WEARY RIVER
Title song from the film "Weary River" (1929)
(Louis Silvers / Grant Clarke)


Johnny Murray (Film Soundtrack) - 1929
Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - 1929
Gene Austin - 1929
Bob Haring & His Orch. (vocal: Dick Robertson) - 1929





I have been just like a weary river
That keeps winding endlessly
Fate has been a very cheerful giver 
To most ev'ryone but me

Oh, how long it took me to learn
Hope is strong and tides have to turn
And now I know that ev'ry weary river
Someday meets the sea






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2012)