THERE AIN'T NO SWEET MAN THAT'S WORTH THE SALT OF MY TEARS (Fred Fisher)
Paul Whiteman & His Orch. (vocal: Bing Crosby/The Rhythm Boys) - 1928
Annette Hanshaw - 1928
Libby Holman - 1928 Kay Starr - 1948
The Alan Littlejohn Band - 1962
Peggy Lee - 1963
Bobby Darin - 1965
Carol Leigh - 1984
Rebecca Kilgore - 1994
The Moonlighters - 2002
Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble (vocal: Martha Wainwright) - 2003
Diana Krall - 2012
Also recorded by:
Rhythm Junkies; Cats & Jammers;
Storyville Creepers; Henry's Bootblacks.
As recorded by ANNETTE HANSHAW
with Willard Robinson's Deep River Orch.,
New York, March 1928:
I'm like a weeping willow
Weeping on my pillow
For years and years
There ain't no sweet man
That's worth the salt of my tears
Down and down he dragged me
Like a fiend he nagged me
For years and years
There ain't no sweet man
That's worth the salt of my tears
Although I may be blue
Still I'm through
I must tell him goodbye
Rather than have that man
Gonna lay me down and just die
Brokenhearted sisters
Aggravatin' misters
Lend me your ears
There ain't no sweet man
That's worth the salt of my tears
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As recorded by LIBBY HOLMAN, New York, February 1928:
Shaking like a leaf on a tree
That's coming loose from the stem
Shaking like a leaf on a tree
Because I'm coming loose from my man
I'm like a weeping willow
Weeping on my pillow
For years and years
There ain't no sweet man
That's worth the salt of my tears
What's the use of tryin'
What's the use of cryin'
For years and years
There ain't no sweet man
That's worth the salt of my tears
Although I may be blue
Still I'm through
Gonna tell him goodbye
Rather than have that man
Gonna lay me down and just die
Brokenhearted sisters
Aggravatin' misters
Lend me your ears
There ain't no sweet man
That's worth the salt of my tears
One time I met a gent
Broke and bent
He was singin' the blues
Brought him in and just as sure as sin
Walked off with my hubby's new shoes, shoe-shoe-shoes
Rather than be his'un
I would go to prison
And give three cheers
There ain't no sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet man
That's worth the salt of my tears
No how!
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2017)
