MOANIN' THE BLUES
(MGM E-168)
September/1952
Produced by Jim Vienneau
Hank Williams - vocal/rh.guitar
Bob McNett, Sammy Pruett - guitar
Don Helms - steel
Jerry Rivers - fiddle
Hillous Butrum, Howard Watts - bass
Recorded:
Nov 6/1947, Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville (7)
Nov 7/1947, Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville (3,6)
Dec 22/1948, E.T. Herzog Studio, Cincinnati (5)
Aug 30/1949, E.T. Herzog Studio, Cincinnati (2)
Jan 9/1950, Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville (8)
Aug 31/1950, Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville (1)
Dec 11/1951, Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville (4)
1.
MOANIN' THE BLUES
(Hank Williams)
« © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
When my baby moved out and the blues moved in there wasn't nothing I could do
But mosey around with my head in my hands Lord what am I comin' to
I just keep moanin' moanin' the blues
I wrote a nice long letter sayin' mama please come home
Your daddy is lonesome and all I do is moan
I've been lovin' that gal for so doggone long I can't afford to lose her now
I thought I was right but I must have been wrong cause my head is startin' to bow
And now I'm moanin' moanin' the blues
[ steel - fiddle ]
If you want a good gal to stay around you gotta treat her nice and kind
If you do her wrong she'll leave this town and you'll almost lose your mind
Then you'll be moanin' moanin' the blues
Oh baby baby baby honey baby please come home
Your daddy is lonesome and all I do is moan
I promise you baby that I'll be good and I'll never be bad no more
I'm sittin' here waitin' for you right now to walk through that front door
Then I'll stop moanin' moanin' the blues
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2.
I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY
(Hank Williams)
« © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill he sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry
I've never seen a night so long when time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud to hide its face and cry
[ steel ]
Did you ever see a robin weep when leaves began to die
That means he's lost the will to live I'm so lonesome I could cry
[ fiddle ]
The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are I'm so lonesome I could cry
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3.
MY SWEET LOVE AIN'T AROUND
(Hank Williams)
« © '47 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Listen to the rain a falling can't you hear that lonesome sound
Oh my poor old heart is breaking cause my sweet love ain't around
[ fiddle ]
Lord I think I'll start to ramble got to leave this weary town
This old place is way to lonely cause my sweet love ain't around
[ steel ]
On that train tonight I'm leaving and I don't ask me where I'm bound
I can't stay here any longer cause my sweet love ain't around
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4.
HONKY TONK BLUES
(Hank Williams)
« © '48 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Hey I left my home down on a rural route and I told my folks I'm goin' steppin' out
And get the honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)
Hey the honky tonk blues (hey the honky tonk blues)
Hey Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)
Hey I went to a dance I wore out my shoes woke up this mornin' wishin' I could lose
That jumpin' honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)
Hey the honky tonk blues (hey the honky tonk blues)
Cause Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)
[ guitar ]
Well I stopped into every place in town this city life has really got me down
I got the honky tonk blues hey the honky tonk blues
Oh Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues
I'm gonna tuck my worries underneath my arm and scat back to my pappy's farm
And leave these honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)
Yeah that honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)
Oh Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues
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5.
LOVESICK BLUES
(Irving Mills - Cliff Friend)
« © '48 Mills Music, ASCAP »
I got a feelin' called the blues oh Lord since my baby's said goodbye
Oh I don't know what I'll do all I do is sit and sigh oh Lord
That last long day she said goodbye well Lord I thought I would cry
She'll do me she'll do you she's got that kinda lovin'
Lord I love to hear her when she calls me sweet daddy
Such a beautiful dream I hate to think it all over I've lost my heart it seems
I've grown so used to you somehow Lord I'm nobody's sugar daddy now
And I'm lonesome I got the lovesick blues
Well I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful gal that's what's the matter with me
Well I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful gal but she don't care about me
Lord I tried and I tried to keep her satisfied but she just wouldn't stay
So now that she is leaving this is all that I can say
I got a feelin' called the blues...
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6.
BLUES COME AROUND
(Hank Williams)
« © '47 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Once I was happy as I could be but I let a gal make a fool of me
And ever since she let me down the blues come around when the sun comes down
Oh the blues come around oh the blues come around
Lard the blues come around every evenin' when the sun goes down
[ guitar ]
As the sun is in the sky those doggone blues never make me cry
But ever since she left this town the blues come around when the sun goes down
Oh the blues come around...
[ fiddle ]
I've built my castle very high and then she went and said goodbye
Ever since she poured 'em down the blues come around when the sun goes down
Oh the blues come around...
[ steel ]
Once she called me all her own but now she's gone and I'm alone
And every evenin' I'm sorrow bound
Cause the blues come around when the sun goes down
Oh the blues come around...
[ guitar ]
Oh the blues come around...
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7.
I'M A LONG GONE DADDY
(Hank Williams)
« © '47 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
All you want to do is sit around and pout and now I've got enough so I'm gettin' out
I'm leavin' now I'm leavin' now I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
I've been in the doghouse for so doggone long
That when I get a kiss I think that somethin's wrong
I'm leavin' now I'm leavin' now I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
I'll go find a gal that wants to treat me right
You go and get yourself a man that wants to fight
I'm leavin' now I'm leavin' now I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
[ fiddle ]
You start your jaws a waggin' and they never stop
You never shut your moth until I blow my top
I'm leavin' now I'm leavin' now I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
I remember back when you were nice and sweet
Things have changed you'd rather fight than eat
I'm leavin' now I'm leavin' now I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
[ steel ]
I'm gonna do some ridin' on the midnight train
I'm takin' evrything cept my balled chain
I'm leavin' now I'm leavin' now I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
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8.
LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES
(Hank Williams)
« © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by
But when I got to the river so lonesome I wanted to die oh Lawd
And then I jumped in the river but the doggone river was dry
She's long gone and now I'm lonesome blues
I had me a woman who couldn't be untrue
She made me for money and she made me blue
A man needs a woman that he can lean on
But my leanin' post is done and left and gone
She's long gone and now I'm lonesome blues
[ guitar ]
I'm gonna find me a river one that's cold as ice
And when I find me that river Lord I'm gonna pay the price oh Lawd
I'm goin' down in it three times but Lord I'm only comin' back twice
She's long gone and now I'm lonesome blues
She told me on Sunday she was checking me out
Along about Monday she was nowhere about
And here it is Tuesday ain't had no news I got them gone but not forgotten blues
She's long gone and now I'm lonesome blues
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