31 Aug 99 - 07:27 PM (#110212) Subject: Little old wine drinker me From: Keith D Hi Any one help with the Lyr&Chores Please. Keith D |
31 Aug 99 - 08:36 PM (#110229) Subject: ADDPOP: LITTLE OLE WINE DRINKER ME From: Joe Offer Sorry, Keith, can't help with chords. -Joe Offer (the devil made me do it)- LITTLE OLE WINE DRINKER ME (Samuel Garrett & Dick Jennings, 1967) recorded by Dean Martin I'm praying for rain in California So the grapes can grow and they can make more wine And I'm sitting in a honky in Chicago With a broken heart and a woman on my mind I matched the man behind the bar for the jukebox And the music takes me back to Tennessee And he asked who's the fool in the corner crying I say a little ole wine drinker me I came here last week from down in Nashville 'Cause my baby left for Florida on a train I thought I'd get a job and just forget her But in Chicago, the broken heartache's still the same I matched the man behind the bar for the jukebox And the music takes me back to Tennessee When they ask who's the fool in the corner crying I say a little ole wine drinker me I say a little ole wine drinker me |
31 Aug 99 - 10:34 PM (#110252) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Little old wine drinker me From: Art Thieme This was a pretty big hit for ROBERT MITCHUM!!! (Yes, the actor!!) I loved it. Art |
31 Aug 99 - 11:08 PM (#110268) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Little old wine drinker me From: Gene Here's the way Robert Mitchum's version sounds to me... HERE/KEY: F=1/Bb=4/C=5 [1] I'm praying for [4] rain in Cali-[1] fornia So the grapes can grow and they can make more [5] wine And I'm [1] sitting in a [4] honky in Chica-[1] go With a broken heart and a [5] woman on my [1] mind. I matched the [5] man behind the bar for the [1] jukebox And the music takes me back to Tennes-[5] see And he [1] asked who's the [4] fool in the corner [1] crying [4] I say a [1] little ole [5] wine drinker [1] me. Other verse and bridge same chord pattern. Faron Young/Mel Tillis among others also recorded it... |
01 Sep 99 - 01:49 AM (#110305) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Little old wine drinker me From: alison Ah memories...... Dad used to have this on an old 8 track got subjected to it on many occasions on long trips.... I thought it was Merle Haggard. slainte alison |
01 Sep 99 - 06:04 AM (#110341) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Little old wine drinker me From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca But wasn't it Dean Martin who made the most of the song? |
01 Sep 99 - 06:52 PM (#110517) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Little old wine drinker me From: Keith D Hi thanks all of you for your help I have only just found this site and already I think its great. Messages from multiple threads combined. Messages below are from a new thread. |
27 Dec 02 - 10:26 PM (#854367) Subject: Lyr Req: little ol' wine drinker,me- more verses? From: Mr Happy i've got this version of the song: I'm prayin' for rain in California So the grapes can grow and they can make more wine And I'm sittin' in a honky in Chicago With a broken heart and a woman on my mind. I match the man behind the bar for the jukebox And the music takes me back to Tennessee And they ask "Who's the fool in the corner, cryin'?" I say, "little ole wine drinker me" I came here last week from down in Nashville 'cause ma baby left for Flor'da on a train I thought I'd get a job and just forget her But in Chicago a broken heart is still the same I match the man behind the bar for the jukebox And the music takes me back to Tennessee And they ask "Who's the fool in the corner, cryin'?" I say, "little ole wine drinker me I say "a-little ole wine drinker me" anyone got more verses/versions? |
27 Dec 02 - 11:25 PM (#854389) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: little ol' wine drinker,me- more verses? From: masato sakurai It's a Merle Haggard song "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me". Recording is HERE [RealAudio] at The Record Lady's All-Time Country Favorites (Real Country Page 23). That's what he sang. ~Masato |
27 Dec 02 - 11:41 PM (#854394) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: little ol' wine drinker,me- more verses? From: masato sakurai Correction: the original is Robert Mitchum's hit (1967). |
28 Dec 02 - 11:04 PM (#854825) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: little ol' wine drinker,me- more verses? From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca The "Definitive" version is of course, Dean Martin's version. |
29 Dec 02 - 02:09 AM (#854856) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: little ol' wine drinker,me- more verses? From: Cluin Agreed, George. I didn't know anybody else recorded it (though I suspected it was so). |
30 Dec 02 - 04:22 AM (#855106) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: little ol' wine drinker,me- more verses? From: boab d has anyone got the chords for this wee cracker Ive crawled the net and not a thing not even a wee peep help me please Dylan |
30 Dec 02 - 04:53 AM (#855118) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: little ol' wine drinker,me- more verses? From: Bullfrog Jones Boab --- You'll find it on Cowpie, (and a lot more besides). BJ |
30 Dec 02 - 07:52 AM (#855189) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: little ol' wine drinker,me- more verses? From: Allan Dennehy Sing it regularly myself but Dean martin was the king. |
27 Feb 03 - 12:20 PM (#899762) Subject: Chord Req: little ol' wine drinker me From: GUEST,Dylan Hello all. Im looking for the chords for the Dean Martin song can any of you cats out there help me. Thanks Dylan I moved this message here from another thread on the same topic. |
27 Feb 03 - 12:34 PM (#899772) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Little old wine drinker me From: Cluin Yep. Dino did a cool version of this too. Back in that late 60s period when he was doing a lot of country covers, like "Houston", "King of the Road", "Welcome To My World" and "My Shoes Keep Walkin' Back To You". I still think DM could sing circles around Sinatra. I've never heard the Robert Mitchum version but would like to. I always thought he was a pretty good singer too. (Even though he DID NOT sing the theme song to "River of No Return" like a lot of people think--they even claimed that on an A&E Biography of Robert Mitchum. That was Tennesee Ernie Ford). (p.s. Mitchum was even cooler than Dean Martin, IMO) |
27 Feb 03 - 02:03 PM (#899838) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Little old wine drinker me From: Cluin For some alternative chords, here's the way I play it (same melody, slightly different phrasing, a country-swing feel): In E, The key Dean Martin started it out in (the song went up a tone for the second verse) I'm [E]prayin' for a [A]rain in Cali[E]fornia so the grapes can grow and [G#m]they can make more [B7]wine and I'm [E]sittin' in a [A]honky in Chic[E]ago with a [E]broken heart and a [B7]woman on my [E]mind I [A]match the [B7]man be[A]hind the [B7]bar for the [E]jukebox and the music [G#m]takes me [C#m]back to [A]Tennes[B7]see and they [E]ask who's the [A]fool in the [E]cor[A]ner, [B7]cry[A]in' I say [E]little ole [B7]wine drinker [E]me When playing the E chord, vamp on and off the E6th (0221200) for a nice feel. With the A chord, do the same with an A6th (002222). At the end of the middle line in the chorus (after Tennessee) you might like to run the chords on each beat back down to the E for the next line: B A G#m F#m E You might want to throw a C#m chord in on the 5th line above, on the word "make". Have fun. |
07 Oct 04 - 08:19 AM (#1291163) Subject: Lyr Req: Little old wine drinkers question! From: Dave the Gnome Not a lyric request as such as I know the words but a question on what they mean! In 'Little old wine drinker, Me', both the original Robert Mitchum and the more popular Dean Martin versions they sing 'I matched the man behind the bar for the jukebox...'. I had always though before it was asked the man... Which still didn't make perfect sense but made a lot more to me! What does 'matched the man' mean here? Cheers DtG |
07 Oct 04 - 09:12 AM (#1291211) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little old wine drinkers question! From: GUEST,The O'Meara It's a coin flip gambling game - he flips and you try to match it - heads/ heads or tails/ tails. match, you win, don't match, he wins. Bartenders used to occasionally play it with customers. In this case, loser pays for the jukebox. O'Meara |
07 Oct 04 - 10:00 AM (#1291244) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little old wine drinkers question! From: Dave the Gnome Aha! One of life's little mysteries now cleared up. Thanks The O'Meara. Now, you sure this isn't one of those little jokes that the Irish play on us daft English?;-) Cheers DtG |
10 Oct 04 - 08:20 PM (#1294026) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Little old wine drinker me From: Jim Dixon According to The BMI Repertoire, the legal title is LITTLE OLE WINEDRINKER ME and the authors are Dick Jennings and Hank Mills. I don't know where Sam Garrett fits in. In various recordings, the spelling varies, i.e. OLE/OLD/OL' and WINEDRINKER/WINE DRINKER. It has been recorded by Dave Dudley, Lefty Frizzell, Merle Haggard, Sleepy LaBeef, The Lurkers (a British punk band), Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Mel Tillis, and others. |
04 Nov 04 - 06:08 PM (#1316949) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Little Old Wine Drinker Me From: The Fooles Troupe I seem to remember a very good duet version - think it was Dean Martin and maybe Sammy Davis Junior. |
13 Dec 10 - 05:22 PM (#3052750) Subject: Little Ole Wine Drinker From: GUEST,johnmc Can anyone explain what is going on in the line "I asked the man behind the bar for the jukebox" ? Aren't they usually readily accessible ? |
13 Dec 10 - 05:27 PM (#3052752) Subject: RE: Little Ole Wine Drinker From: GUEST,johnmc Or is it " I matched the man..." ? |
13 Dec 10 - 05:53 PM (#3052767) Subject: RE: Little Ole Wine Drinker From: Dave MacKenzie I presumed that becauswe he was so drunk and depressed he wasn't capable of doing it himself. |
13 Dec 10 - 08:46 PM (#3052897) Subject: RE: Little Ole Wine Drinker From: The Fooles Troupe Some jukeboxes had remote controls, and some jukeboxes would play 'management funded' requests. Asking for a request was not unusual, depending on management policy. Also, apart from being a good line in a song, such concepts as 'management control' of the jukebox have occurred in other songs. Eg. 'I asked the man to turn the jukebox way down low'. |
14 Dec 10 - 02:11 AM (#3053039) Subject: RE: Little Ole Wine Drinker From: Gene The Correct Expression is: "I Matched the man behind the bar for the jukebox!" [or barmaid, which ever the case might be] The practice was the same for cafes and restaurants with jukeboxes. [at least it was in my home town in the late 40s & early 50s] the proprietors got back all the quarters they lost and half of the ones the customers lost. The coins usually had a 'DAB' of fingernail polish on them [or some other means of identifying them] and when the jukebox serviceman came to ROB the coin collection box, he divided the remaining LOOT... G |
14 Dec 10 - 05:04 AM (#3053103) Subject: RE: Little Ole Wine Drinker From: GUEST,MC Fat (at work) i was working on a paraody called 'Little Old Binge Drinker Me' |
14 Dec 10 - 06:39 AM (#3053142) Subject: RE: Little Ole Wine Drinker From: GUEST,johnmc Thanks to one and all - clears it up. |