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Thread #78325   Message #1408155
Posted By: Jim Dixon
13-Feb-05 - 12:10 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Strumming My Guitaro (Mother Maybelle)
Subject: Lyr Add: STRUMMING MY GUITARO (Harlan Howard)
Here's how I hear it, but I must admit that penultimate line has me stumped. I've listened to it over and over, and it doesn't even sound like English.

STRUMMIN' MY GUITARO
Harlan Howard
As sung by Mother Maybelle Carter

A married man will bring you shame,
For he'll go home tomorrow.
I'd rather spend my nights alone
Strummin' my guitaro, strummin' my guitaro.
I've been in love a dozen times.
I'll love again tomorrow,
But now my weary heart and mind
Must hide with my guitaro, hide with my guitaro.

A single man will take your heart
And in its place leave sorrow.
Though someone else can have my part,
I'll caress my guitaro, caress my guitaro.
I've been married. I've been single.
They both led to sorrow.
But I ??
Strummin' my guitaro, strummin' my guitaro, strummin' my guitaro.

[Here's a picture of a guitaro.

Here's another, with description.

Here's a description of an album which makes specific reference to the guitaro, copied from a Library of Congress page: