabo, 1975.
From the dark and dreary sky, lovely snowflakes fall. Willie Randel, 1971.
Sing a lullaby and say goodnight to you. Jim Richards, 1980's.
It's too late for offering goodbyes. Goodbyes. Jimmy Barr, HU 2008.
If you need to be love, here I am, read my mind.
Can be - You raise me up to more than I can be; (five part Tag). Darwin Scheel, 2008.
May our paths meet again, sometime (meet again sometime). Wayne Grimmer, HU 2008.
Just when I thought I was through (I was through) with falling in love, I ran into you. Paul C. Olguin, 1986.
When I leave you please don't cry (don't cry), don't cry. Mac Huff, 1973.
Spring brought me flowers; you brought me love, sweet love. Lee Plaskoff, mid 1990's.
Gown - Lovely blue, lovely blue gown. Most Happy Fellows.
Who'll dry your tears when I'm gone (who'll dry your tears when I'm gone). Burt Szabo, 1978.
Say goodbye to Mary, my old, miss my pal. Jay Giallombardo, 1979.
In her gingham gown, oo, (she stole my heart) away, away. Earl Moon.
The shadow of your smile, when you are gone. Bill McMenamin.
Slumber on, my little gypsy sweetheart.
I love you so, my Michelle, my Michelle.
For life is interwoven with the friends we used to know. Mo Rector, 1966.
Though you're gone I love you still, I love you.
What now my love, now I have nothing, only my last goodbye.
When I leave the world behind. S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.
Or else I shall be melancholy too, (melancholy too). Playtonics quartet, 1950's.
My Love is your love, until I die. Brent Graham and Dave LaBar, 1982.
Silent (O Holy Night!) night, holy night, (on that) silent night. Paul Olguin, December 2008. Paul Carey Olguin. 100 Days: 100 Tags, Day 092; July 16, 2014, Tag 092, Bonus Tag 07.
How shall I see you through my tears, my tears, my tears. Paul Davis, Director, Cambridge Chord Co. UK.
When the world was young so young, I remember when the world was young. Bob Jones.
Love will come your way rose, lonesome rose. Ed Waesche, 1985.
Tis the one rose I keep in my heart, bosom of my heart. Bob Jones.
In Lilly's eyes, her eyes, in her eyes, Lilly's eyes. Wayne Grimmer, HU 2008.
Away - Please don't leave me, never go away. Joe Liles, 1968.
On Saturday night (on Saturday night), (on Saturday night), (night).
We'll build a rainbow in the sky. Earl Moon, 1970's.
To reach the unreachable star. Burt Staffen, 1970.
Danny my boy, Danny my boy, my boy. Bob Bohn, Eastenaires, 1955.
Nobody's waiting there with a smile.
Missed her most of all, in the hour wee and small. Bob Jones.
Come on and - Smile, darn ya, smile.
Dear little boy of mine. As taught by Don Williams.
And those - Green leaves are calling me home.
For it was Mary, Mary.
And he's mighty like a rose, like a rose. Mike Menefee
You - In love with you (in love with you). Mac Huff, 1974.
When it's sleepy time down south.
Gonna sit right here and rock my cares away. Bob Jones.
Town - it plays a rhapsody (New York) it pounds the heartbeat of New York. David Wright, Ambiance Quartet.
Sunrise and you and soft morning dew.
Calling for you, dear old girl.
How can I forget you, forget you? Burt Szabo, 1970s.
You, we all love you.
To the end - Friendship and love to the end. As sung by Happiness Emporium. Don Clause, 1985.
Believe - Smile and make believe.
Those old love letters of mine. Burt Szabo and Unknown.
Sunshine is bidding the day goodbye.
Bouquet - Flowers from an old bouquet.
Till we meet again. Some Time. Taught by Karen Breidert, baritone of The Buzz quartet.
Behind - When I leave the world behind. The first tag I ever learned and taught.
Please tell me why. As taught by Don Williams.
Rose - Little midnight rose. Ed Waesche, 1975. Bluegrass Student Union quartet.