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THE DRUNKARD'S DOOM (DON'T GO OUT TONIGHT, MY DARLING) Sung by: Mrs. Milbrey Finch Recorded in Miller, AR, 6/25/53 Click here to listen to the original recording Do not leave me here alone. Stay at home and be my darling; I'm so lonesome when you're gone. Now, alas, he's gone and left me, With a curse upon his lips. No one knows what I have suffered; Oh, that awful cup he sips. Oh, the wine glass may be tempting, And your friends may lure you on. Stay at home and be my darling; I'm so lonesome when you're gone. Now, alas, I hear him coming; I hear a knock upon the door. They have brought me home my husband; He's lying drunk upon the floor. Oh, they tell me that he's dying; I will soon be left alone. But I've done my best to save him, To save him from a drunkard's doom. Also found in Randolph, Vol. II, #339, "Don't Go Out Tonight, My Darling"; Brown, Vol. III, #26, "Don't Go Out Tonight, My Darling." |
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