ALL THE LITTLE LOVIN' THAT I HAD FOR YOU IS GONE-GONE-GONE
(Music: Chris Smith / Lyrics: Jim Burris)


Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - 1913





I need to sigh for you
One time I'd die for you
I used to weep for hours and hours
Seems all my hopes they fled
That time I drooped my head
Just like all the withered flowers

'Cause when I first met you
I always thought you true
But, dear, that thought I had is 'bout to leave
You came near winning me
By being 'round me constantly
But thanks to Heaven now I never grieve

'Cause all the little lovin' 
That I had for you is all gone now
All the sympathetic talking 
I used to do while walking is all gone now

So never no more, I mean never no more
You'll get a chance to treat me wrong
'Cause all the little lovin' that I had for you
Is gone, gone, gone

I'm really goin' away
I mean I'm goin' to stay
I vow you'll not see me no more
I'll soon be on the train
Not to return again
I must bid you au revoir

When I'm away from you
Don't write you're feeling blue
'Cause you have made my heart
Feel twice the size

One time you seemed the best
By being dif'rent from the rest
But my poor conscience
Finally put me wise 

So all the little lovin' 
That I had for you is all gone now
All the sympathetic talking 
I used to do while walking is all gone now

So never no more, I mean never no more
You'll get a chance to treat me wrong
'Cause all the little lovin' that I had for you
Is gone, gone, gone






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2013)