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JUDY STONE
Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) (David Allan Coe) Australia 1974 #3 Sydney #5 Melbourne #2 Brisbane #3 Adelaide #3 Perth  Single on M7 by popular Australian singer Judy Stone, a regular on the long-running TV pop show Bandstand and often on the charts in Australia from the early 60s to to the mid-70s.See also, for example, her hits 4,003,221 Tears From Now (1964) and Born A Woman (1966) Further reading: Wikipedia article on Judy Stone.
TANYA TUCKER
Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) (David Allan Coe) USA 1974 Original version #5 Melbourne #3 Perth Single on Columbia by country music star from Texas (b.1958) who had her first hit with Delta Dawn (1972) when she was 13 years old. Co-charted with the Australian cover version by Judy Stone. Reference: Biography by Sandra Brennan at All Music Guide; Arthur Rypens, The Originals (the book), 2000. Further reading: TanyaTucker.com; Wikipedia article on Tanya Tucker. Thanks to Terry Stacey for suggestion. 
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DAVID ALLAN COE
Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) (David Allan Coe) USA 1975 Later version On the composer's 1975 Columbia album Once Upon A Rhyme. David Allan Coe (b.1939), also known as The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy, is a prolific songwriter and recording artist who has a genuinely colourful past to match his outlaw country-rock image. His songs have been recorded by numerous stars of country music. One of his better known songs is Take This Job And Shove It, a #1 Country hit in 1978 for Johnny Paycheck. David Allan Coe's first album, of songs written in prison, was Penitentiary Blues, released in 1969 by Sun. From the mid-70s he recorded 26 albums over 13 years with the Columbia label, beginning with The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy. References: All Music Guide to Country. OfficialDavidAllanCoe.com Further reading: Biography by Sandra Brennan at All Music Guide.
WILLIE NELSON WITH WAYLON JENNINGS
Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) (David Allan Coe) USA 1983 Later version On the album Take It To The Limit.  
JOHNNY CASH
Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) (David Allan Coe) USA 2000 Later version On the album American III: Solitary Man by country music legend Johnny Cash (1932-2003). 
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