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I'm a Lonesome Little Raindrop (Looking for a Place to Fall)
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"'I'm a Lonesome Little Raindrop (Looking for a Place to Fall)'" is a song composed by American songwriter James F. Hanley(9 February 1942). [https://www.nytimes.com/1942/02/09/archives/james-hanley-49-wrote-song-hits-2000000-copies-of-his-back-home-in.html James Hanley, 49; Wrote Songs Hits], 'The New York Times' and lyricists Joe Goodwin and Murray Roth. The tune was originally written for the 1920 musical The Greenwich Village Follies.[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2K5le1h16cC&pg=PT25&lpg=PT25&dq=%22I%E2%80%99m+a+Lonesome+Little+Raindrop+(Looking+for+a+Place+to+Fall)%22&source=bl&ots=SkM-J4tdhG&sig=b5NcCnLF08FAkugNlHvHGKWbMhA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSiKTYveTNAhUK02MKHVTYCvkQ6AEINzAE#v=onepage&q=%22I%E2%80%99m%20a%20Lonesome%20Little%20Raindrop%20(Looking%20for%20a%20Place%20to%20Fall)%22&f=false Ode to Uke by Art Ravenscrag III]
The song was recorded in Camden, New Jersey, in November 1920, sung by vocalist Billy Jones (AKA "Victor Roberts").[https://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/7727/ Library of Congress National Jukebox (1920 audio recording)] It was later recorded by Tiny Tim and released on his 1969 children's album For All My Little Friends.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/for-all-my-little-friends-mw0000875439 For All My Little Friends (allmusic.com)]
Lyrics
I wonder why I'm always lonesome
and what the trouble can be.
Some fellows claim their mate
but it just seems like fate
has made a monkey out of me.
I'm like a raindrop in a cloud,
I find I'm lost whenever I am in a crowd, believe me,
I'm a lonesome little raindrop
looking for a place to fall.
The clouds are dark but that don't matter,
'cause into some fair garden,
I'll go pitter, patter, pitter, patter.
I hope goodness knows,
the friendly breeze that blows,
will let me tumble down into the heart of a rose.
I'm a lonesome little raindrop
looking for a place to fall.
You've heard of Robinson Crusoe,
well he had nothing on me.
I'm always all alone,
a sweetie of my own,
would make me happy as can be.
I'm just as blue as skies above,
I'd like to find someone
to shower with my love, believe me.
I'm a lonesome little raindrop
looking for a place to fall.
The girls say I'm a charming fella,
but when I come around each girl puts up her umbrella.
Girls that are so fair,
they all give me the air
I keep on falling, falling
but don't land anywhere, oh
I'm a lonesome little raindrop
looking for a place to fall.
References
*[https://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/7727/ Library of Congress National Jukebox (1920 audio recording)]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=x2K5le1h16cC&pg=PT25&lpg=PT25&dq=%22I%E2%80%99m+a+Lonesome+Little+Raindrop+(Looking+for+a+Place+to+Fall)%22&source=bl&ots=SkM-J4tdhG&sig=b5NcCnLF08FAkugNlHvHGKWbMhA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSiKTYveTNAhUK02MKHVTYCvkQ6AEINzAE#v=onepage&q=%22I%E2%80%99m%20a%20Lonesome%20Little%20Raindrop%20(Looking%20for%20a%20Place%20to%20Fall)%22&f=false Ode to Uke by Art Ravenscrag III]
Category:1920 songs
Category:Songs written by James F. Hanley
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