When the Sun Goes Down Again

DESCRIPTION: "I hear a whippoorwill a-crying, The sun is sinkin' to rest, And I sit all alone a-sighin'," longing for home in the west. The singer intends to catch a train west. He'll be back home when the sun goes down. He extols all the things he'll find at home
AUTHOR: Carson J. Robison (source: Dalhart recording)
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (recording, Vernon Dalhart)
KEYWORDS: home travel train
FOUND IN:
Roud #21673
RECORDINGS:
Lee Boswell, "When the Sun Goes Down Again" (Decca, unissued, 1934)
Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers, "When the Sun Goes Down Again" (Bluebird B-6085, 1935)
Vernon Dalhart, "When the Sun Goes Down Again" (Apex 8688=Oriole 1112=Conqueror 7037, 1927) (Victor 21169-B=Zomophone 5126, 1927) (Pathé 32323=Perfect 12402, 1927 [as by Vernon Dalhart Trio]) (Brunswick 126. 3742=Vocalion 5214, 1927) (OKeh 45164, 1927 [as by Vernon Dalhart Trio]) (Cameo 8418, 1928; rec. 1927) (Harmony 612-H, 1928) (CYL: Edison 5438)
Hank & Slim/The Newman Brothers (Henry J. and Marion Alonzo Newman), "When the Sun Goes Down Again" (Vocalion 02807, 1934)
Frank Vance, "When the Sun Goes down Again" (Fragment: Piotr-Archive #18, recorded 10/08/2020) (Fragment: Piotr-Archive #120, recorded 04/11/2022)
NOTES [48 words]: It looks as if this Carson J. Robison song had a bit of a boom in the 1930s as part of the Cowboy Music craze -- but it just isn't that good, and it faded away relatively quickly. I don't believe I've captured all the Vernon Dalhart releases, but this is enough to get started with! - RBW
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