2:10
single, 1959
Written by Vic McAlpine
I'm amazed that I haven't heard of this honky-tonk singer, who released dozens of albums over a seven-decade career, had 11 top ten hits, two dozen top 20 hits, and was inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame. In this single, sounding like a countrified Elvis, he croons over a deceptively bright, bouncing melody a sad tale of being left, the spark of love now cold and dark: "Well, if things get worse, I can't shake this curse / Then start draggin' the river for me." Grim!
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