I CRIED AND CRIED
(Rudolph Toombs)

as recorded by Varetta Dillard
1952


I cried and I cried, oh yes I cried,
Day you told me goodbye.
Well I cried and cried, but the more I cried,
Oh the more I thought that I would die!

Oh I walked and I walked, oh how I walked,
To find you somewhere in town.
But the more I walked, oh the more I cried,
While the raindrops kept on fallin' down.

I told myself this lover man
Would never mean a thing,
But as time goes by I know that I
Will never love again!

Well I tried and I tried, oh how I tried,
Get you out of my mind,
But the more I try, oh the more I find
I love you until the end of time!

Oh I tried and I tried, oh how I tried,
Get you out of my mind,
But the more I try, oh the more I find
I love you until the end of time!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2016)