“Oh, Once I Had a Fortune”
Description
The singer describes how drink has cost him money and sweetheart: "Oh, once I had a fortune, All locked up in a trunk. I lost it all in a gambling hall One night when I got drunk. I'll never get drunk any more...."
Recordings
- Ernest V. Stoneman and the Dixie Mountaineers, "Once I Had a Fortune" (Edison 51935, 1927) (CYL: Edison [BA] 5357, 1927); Ernest V. Stoneman and His Blue Ridge Cornshuckers, "One I Had a Fortune" (Victor, unissued, 1928)
References
- Randolph 316, "Oh, Once I Had a Fortune" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Huntington-Whalemen, pp. 203-205, "I Had a Handsome Fortune" (1 text)
- BrownIII 36, "I'll Never Get Drunk Any More" (4 texts, all mixed, but the "D" text is mostly this piece, and "C" probably originated with this also)
- Roud #7792 and 1993
- BI, R316