Cat. #1143 (MFH #794) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on July 15, 1970
VERSE 1
Hear that lonesome whipoorwill
He sounds to blue to fly
Th midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could die
VERSE 2
I never seen a night, so long
When time go crawlin' by
The moon jest went behind the cloud
I'm so lonesome I could cry
VERSE 3
Did you ever see a robin weep
When loved ones begin's to die
That means he lost th one he loved
I'm so lonesome I could cry
VERSE 4
Th silence of th fallin' star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you 'er
I'm so lonesome I could die