SEVEN YEARS WITH THE WRONG WOMAN
(Bob Miller)
Burnett Brothers (vocal: Bob Miller) - 1932 **
Cliff Carlisle - 1932
Jess Hillard - 1933
Roy Fox & His Band (vocal: Jack Plant & Sid Buckman) - 1933
Jack Payne & His Band (vocal: Billy Scott-Coomber) - 1933
Billy Cotton & His Band (vocal: Alan Breeze) - 1933
Ray Noble & His Orch. (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1933
Syd Roy & His R.K.Olians (vocal: Ivor Moreton & Bill Currie) - 1933
Maurice Winnick & His Orch. (vocal: Sam Browne & Elsie Carlisle) - 1933
Jimmy Campbell & His Paramount Band (vocal: The Three Ginx) - 1933
Frank Luther's Rocky Mountain Rangers - 1934
Shelton Brothers - 1937
Gene's Merrymakers - 1938
Gene Autry (feat. in the film "Colorado Sunset) - 1939
Esmereldy & Dick Thomas - 1944
Eddy Arnold - 1949
Jimmy Witherspoon - 1968
Wilf Carter - 1972
** On different record labels, this recording was also issued
under the names of 'Bob Miller Trio' and 'Bill Palmer's Trio'
As recorded by BOB MILLER:
Seven years with the wrong woman is a might, mighty long time
Seven years with the wrong woman
Is more than a man can stand
Seven years with the wrong woman
Will wreck most any good man
Seven years with the wrong woman
It's the same in the mountain or dale
She'll stay awake all night tryin' to start a fight
Then have you thrown into jail
Seven years with the wrong woman is a might, mighty long time
Seven years with the wrong woman
Is punishment that is bad
Seven years with the wrong woman
Will drive most any man mad
When you've married the wrong woman
There is only one thing you can do
Dig yourself a hole an' crawl in that hole
Then pull the ground over you
(Instrumental Break)
Seven years with the wrong woman
Put me in this dirty jail
And she's got all my money
And laughs 'cause I can't get bail
In that final day of judgement
When the good Gabriel starts in to blow
If I see her face in that heavenly place
I'll ask to be sent down below
Listen boys, if you're thinking of marriage
Take warning to what I tell
Don't you marry the wrong woman
It's worse than livin' in Hell
Seven years with the wrong woman
It'll age you and turn your hair grey
They say love is blind, but search till you find
A face you can stand every day
Seven years with the wrong woman is a might, mighty long time
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As recorded by SAM BROWNE & ELSIE CARLISLE
with Maurice Winnick & His Orch., 16th May 1933:
(And do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?)
SB: That's what I come for
(I pronounce you man and wife, bless you my children)
(Well, muzzletoff, but I'm telling you I think you've been married with the wrong woman)
SB:
Seven years with the wrong woman
Is more than a man can stand
Seven years with the wrong woman
Will wreck most any good man
Seven years with the wrong woman
It's the same in the mountain or dale
She'll stay awake all night tryin' to start a fight
Then have you thrown into jail
SB: First year, second year, third year, fourth year
EC: C'mon, get up there and get to bed now
SB: Ah, woman, you're always naggin' me, why don't you leave me alone
EC: I'm not always naggin' you, get out
(Didn't I told you, you sap, aye-aye-aye)
EC: I wish I'd wed another
SB: Oh, go back to your mother
EC: You brute, with you I'm fed up
SB: The garden me you've led up
EC: I hate you, hate you, hate you
SB: I could assasinate you
EC: I will not tolerate you
SB: Nag!
EC: Brute!
BOTH: BAH!
EC: Seven years with the wrong woman
SB: Is punishment very bad
EC: Seven years with the wrong woman
SB: Would drive most any man mad
EC: Seven years with the wrong woman
SB: There's only one thing you can do
EC: Dig yourself a hole, then crawl in that hole
SB: Then pull the ground over you
(Prisoner at the bar, you are proved guilty of striking this woman with your fist
Why did you strike her with your fist?)
SB: Because I couldn't find a hammer. I've had seven years of her
(I sentence you to another seven years without her)
SB: Good, give me life!
SB:
On the final day of judgement
When the good Gabriel starts in to blow
If I see her face in that heavenly place
I'll ask to be sent down below
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2020)
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As recorded by:
Billy Cotton & His Band
V. Alan Breeze
Recorded 9th June 1933
Seven years with the wrong woman
Will wreck most any good man
Seven years with the wrong woman
It's the same in the mountain or dale
She'll stay awake all night
Trying to start a fight
Then have you thrown into jail
(Musical Break)
Seven years with the wrong woman
Is more than 'arf too bad, baby
Seven years with the wrong woman
Will drive most any man mad, poo-poo-pe-doo
When you've married the wrong woman, you know,
There's only on thing you can do
Dig yourself a hole, and crawl in that hole
Then pull the ground over you, like.
Seven years with the wrong woman
Put me in this dirty jail
And she's got all my money
And laughs 'cos I can't get bail
In that final day of judgement
When the good Gabriel starts in to blow
If I see her face in that Heavenly place
I'll ask to be sent down below.
Transcribed from John Wright's 78 RPM Record Collection
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As recorded by Eddie Arnold:
Seven years with the wrong woman
Is more than a man can stand,
Seven years with the wrong woman
Will wreck 'most any good man
Seven years with the wrong woman
It's the same in the mountain or dale,
She'll stay awake all night, tryin' to start a fight
Then have you thrown into jail.
Seven years with the wrong woman
Is punishment that is bad,
Seven years with the wrong woman
Will drive 'most any man mad.
When you've married the wrong woman
There is only one thing you can do;
Dig yourself a hole, then crawl in that hole
And pull the ground over you.
(Musical Break)
Listen boys, if you're thinking of marriage
Take warning to what I tell,
Don't you marry the wrong woman
It's worse than living in hell.
Seven years with the wrong woman
It'll age you and turn your hair grey
They say love is blind, but search till you find
A face you can stand every day.
(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - February 2013)
