2:23
single, 1958
Written by Jody Reynolds and Dolores Nance
This was a top-ten hit in 1958. I had never heard of Jody Reynolds and was, I guess, not very surprised to find out he is a dude! He's mostly a rockabilly artist, I gather, but this song is a slow dirge with echo-flooded vocals, accompanied by a desultory guitar strum. The narrator had an argument with his lady, and she ran to the sea. It's not clear if she meant to kill herself. "Why did we quarrel, why did we fight? / Why did I leave her alone tonight? / That's why her footsteps ran into the sea / That's why my baby has gone from me." Bleak. But the record company made him tack on a happy ending. Sellout!
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