I Wasn’t Born To Be Lonesome

A popular song from 1916.
Words by Lew Brown and Chas. McCarron.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. I feel blue, lonesome too
    I don’t know just what to do
    I never get a bit of love from you
    Oh! you know it’s true, yes you do
    All day long you keep away
    Something’s wrong, that’s why I say
    You ought to have a little sympathy
    Oh! can’t you see

Chorus
I wasn’t born to be lonesome
I want to be with you
I wouldn’t mind being homesome
If you’d only give me just a little loving
Think of the kisses I’m missing
It’s simply driving me wild
The world owes me some loving you see
And I want ev’ry little bit that’s coming to me
I wasn’t born to be lonesome
I want to be loved all the time

  1. I have sighed, I have cried
    ‘Cause it seems you’ve never tried
    To make me happy, when I’m by your side
    And I stood for it, you’ll admit
    You must think I’m made of stone
    When you let me sit alone
    And never try to cuddle up to me
    Oh! can’t you see

Sung here by Vancha March: