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SHIVERING IN THE COLD (I'M ALONE, ALL ALONE) Sung by: W.P. Detherow Recorded in Batesville, AR, 7/15/52 Click here to listen to the original recording I remember today, I was happy and belov'd 'Ere I wandered away. I was taught by my father, Who sleeps beneath this stone, And caressed by my mother, Yet I wander alone. Chorus: Yes, alone, all alone, And I feel I'm growing old, Yet I wander--oh, how lonely-- I am shivering in the cold. I remember the maiden, And my heart bleeds to tell How I loved her devotion, But in this I cannot dwell. We were wed and path was pleasant, And the sun of fortune shone; But at last I took to drinking. Now I wander alone. (Chorus) I remember, too, my children, How they climbed upon my knee, When I kissed my little darling In the days when I was free. But I squandered all my fortune; I am now without a home, And I know it's all from drinking That I wander alone. (Chorus) Oh, could I break the bondage And bust the hated rein. Can I escape the shackles? Can I be free again? Oh, help me, men of temperance, My bondage is untold While I wander, sad and lonely, And shivering in the cold. (Chorus) Also found in Randolph, Vol. II, #327, "Shivering in the Cold"; Brown, Vol. III, #31, "I'm Alone, All Alone." |
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