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Thread #60290 Message #965192
Posted By: Joe Offer
10-Jun-03 - 01:18 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mansion on the Hill (H Williams, F Rose)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MANSION ON THE HILL
"Hank went to see Fred Rose, the publisher, at his office at WSM and the very first day he took four of Hank's songs—'Never Again Will I Knock On Your Door,' 'I Saw The Light,' and several others. We were so happy and delighted. But then Fred said, 'Boy, I don't know whether you wrote these songs, whether you bought them off somebody or where you got them. I'll tell you what I want you to do: I'm going to give you a title, and I want you to go back and write a song to it.' And this song was 'Mansion On The Hill."
—Audrey Williams-
from Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy (Dorothy Horstman, 1975, 1996).
The copyright on the song is 1948, by Milene-Oporyland Music, inc. Songwriters listed are Hank williams and Fred Rose.
As far as I can tell, the lyrics are exactly what Masato posted.
Looks like we'll have to correct songwriter attribution in the Digital Tradition.
-Joe Offer-