IT TAKES A WORRIED MAN TO SING A WORRIED BLUES

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Song Title
IT TAKES A WORRIED MAN TO SING A WORRIED BLUES
Writers
Cort
Publisher
HOLLIS MUSIC, INC. (BMI)
Co-Publisher
TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
US AND CANADA
Themes/Keywords
1950's, Chain, Man, Punishment, Repetitive, River, Song, Train, Worry
Lyrics
The train I ride is twenty-one coaches long.
The train I ride is twenty-one coaches long.
The train I ride is twenty-one coaches long.
The one I love is on that train and gone.

Chorus:
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song;
I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long.

Additional Verses
I went across the river to lay me down to sleep,
I went across the river to lay me down to sleep,
I went across the river to lay me down to sleep,
When I woke up there were shackles on my feet.

Oh, around my feet there were twenty-one links of chain,
Around my feet there were twenty-one links of chain,
Around my feet there were twenty-one links of chain,
And on each link there was engraved my name.

I asked the judge what’s going to be my fine,
I asked the judge what’s going to be my fine,
I asked the judge what’s going to be my fine,
Twenty-one days on the Rocky Island Line.

Recordings

Recording Artist Genre Mood Arrangement Era iTunes
MEL TILLIS Country Hopeful, Up-tempo Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Vocal 1950's Buy >

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