[00:00.90]Written and recorded by Hank Williams.
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[00:07.15]Originally released in March, 1950.
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[00:12.42]"Hank Williams - The Original Singles Colection" (disc 2, track 9).
[00:15.62]I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by;
[00:23.50]But I got to the river so lonesome I wanted to die..., Oh Lord!
[00:31.57]And then I jumped in the river,
[00:33.85]but the doggone river was dry.
[00:39.20]She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.
[00:51.29]I had me a woman who couldn't be true.
[00:55.08]She made me for my money and she made me blue.
[00:58.99]A man needs a woman that he can lean on,
[01:02.68]But my leanin' post is done left and gone.
[01:09.47]She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.
[01:28.93]I'm gonna find me a river, one that's cold as ice.
[01:36.61]And when I find me that river, Lord I'm gonna pay the price, Oh Lord!
[01:44.51]I'm goin' down in it three times,
[01:46.72]but Lord I'm only comin up twice.
[01:52.37]She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.
[02:04.53]She told me on Sunday she was checkin' me out;
[02:08.48]Long about Monday she was nowhere about.
[02:12.50]And here it is Tuesday, ain't had no news.
[02:16.36]I got them gone but not forgotten blues.
[02:22.98]She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.