Ocean Of Diamonds

Recordings

Single, Jimmy Martin and his Sunny Mountain Boys, 1958
EP, Jimmy Martin and his Sunny Mountain Boys, 1959
Mid-Mountain Ranch, Banana and The Bunch, 1972
Bluegrass Home Comfort, Sawtooth Mountain Boys, 1976
Bluegrass Album, Vol. 2, Bluegrass Album Band, 1982
On Stage, Kentucky Colonels, 1984
Jack Rabbit, Doug Dillard, 1986
The Bluegrass Compact Disc, The Bluegrass Album Band, 1987
Sing, Jimmy Martin, 1988
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys, Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys, 1994
One Woman Man, Jimmy Martin, 1995
Prestige/Folklore Years, Vol. 6: Comin' from the Ball, Various Artists (Bill Keith/Jim Rooney), 1999
Livin' In The Past, The Kentucky Colonels (199? CD only, not on original LP)
Single, Rainbow Valley Boys, 19??
Essential Bluegrass, Various Artists (Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time), 2003
Don't Cry to Me, Jimmy Martin, 2004
Rambling Boy, Charlie Haden Family & Friends, 2008

Notes

Played by the Black Mountain Boys on the 7th March 1964.

The lyrics used by the Black Mountain Boys are hard to distinguish in places but are roughly as follows;

Some people drink champagne out under the stars
While others drink wine [leaning on a] bar
But all that I need dear to make me feel fine
Is to know that your love will forever be mine

I give an ocean of diamonds and a world filled with flowers
To hold you closely for just a few hours
Hear you whisper softly that you love me true
Will change all the dark clouds to the bluest of blue

I don't drink their champagne and I don't drink their wine
But if you refuse me my poor heart will pine
I'll be so lonely till the day that I die
And as long as I live dear [it's to] hear thee cry

I give an ocean of diamonds and a world filled with flowers
To hold you closely for just a few hours
Hear you whisper softly that you love me true
Will change all the dark clouds to the bluest of blue