Lyr Req/ADD: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Williams

Subject: Lyric request: I'm so lonesome I could cry
From:
Date: 27 Dec 96 - 02:08 PM

(or die), it was a Hank Williams number I believe.

Subject: RE: Lyric request: I'm so lonesome I could cry
From:
Date: 27 Dec 96 - 08:39 PM

You can find words and chords at http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie This is a great source for country song lyrics. Go to w in index, then to Williams, Hank.

Subject: Im So Lonesome I Could Die
From:
Date: 28 Mar 99 - 11:54 PM

anyone know the full lyrics to this song.....i think it is an old hank williams standard

Subject: RE: Im So Lonesome I Could Die
From: alison
Date: 29 Mar 99 - 12:12 AM

Hi,

Try Elvis Presley.... Heartbreak hotel.....

Slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Im So Lonesome I Could Die
From: steve in ottawa
Date: 29 Mar 99 - 12:19 AM

try this link:

http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/cowpie-songs/w/williams_hank/im_so_lonesome_i_could_cry.crd

Subject: RE: Im So Lonesome I Could Die
From: Peter Fisher
Date: 29 Mar 99 - 12:23 AM

I'M SO LONESOME I COULD DIE Hank Williams

Hear that lonesome whipporwill He sounds too blue to cry The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could die.

I've never seen a night so long When time goes crawling by The moon just went behing the clouds To hide his face and cry.

Did you ever see a robin weep When leaves begin to die Like me he's lost the will to live I'm so lonesome I could die.

The silence of a falling star Lights up a purple sky And as I wonder where you are I'm so lonesome I could die.

Subject: RE: Im So Lonesome I Could Die
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 29 Mar 99 - 09:04 AM

It's "I'm so lonesome I could cry." That's the way Hank wrote, I think we oughta keep it that way.

Roger in Baltimore (who doesn't always believe in the "folk process")

Subject: RE: Im So Lonesome I Could Die
From: Peter Fisher
Date: 29 Mar 99 - 10:17 AM

You're right Roger, and I agree on this one (having checked to hear him sing it as well, since artists have been known to change their own songs).

Subject: RE: Im So Lonesome I Could Die
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 29 Mar 99 - 11:11 AM

No relation to the Everly Bro's hit?

Subject: RE: Im So Lonesome I Could Die
From: Peter Fisher
Date: 29 Mar 99 - 03:23 PM

Well I don't know. Which hit was that? Maybe we'll find out how the cry got changed to die, since there seems to be more than one of us who has heard the latter.

Subject: RE: Im So Lonesome I Could Die
From: Banjer
Date: 29 Mar 99 - 06:56 PM

I can't say I ever heard it sung with DIE...Let's leave it at CRY for old Hank's sake...

Subject: RE: Im So Lonesome I Could Die
From: catspaw49
Date: 29 Mar 99 - 09:11 PM

Banj--You incredible dumbass...Haven't you heard the variant s to Hank's song???

Fat people are so lonesome they could fry.
Catburglars are so lonesome they could prise.
A menage a trois might be so lonesome they have a tri.
Compulsive shoppers are so lonesome they could buy.
Sociopaths are so lonesome they could lie.
Churchgoers are so lonesome they could tithe.
Pilots are so lonesome they could fly.

Take it Banj.......

catspaw

Has someone ACTUALLY heard "Die"????

Subject: RE: Im So Lonesome I Could Die
From: Gene
Date: 29 Mar 99 - 09:21 PM

The link to the COWPIE version above only serves
as another BAD example...and BASTARDIZATION
of a classic HANK WILLIAMS song
No such recording exists of Hank Williams...
Singing: I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY...
Using those Minors and /6th chords...

Subject: Lyr Add: I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (H Williams)
From:
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 04:29 AM

I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (Hank Williams) as reprinted in The Songs of Hank Williams, New York, no date, pp. 78-79. 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.   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.   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.   I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (H Williams)
From: Mr Happy
Date: 06 Nov 09 - 07:06 AM

A chap sang this at our sesh on Wednesday & 'er indoors took a liking to it & wants learn for her fiddle.

It's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvW6_-TP5cs

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (H Williams)
From: the fence
Date: 06 Nov 09 - 10:58 AM

Spencer Bohren does a wonderful version of I'm so lonesome I could cry. If you get the chance, it's well worth a listen to.