As the Years Go Passing By

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"As the Years Go Passing By" is a song penned by Peppermint Harris for Fenton Robinson, who first recorded it in 1959 on Duke Records, Duke #312. Flamboyant pianist James Booker also played on the session.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/fenton-robinson/|title=Fenton Robinson|website=Allaboutbluesmusic.com|date=24 November 2014|access-date=26 April 2021}} It is credited to have been written by 'Deadric Malone' (a pseudonym of Don Robey), owner of Duke, which was a customary practice for some producers and label owners at that time. It was originally titled "As the Years Go By" The songs deals with a man who asks a woman not to leave him, as his love will continue for her as the years go by.

Robinson rerecorded the song for his Grammy nominated 1977 album I Hear Some Blues Downstairs,{{cite book | last = Tomko | first = Gene | chapter = Robinson, Fenton | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sOKZKESWys0C&q=%22Somebody+Loan+Me+a+Dime%22+Robinson&pg=PA278 | title = Encyclopedia of the Blues: A–J | editor = Komara, Edward M. | publisher = Routledge | year = 2006 | isbn = 0-415-92699-8 | page = 835|access-date=August 17, 2017}} which was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://blues.org/awards/|title=Awards Winners and Nominees|website=Blues.org|access-date=26 April 2021}}