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Thread #159811 Message #3787523
Posted By: Joe Offer
27-Apr-16 - 07:19 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Beautiful Light o'er the Ocean
Subject: ADD: I Was Drunk Last Night
Roud ties the song to "I Was Drunk Last Night" from Randolph.
I WAS DRUNK LAST NIGHT
I was drunk last night, my darlin',
An' drunk the night before,
But if I ever get sober
I'll never get drunk any more.
CHORUS
Beautiful light o'er the sea, the sea,
Beautiful light o'er the sea,
Beautiful light o'er the sea, the sea,
I've only been waitin' for thee.
And now I'll gather the roses
To twine in my long braided hair,
An' when Willie comes in the evenin'
He'll smile when he sees me so fair.
Sung by Mrs. Marie Wilbur, Pineville, Mo, July 21, 1934. Mrs Wilbur says that it is part of a drinking song well known in the Ozarks.
Vance Randolph, Ozark Folksongs (1980 edition), #407, Volume III, page 140-141