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by Frank Lebby Stanton (1857 - 1927)

Just a‑wearyin' for you
Language: English 
Just a-wearyin' for you
All the time a-feelin' blue.
Wishin' for you, wond'rin' when
You'll be comin' home again.
Restless, don't know what to do.
Just a-wearyin' for you.

Mornin' comes, the birds awake.
Used to sing so for your sake.
But there's sadness in the notes
That come trillin' from their throats.
Seem to feel your absence too,
Just a-wearyin' for you.

Evenin' comes, I miss you more
When the dark gloom's round the door.
Seems just like you orter be
There to open it for me.
Latch goes tinklin', thrills me through.
Sets me wearyin' for you.

Text Authorship:

  • by Frank Lebby Stanton (1857 - 1927) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1861 - 1946), "Just a-wearyin' for you", published c1901 [ voice and piano ], from Seven songs as unpretentious as the wild rose, no. 3, Chicago : Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website: 2005-01-13
Line count: 18
Word count: 99

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