B-side to the blues "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It"

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

And time goes crawling by

The moon just went behind the clouds

To hide its 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 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 

-----Hank Williams Sr.     1949    

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Hey, hey, good lookin'

Whatcha got cookin'?

How's about cookin'

Somethin' up with me?

Hey, sweet baby,

Don't you think maybe

We could find us

A brand new recipe?

I got a Hot-Rod Ford

And a two-dollar bill

And I know a spot

Right over the hill

There's soda pop

And the dancin's free

So if you wanna have fun

Come along with me

Say, hey, good lookin'

Whatcha got cookin'?

How's about cookin'

Somethin' up with me?

I'm free and ready

So we can go steady

How's about savin'

All your time for me?

No more lookin'

I know I've been tooken

How's about keepin'

Steady company?

I'm gonna throw

My date-book over the fence

And find me one

For five or ten cents

I'll keep it

'Til it's covered with age

'Cause I'm writin' your name

Down on every page

Say hey, good lookin'

Whatcha got cookin'?

How's about cookin'

Somethin' up with me?

 

----- Hank Williams Sr. 

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"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1949. " 

"Various writers quoted Williams as saying he wrote the song originally intending the words be spoken rather than sung..." 

"The song was released as the B-side to the blues "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It", 

 because up-tempo numbers were deemed more appropriate for the jukebox trade than melancholy ballads. The single reached number four on the country chart in 1949."