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Hear that lonesome whippoorwill? He sounds too blue to fly. The midnight train is… — Hank Williams

Song · Country music

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill? He sounds too blue to fly. The midnight train is whinin' low, I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Hank Williams
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry · 1949
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Topic
LonelinessBird songsBirds
Genre
Country music
Medium
Song
Time
1949
Person
Hank Williams
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Williams, Hank. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. MGM Records, 1949.

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