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Day 195 of the American Songbag Stay-at-Home Series
Sandburg writes: "The lyric of a desperate heart swings into a cry of self-pity and a hymn of personal hate. Waldron P. Webb of the Texas Folk Lore Society sang an early negro version of this for me one evening in a dormitory of the University of Chicago. The verse ran
Look down, look down, dat lonesome road,
Hang down yo' haid and sigh,
You cause me to weep, you cause me to moan,
You cause me to leave mah home.
You cause me to leave mah home."
This song is not to be confused with the (non-traditional) blues by Will Nash, "Goin' Down that Long Long Lonesome Road."
Day 195 of the American Songbag Stay-at-Home Series
Sandburg writes: "The lyric of a desperate heart swings into a cry of self-pity and a hymn of personal hate. Waldron P. Webb of the Texas Folk Lore Society sang an early negro version of this for me one evening in a dormitory of the University of Chicago. The verse ran
Look down, look down, dat lonesome road,
Hang down yo' haid and sigh,
You cause me to weep, you cause me to moan,
You cause me to leave mah home.
You cause me to leave mah home."
This song is not to be confused with the (non-traditional) blues by Will Nash, "Goin' Down that Long Long Lonesome Road."
