“It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long”
Maybank and I were singing this one again….. So, very cleverly and surrepticiously I’ve inserted the new version into an old Worried Man Blues post and passing it off as a fresh off the press, new post. As you can see, Bumbastories is cutting corners. All the same, it’s a great song and we hope you sing along.
The origins of this song are not clear (at least not to Wikipedia). The Carter family first recorded it eighty years ago. The Stanley Brothers did it. Ralph Stanley has a good version, recorded only a few years ago. Woody Guthrie recorded it. Johnny Cash. etc., etc.
I first heard it done by Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, who does it splendidly of course.
It’s a Country, Bluegrass, and folk classic.
The lyrics (naturally there are many versions and I’ve changed them a bit myself) are as fine as you’ll find, so it’s a fun song to play.
Please join in.
…glad to be joining in!!!!
🙂
That makes me glad too!!!!!
my dad used to sing that – he was in a band when he was a teenager and in his twenties, then again when he was in his sixties
Do you play it too?
I can play the radio
That means you can hum along.
ah, an optimist, I like that
mmm… that may steal worries away…
Love & Light
Glad you like it.