THE CURSE OF AN ACHING HEART
(Henry Fink / Al Piantadosi)

Will Oakland - 1913
Manuel Romain - 1913
Oliver Hardy (feat. in the film "Blotto") - 1930
Fats Waller & His Rhythm - 1936
Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends - 1947
Gary Shelton - 1959
Frank Sinatra - 1961

Also recorded by: Jimmie Davis; Monty Sunshine;
Rick Fay; Ralph Sutton: ........... and others.



You made me think you cared for me
And I believed in you
You told me things you never meant
And made me think them true

I gambled in the game of life
I played my heart and lost
I'm now a wreck upon life's sea
Alone I pay the cost

You made me what I am today
I hope you're satisfied
You dragged and dragged me down until
The soul within me died

You shattered each and ev'ry dream
Fooled me right from the start
And though you're not true, may God bless you
That's the curse of an aching heart



(Transcribed from the Oliver Hardy
recording by Mel Priddle - August 2006)