"Love Me Tender" — Elvis Presley's ballad given the blues treatment.
Love me tender, love me sweet
Never let me go
You have made my life complete
And i love you so
Love me tender, love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For my darling, i love you
And i always will
Love me tender, love me dear
Tell me you are mine
I'll be yours through all the years
Till the end of time
Love me tender, love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For my darling, i love you
And i always will
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- Originally recorded by Elvis Presley (1956), based on the Civil War melody "Aura Lea." B.B. King and Elvis were near-contemporaries whose careers ran in parallel along different paths through the same American musical tradition.