1946
Lonesome Man
Composed by
Paul Bowles
Paul Bowles Text by
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams Blue Mountain Ballads Song Collection
“Lonesome Man” is the second song in the cycle Blue Mountain Ballads. Ragtime rhythms in the accompaniment provide a perfect foundation.
Audio
“Lonesome Man” (from “Blue Mountain Ballads”)
Thomas Hampson (baritone) & Wolfram Rieger (piano)1:21
Text
Lonesome Man
by Tennessee Williams
My chair rock-rocks by the door all day
But nobody ever stops my way,
Nobody ever stops by my way.
My teef chaw-chaw on an old ham bone an’
I do the dishes all alone,
I do the dishes all by my lone.
My feet clop-clop on the hardwood floor ‘cause
I won’t buy love at the hardware store,
I don’t want love from the mercantile store.
Now the clock tick-tocks by my single bed while
the moon looks down on my sleepless head,
While the moon grins down at an ole fool’s head.
Related Information
The Hampsong Foundation
hampsongfoundation.org/i-hear-america-singing-salzburg-2001-song-texts-and-translations/#lonesomemanInstant Encore
instantencore.com/music/details.aspx?PId=5041048Sheet Music
Blue Mountain Ballads
Paul Bowles
1. Heavenly Grass
2. Lonesome Man
3. Cabin
4. Sugar in the Cane
2. Lonesome Man
3. Cabin
4. Sugar in the Cane