LONESOME ROAD, THE
Nat Shilkret (m) Gene Austin (l)   1928


Anita O'Day w The Nat "King" Cole Trio  
rec 10/2/45 Los Angeles


also-
Gene Austin '29
Louis Armstrong & his Orch '31
Bing Crosby w John Scott Trotter's Orch '38
Sister Rosetta Tharpe '38
Thomas "Fats" Waller '38
Ted Lewis & his Orch '30's
Peggy Lee '46  '67
Sammy Davis Jr '55
Frank Sinatra w Nelson Riddle & his Orch '56
Ottilie Patterson w The Chris Barber Jazz Band '57
Julie London '59
Chris Connor '60
Madeline Peyroux 2004
Jimmy Lunceford & his Orch
Paul Robeson




Look down, look down that lonesome road
Before you travel on.


Look down, look down that lonesome road
Before you travel on.
Look up, look up and greet your maker,
For Gabriel blows his horn.


Weary, totin' such a load,
Travelin' down that lonesome road,
Look down, look down that lonesome road
Before you travel on.


Weary totin', it's such a load,
Whike I'm travelin' down, travelin' down that lonesome old road,
Look down, look down that lonesome road
Before you travel on.










(Contributed by Peter Akers - October 2008)