Hank Williams Song with whipporwill in it

English translation: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Alone and Forsaken

04:18 May 12, 2011
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Music / Hank Williams
English term or phrase: Hank Williams Song with whipporwill in it
The entire lyrics to the 1950's country western song made famous by Hank Williams which references the whipporwill.
stacey634
Selected answer:I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Alone and Forsaken
Explanation:
Jane has given the answer I think you're looking for, but there are actually two Hank Williams songs that mention the whip-poor-will or whippoorwill, which is a bird, a kind of nightjar found in Central and North America. It is named after its haunting call and is a cultural symbol associated with death and mourning. There is a useful article on it in Wikipedia, with a long list of songs that mention this bird: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip-poor-will

There are copyright issues about posting complete lyrics, but, as Jane says, they can be found very easily on numerous websites just by googling either the names of the songs or, as she suggests, "Hank Williams" and "whippoorwill" (with two Os!).

Hank Williams Sr (1923-1953) recorded both these songs in 1949 (see http://hankwilliamsdiscography.com/index.html ). "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" begins:

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

In "Alone and Forsaken" it is mentioned in the second verse:

The roses have faded, there's frost at my door
The birds in the morning don't sing any more
The grass in the valley is starting to die
And out in the darkness the whippoorwills cry."

So the song you're thinking of is probably "I'm So Lonesome", where it comes in line 1, and this is the more famous of the two songs. Indeed, it is no. 111 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and has been covered by many artists. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_So_Lonesome_I_Could_Cry
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5 +3I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Alone and Forsaken
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4 +2I'm so lonesome I could cry
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hank williams song with whipporwill in it
I'm so lonesome I could cry


Explanation:
Just Google "hank williams whippoorwill" and you'll see several sites with the complete lyrics.

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agree  Marie Scarano
34 mins
  -> Thanks, Marie.

agree  Polangmar
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
hank williams song with whipporwill in it
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Alone and Forsaken


Explanation:
Jane has given the answer I think you're looking for, but there are actually two Hank Williams songs that mention the whip-poor-will or whippoorwill, which is a bird, a kind of nightjar found in Central and North America. It is named after its haunting call and is a cultural symbol associated with death and mourning. There is a useful article on it in Wikipedia, with a long list of songs that mention this bird: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip-poor-will

There are copyright issues about posting complete lyrics, but, as Jane says, they can be found very easily on numerous websites just by googling either the names of the songs or, as she suggests, "Hank Williams" and "whippoorwill" (with two Os!).

Hank Williams Sr (1923-1953) recorded both these songs in 1949 (see http://hankwilliamsdiscography.com/index.html ). "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" begins:

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

In "Alone and Forsaken" it is mentioned in the second verse:

The roses have faded, there's frost at my door
The birds in the morning don't sing any more
The grass in the valley is starting to die
And out in the darkness the whippoorwills cry."

So the song you're thinking of is probably "I'm So Lonesome", where it comes in line 1, and this is the more famous of the two songs. Indeed, it is no. 111 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and has been covered by many artists. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_So_Lonesome_I_Could_Cry

Charles Davis
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Local time: 07:14
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agree  Thuy-PTT (X)
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  -> Thank you, Thuy :)

agree  Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães: Great answer, Charles. And no. 111 is far too low in my opinion :)
8 hrs
  -> I think so too. It's a wonderful song: really perfect. Thanks :)

agree  eesegura
12 hrs
  -> Thank you, eesegura :)
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