Appendix 2
THIS listing does not include an almost infinite number of parodies, answer discs, and foreign-language versions set to Hank Williams’ melodies (such as “Your Cold, Cold Heart Is Melted Now,” “Jam-Bowl Liar,” etc.). In addition, songwriters have come forward with songs on which they’ve assigned half of the composer credit to the Hank Williams estate, based on the unproven assertion that Hank helped write the songs. These have also been omitted.
ALABAMA WALTZ
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: April 21, 1950.
First Issued Version: Bill Monroe, recorded February 3, 1950. See “I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome.”
ALL THE LOVE I EVER HAD
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: 1991.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1991.
ALONE AND FORSAKEN
Contract Date: December 11, 1951. Copyright Date: December 5, 1951.
First Issued Version: Bill Darnel, recorded January 16, 1952.
AM I TOO LATE TO SAY I’M SORRY?
Uncopyrighted song, first published in song folio circa 1946.
ANGEL MINE
Unpublished song, dated January 5, 1951.
ANGEL OF DEATH
Contract Date: January 19, 1949. Copyright Date: December 20, 1954.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1954.
ARE YOU BUILDING A TEMPLE IN HEAVEN?
Contract Date: November 1, 1947. Copyright Date: January 11, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank and Audrey Williams (as “A Home in Heaven"), recorded March 23, 1951.
ARE YOU LONELY TOO?
Dated January 19, 1947. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: February 13, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded November 26, 1968.
ARE YOU WALKIN’ AND A TALKIN’ FOR THE LORD?
Contract Date: January 22, 1953. Copyright Date: December 2, 1952.
First Issued Version: Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, recorded February 17, 1953.
AWAY BEYOND THE SKY
Early version of “Heaven Holds All of My Treasures.”
BABY, WE’RE REALLY IN LOVE
Contract Date: October 15, 1951. Copyright Date: October 17, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded July 25, 1951 (unissued), and August 10, 1951.
BACK ACHE BLUES
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
BAYOU PON-PON (Hank Williams and Jimmie Davis)
Contract Date: October 31, 1951. Copyright Date: December 19, 1951.
First Issued Version: Jimmie Davis, recorded October 14, 1951; manuscript, possibly in Davis’s handwriting, dated July 1951.
A BEAUTIFUL LAND OF ROSES
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
BLUE IS MY HEART
Uncopyrighted song, probably circa February 1947.
THE BLUES COME AROUND
Contract Date: November 1, 1947. Copyright Date: September 7, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded November 7, 1947.
BRAND NEW BABY
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
BROKEN DOWN TRAMP
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
BROKEN DREAMS
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
THE BROKEN MARRIAGE
Uncopyrighted song, dated January 19, 1947.
BURY ME BY THE LONELY RIVER (Hank Williams and Mel Foree)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: Uncopyrighted.
CAJUN BABY
Probably written 1952. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: April 17, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded December 4, 1968.
CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: December 30, 1955.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1956.
Note: On Mother’s Best (circa January–March 1951), Hank says he wrote it a few days earlier.
CALLING YOU
Contract Date: December 7, 1946. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded December 11, 1946.
CITY OF THE ANGELS (Hank Williams and Beasley Smith)
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: December 27, 1977.
COLD, COLD HEART
Contract Date: January 2, 1951. Copyright Date: February 16, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded December 21, 1950.
COUNTRYFIED
Contract Date: April 24, 1951. Copyright Date: July 25, 1951.
First Issued Version: Big Bill Lister, recorded April 24, 1951.
COWBOYS DON’T CRY
Attributed to Hank Williams. Music added by Mickey Newbury, 1984. Recorded by Waylon Jennings for television performance (unknown date) and by Country Gazette, 1998.
THE DAYS ARE SO LONG
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
DEAR BROTHER
Contract Date: January 19, 1949. Copyright Date: June 15, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank and Audrey Williams, recorded March 1, 1949.
DEAR FRIEND, DON’T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
DON’T MAKE ME WAIT TOO LONG
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
THE DRIFTWOOD BLUES
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
THE DRUNKARD’S DREAM
Uncopyrighted song, dated November 24, 1947.
DRUNKARD’S PRAYER
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: Uncopyrighted.
EVERYTHING’S OKAY
Contract Date: April 16, 1951. Copyright Date: April 5, 1950.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter), recorded January 10, 1950.
Note: The first version of this song was sent to Acuff-Rose in 1947.
FACE OF AN ANGEL
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
Note: This might have been the song that Hank wrote during the Hadacol Caravan, remembered by Minnie Pearl as “Heart of a Devil, Face of a Saint.”
FOOL ABOUT YOU (Ralph C. Hutcheson)
Note: Hank’s demo of this song was overdubbed after his death (once with hillbilly backing in 1954 and again with rock ’n’ roll backing circa 1956), and copyright was posthumously claimed in his name on July 24, 1953, but the song’s composer, Ralph C. Hutcheson, subsequently claimed copyright based on a 1951 recording of the song by the Barker Brothers.
FOOLISH HEART
Uncopyrighted song, circa February 1947.
FOR ME THERE IS NO PLACE
Dated January 8, 1951. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: April 17, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded January 24, 1969.
FOREVER’S A LONG, LONG TIME (Hank Williams and Jimmie Davis)
Contract Date: October 13, 1951. Copyright Date: December 31, 1951.
First Issued Version: Jimmie Davis, recorded October 14, 1951.
Note: A very similar song of same title published in song folio circa 1946.
FRIENDS OF MINE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
FROM HERE TO THERE
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1945.
THE FUNERAL (Lyrics Will Carleton arr. Hank Williams / Music “A House Built on a Rock” Fred Rose)
Contract Date: March 4, 1960. Copyright Date: March 10, 1960.
Recorded by Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter) on January 10, 1950.
Note: Other recorded arrangements of this poem, written circa 1909 by Will Carleton, predate Hank’s version.
GO AWAY AND HAVE YOUR CRY
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
GO AWAY AND LET ME DREAM
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
GOD SEES EVERYTHING
Uncopyrighted song, circa 1951.
GOD SO LOVED THIS WICKED WORLD
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
GOIN’ STEADY (Faron Young)
Note: Although Faron Young’s first hit was credited to himself, there is substantial documentation suggesting that it was in fact a Hank Williams composition.
GRANDAD’S MUSKET
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
HADACOL EXPRESS
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
HAVE YOU BROKEN MY HEART? (HOW MANY TIMES?)
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
A HEART FILLED WITH HATE
Uncopyrighted song, written November 24, 1950, rewritten October 9, 1951.
THE HEART THAT ONCE WORSHIPPED YOU
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
HEAVEN HOLDS ALL OF MY TREASURES
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: 1985.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, 1984.
THE HEAVENS ARE LONELY TOO
Uncopyrighted song, dated February 19, 1947.
HEAVEN’S CALLING ME (Hank Williams, Vito Pelletieri, and Beasley Smith)
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: Unknown.
HELP ME UNDERSTAND
Contract Date: September 9, 1950. Copyright Date: October 25, 1950.
First Issued Version: Audrey Williams (Hugh Cherry, narration), recorded March 28, 1950.
A HELPLESS BROKEN HEART
Uncopyrighted song, dated January 19, 1947.
HEY, GOOD LOOKIN’
Contract Date: February 6, 1951. Copyright Date: June 20, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded March 16, 1951.
THE HILLS OF KOREA
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
A HOME IN HEAVEN
Contract Date: April 14, 1951. Copyright Date: June 8, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank and Audrey Williams, recorded March 23, 1951. See “Are You Building a Temple in Heaven?”
HOMESICK
Dated February 8, 1951. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: April 17, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded December 4, 1968.
HONEY, DO YOU LOVE ME, HUH? (Hank Williams and Curley Williams)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: August 16, 1950.
First Issued Version: Curley Williams, recorded June 5, 1950.
HONKY TONK BLUES
Contract Date: August 4, 1947. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hardrock Gunter, recorded January 19, 1951. Recorded by Hank Williams on August 4, 1947 (unissued), March 1, 1949 (unissued), June 14, 1950 (unissued), and December 11, 1951.
HONKY TONKIN’
Contract Date: February 14, 1947. Copyright Date: November 16, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded August 4, 1947. First published with additional verse in song folio circa 1946.
HONKY TONKIN’ GRANDMAW
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
HONKY TONKIN’ MAMA
Uncopyrighted song dated June 29, 1947.
A HOUSE OF GOLD
Contract Date: December 15, 1948. Copyright Date: April 21, 1950.
First Issued Version: Milton Estes, recorded December 30, 1949.
HOUSE WITHOUT LOVE
Contract Date: August 31, 1949. Copyright Date: November 25, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded August 30, 1949.
HOW CAN YOU REFUSE HIM NOW?
Contract Date: April 16, 1951. Copyright Date: December 29, 1950.
First Issued Version: Audrey Williams, recorded March 28, 1950.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BROKEN MY HEART?
Uncopyrighted song, dated March 31, 1947.
HOWLIN’ AT THE MOON
Contract Date: February 6, 1951. Copyright Date: April 23, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded March 16, 1951.
I AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ BUT TIME
Contract Date: June 6, 1951. Copyright Date: August 17, 1954.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo issued 1954.
Note: Song contracts in the Lefty Frizzell estate indicate that this song might have been written by, or started by, Lefty.
I AM HAPPY I’VE FOUND YOU
Uncopyrighted song, dated November 22, 1950.
I BID YOU FREE TO GO
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
I CAN’T ESCAPE FROM YOU
Contract Date: October 15, 1951. Copyright Date: November 21, 1951.
First Issued Version: Rusty Gabbard, recorded September 30, 1951.
I CAN’T GET YOU OFF OF MY MIND
Contract Date: November 1, 1947. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded November 6, 1947.
I CAN’T HELP IT (IF I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU)
Contract Date: unknown. Copyright Date: April 23, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded March 16, 1951.
I COULD NEVER BE ASHAMED OF YOU
Contract Date: September 8, 1952. Copyright Date: October 31, 1952.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded September 23, 1952.
I DIDN’T BUILD A HOUSE OF LOVE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I DIDN’T CARE WHAT YOU DO
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I DON’T CARE (IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES)
Contract Date: February 14, 1947. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded February 13, 1947.
(I HEARD THAT) LONESOME WHISTLE (Hank Davis and Jimmie Davis)
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright date: 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded July 25, 1951.
I HOPE YOU SHED A MILLION TEARS
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I JUST CAN’T SAY GOODBYE (Hank Williams and Jeri Miller)
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I JUST DIDN’T HAVE THE HEART
Uncopyrighted song. Music added by Hank Williams Jr., 1969.
I JUST DON’T LIKE THIS KIND OF LIVIN
Contract Date: August 30, 1949. Copyright Date: December 14, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded August 30, 1949.
I JUST WISH I COULD FORGET
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
I KNOW YOU’RE CRYING TONIGHT
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I LOST THE ONLY LOVE I KNEW (Hank Williams and Don Helms)
Contract Date: March 4, 1952. Copyright Date: October 31, 1952.
First Issued Version: Ray Price, recorded February 8, 1952.
I LOVED NO ONE BUT YOU
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
I NEVER CRY IN MY DREAMS (Hank Williams, Curley Williams, and Mel Foree)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: Unknown.
I NEVER WILL FORGET THE DAY YOU SAID GOODBYE
Uncopyrighted song, first published in song folio circa 1946.
I PRAY FOR YOU
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I SAW THE LIGHT
Contract Date: April 9, 1947. Copyright Date: November 16, 1948.
First Issued Version: Clyde Grubbs, recorded August 13, 1947.
Note: Hank Williams’ version was recorded earlier, on April 21, 1947, but Grubbs’ version was issued first.
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU’D CHEAT ON ME (Hank Williams and Don Helms)
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I THANK MY GOD FOR YOU
Uncopyrighted song, dated October 11, 1951.
I TOLD A LIE TO MY HEART
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: 1984.
Song written November 24, 1947. First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, 1984.
I WANT AN OLD-FASHIONED SWEETHEART
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I WANT YOU NOW
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I WATCHED MY DREAM WORLD CRUMBLE LIKE CLAY
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: 1986.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1986. First published in song folio circa 1946.
I WENT FOR A WALK WITH JESUS
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I WISH I HAD A DAD
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I WISH YOU DIDN’T LOVE ME SO MUCH
Contract Date: December 11, 1951. Copyright Date: November 16, 1951.
First Issued Version: Little Jimmy Dickens, recorded July 12, 1951.
Note: Refashioned by Hank into “Please Make Up Your Mind” (see below).
I WON’T BE HOME NO MORE
Contract Date: August 27, 1952. Copyright Date: September 15, 1952.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded July 11, 1952. Written as “You’re Just in Time.”
I’D STILL WANT YOU
Contract Date: October 15, 1951. Copyright Date: December 5, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded July 25, 1951.
IF I DIDN’T LOVE YOU (Hank Williams and Fred Rose)
Contract Date: November 3, 1947. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Rome Johnson, recorded November 25, 1947.
IF I DON’T LOVE YOU (Hank Williams and Jimmy Dickens)
Contract Date: November 23, 1948. Copyright Date: Unknown.
IF I LOVED A LIAR, I’D HUG YOUR NECK
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
Note: On April 15, 1952, Floyd Tillman recorded a song of this title, credited to Jimmie Davis and Marge Tillman. It’s unknown if this is the same song.
IF THE ONE YOU WANT DON’T WANT YOU
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
IF YOU’LL BE A BABY (TO ME)
Contract Date: January 22, 1953. Copyright Date: March 25, 1953.
First Issued Version: Red Sovine, recorded September 26, 1952.
I’LL BE A BACHELOR ’TIL I DIE
Contract Date: November 1, 1947. Copyright Date: November 16, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded November 7, 1947.
I’LL LOVE YOU ’TIL I DIE
Uncopyrighted song, dated February 20, 1947.
I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE (Hank Williams and Fred Rose)
Contract Date: June 24, 1952. Copyright Date: October 6, 1952.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded June 13, 1952.
I’LL NEVER GIVE UP HOPE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I’LL TAKE THE BLAME
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I’M A LONG GONE DADDY
Contract Date: November 1, 1947. Copyright Date: August 13, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded November 6, 1947.
I’M AMONG THE LIVING DEAD (Hank Williams and Mel Foree)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: Unknown.
I’M BLUE, I’M LONESOME (Hank Williams and Bill Monroe)
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: Unknown.
First Issued Version: Bill Monroe, recorded February 3, 1950.
Note: This was recorded at the same session as “Alabama Waltz” and credited to “James B. Smith.” It was either a song that Hank Williams and Bill Monroe wrote together, or one that Hank ceded to Monroe.
I’M GOING HOME ("When my work here is o’er…")
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: October 31, 1960.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1960.
(I’M) GOING HOME ("Standing by the bedside…")
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: 1986.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1986.
I’M HEADING BACK TO TENNESSEE (Hank Williams and Don Helms)
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I’M (JUST) CRYING BECAUSE I CARE (Hank Williams and Beasley Smith)
Contract Date: June 27, 1961. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: April 17, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded January 24, 1969.
I’M NOT COMING HOME ANY MORE
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: 1990.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, private recording, April 7, 1942.
(I’M PRAYING FOR THE DAY THAT) PEACE WILL COME (Hank Williams and Pee Wee King)
Contract Date: Unknown (registered with Library of Congress, December 20, 1943). Copyright Date: March 1944.
First Issued Version: Rosco Hankins, recorded 1951.
I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY
Contract Date: August 31, 1949. Copyright Date: October 31, 1949.
First issued version: hank williams, recorded August 31, 1949.
I’M SO TIRED OF IT ALL
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: March 25, 1970.
Song written June 29, 1947. First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded January 14, 1970. First Recorded Version: Hank Williams, recorded circa 1947; issued 1998.
I’M SORRY FOR YOU, MY FRIEND
Contract Date: October 15, 1951. Copyright Date: December 5, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, first recorded August 10, 1951 (unissued). Rerecorded December 11, 1951.
IN DEATH HE’S STILL MINE (Hank Williams, Johnnie Wright, and Jack Anglin)
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: Unknown.
IN MY DREAMS YOU STILL BELONG TO ME
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: 1986.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1986. Published in song folio circa 1946.
IS THERE ANY ROOM IN HEAVEN? (Hank Williams and Don Helms)
Contract Date: April 7, 1950. Copyright Date: Unknown.
IS THIS GOODBYE?
Probably written 1951. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: May 23, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded January 22, 1969.
IT AIN’T SO (Hank Williams and Babe Fritsch)
Contract Date: January 19, 1949. Copyright Date: Unknown.
IT WORKS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
IT’S A LITTLE BIT LATE TO CRY
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
I’VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE
Contract Date: June 4, 1951. Copyright Date: July 9, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter), recorded June 1, 1951.
I’VE FOUND THE ONE FOR ME (Hank Williams and Billie Jones)
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
JAMBALAYA (On the Bayou)
Contract Date: June 24, 1952. Copyright Date: July 28, 1952.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded June 13, 1952.
Note: A quarter-share of the composer royalties was paid surreptitiously to Moon Mullican, who also recorded a slightly different version of the song several weeks after Hank.
JESUS DIED FOR ME
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: March 1, 1950.
First Issued Version: Roy Acuff, recorded December 1949.
JESUS IS CALLING (Hank Williams and Charlie Monroe)
Contract Date: November 10, 1950. Copyright Date: October 3, 1951.
First Issued Version: Charlie Monroe, recorded May 6, 1951.
JESUS REMEMBERED ME
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: December 7, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank and Audrey Williams, recorded March 1, 1949.
JUST ME AND MY BROKEN HEART
Contract Date: Unknown. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded January 22, 1969.
JUST WAITIN’ (Hank Williams and Bob Gazzaway)
Contract Date: October 17, 1949. Copyright Date: February 16, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter), recorded January 10, 1950.
KATY DONE BARRED THE DOOR (Hank Williams and Hugh Cherry)
Contract Date: November 29, 1950. Copyright Date: Unknown.
Note: Vic McAlpin said that he and Hank wrote a song called “Goodbye Katy, Bar the Door.” If this is the same song, it was credited solely to McAlpin and first recorded by Orval Prophet, March 21, 1953.
KAW-LIGA (Hank Williams and Fred Rose)
Contract Date: September 9, 1952. Copyright Date: December 2, 1952.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded September 23, 1952.
LAND OF ROSES
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
THE LAST MESSAGE
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
LAST NIGHT I DREAMED OF HEAVEN
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: October 31, 1960.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1960.
(LAST NIGHT) I HEARD YOU CRYING IN YOUR SLEEP
Contract Date: April 9, 1947. Copyright Date: July 16, 1947.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded April 21, 1947.
LAST NIGHT I STOOD AT HEAVEN’S DOOR
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
LET ME BE YOUR DADDY
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
LET ME LIVE FOR THE LORD
Uncopyrighted song, dated July 1, 1951.
LET NOT THE SUN GO DOWN
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
LET’S TURN BACK THE YEARS
Contract Date: November 7, 1947. Copyright Date: March 3, 1952.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded December 11, 1951. First published in song folio circa 1946.
LITTLE BOCEPHUS (Music: COLD, COLD HEART)
Contract Date: June 5, 1954. Copyright Date: October 1955.
First Issued Version: Audrey Williams, recorded July 6, 1955 (unissued). Rerecorded July 27, 1955.
THE LITTLE HOUSE WE BUILT (JUST O’ER THE HILL) (Hank Williams and Don Helms)
Contract Date: April 24, 1951. Copyright Date: July 2, 1951.
First Issued Version: Big Bill Lister, recorded April 24, 1951.
THE LOG TRAIN
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: Unknown.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1981.
LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: March 1, 1950.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded January 9, 1950.
LOOKY HERE, SWEET MAMA
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
LOST ON THE RIVER
Contract Date: December 24, 1948. Copyright Date: June 15, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank and Audrey Williams, recorded December 22, 1948.
THE LOVE THAT FADED
Uncopyrighted song, dated May 2, 1947.
THE LOVELIGHT IS GONE FROM YOUR EYES
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
LOW DOWN BLUES
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: February 19, 1954.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1954.
MAKE HEAVEN YOUR GOAL
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
MANSION FOR YOUR SOUL
Uncopyrighted song, probably circa 1951.
A MANSION ON THE HILL (Hank Williams and Fred Rose)
Contract Date: November 3, 1947. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded November 7, 1947.
MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE
Contract Date: March 3, 1949. Copyright Date: November 25, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded March 1, 1949. First published in song folio circa 1946 as “I Loved No One but You.”
ME AND MY BROKEN HEART
Contract Date: June 5, 1951. Copyright Date: August 15, 1951.
First Issued Version: Carl Smith, recorded June 8, 1951.
MEAN OLD BLUES
Attributed to Hank Williams. Music added by Mickey Newbury, circa 1984.
MEN WITH BROKEN HEARTS
Contract Date: January 2, 1951. Copyright Date: February 16, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter), recorded December 21, 1950.
MESSAGE TO MY MOTHER
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: May 4, 1955.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1955.
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: July 7, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, March 1, 1949.
MOANIN’ THE BLUES
Contract Date: September 5, 1950. Copyright Date: October 25, 1950.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded August 31, 1950.
MOTHER IS GONE
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: May 4, 1955.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1955. First published in song folio circa 1946.
MOVE IT ON OVER
Contract Date: April 9, 1947. Copyright Date: July 16, 1947.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded April 21, 1947.
MY BOY’S IN JAIL TONIGHT (Hank Williams and Bob Gazzaway)
Contract Date: August 23, 1951. Copyright Date: Unknown.
MY BUYO BABY
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
MY DARLING BABY GIRL (Hank and Audrey Williams)
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
MY HEAD RUN OFF WITH MY HEART
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
MY HEART WON’T LET ME GO
Dated June 29, 1947. Music added by Hank Williams Jr., Copyright Date: May 23, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr, recorded January 22, 1969.
MY HEART WOULD KNOW
Contract Date: April 14, 1951. Copyright Date: June 25, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded March 16, 1951.
MY LOVE FOR YOU (HAS TURNED TO HATE)
Contract Date: February 14, 1947. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded February 13, 1947.
MY MOMMY
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
MY SON CALLS ANOTHER MAN DADDY (Hank Williams and Jewell House)
Contract Date: March 1, 1949. Copyright Date: November 25, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded March 2, 1949 (unreleased) and January 9, 1950.
MY SWEET LOVE AIN’T AROUND
Contract Date: November 7, 1947. Copyright Date: February 7, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded November 7, 1947.
’NEATH A COLD GRAY TOMB OF STONE (Hank Williams and Mel Foree)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: November 25, 1949.
First Issued Version: Charlie Monroe, recorded October 20, 1950.
NEVER AGAIN (WILL I KNOCK AT YOUR DOOR)
Contract Date: December 11, 1946. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded December 11, 1946.
NEVER BEEN SO LONESOME
Contract Date: July 1, 1949. Copyright Date: July 1950.
First Issued Version: Zeb Turner, recorded October 28, 1949.
NEW WEDDING BELLS
Uncopyrighted song. No details. Possibly not a Hank Williams song.
NO, NOT NOW (Hank Williams, Mel Foree, and Curley Williams)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: November 25, 1949.
First Issued Version: Curley Williams, recorded September 11, 1949.
NOBODY’S LONESOME FOR ME
Contract Date: September 5, 1950. Copyright Date: October 25, 1950.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded August 31, 1950.
OH MAMA, COME HOME
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
THE OLD MAN’S LAST GOODBYE
Uncopyrighted song, dated January 26, 1947.
AN OLD USED TO BE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD PONTCHARTRAIN (Hank Williams and Ramona Vincent)
Contract Date: August 4, 1947. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded August 4, 1947.
ON THE EVENING TRAIN (Hank and Audrey Williams)
Contract Date: January 6, 1949. Copyright Date: June 29, 1949.
First Issued Version: Molly O’Day, recorded April 4, 1949.
PAN AMERICAN
Contract Date: February. 14, 1947. Copyright Date: March 19, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded February 13, 1947.
PEACH PICKIN’ PAPA (Hank Williams and Curley Williams)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: Unknown.
A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
PICTURES FROM LIFE’S OTHER SIDE (aka A PICTURE FROM LIFE’S OTHER SIDE)
Contract Date: June 4, 1951. Copyright Date: August 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter), recorded June 1, 1951.
PLEASE MAKE UP YOUR MIND
Contract Date: August 27, 1952. Copyright Date: October 6, 1952.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter), recorded July 11, 1952.
PLEASE MOMMY, BEFORE I GO
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
PRISON OF MEMORIES
Uncopyrighted song, undated.
RAMBLIN’ MAN
Contract Date: June 4, 1951. Copyright Date: September 7, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter), recorded June 1, 1951.
READY TO GO HOME
Contract Date: March 6, 1953. Copyright Date: May 5, 1953.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1957.
ROCKIN’ CHAIR DADDY (Hank Williams and Braxton Shooford)
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: May 1950.
First Issued Version: Braxton Shooford, recorded February 8, 1950.
SEARCHING IN VAIN
Uncopyrighted song, probably circa 1951.
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNTAIN
Uncopyrighted song, dated January 8, 1951.
SHE WAS MINE IN LIFE (SHE’S STILL MINE IN DEATH) (Hank Williams, Johnnie Wright, and Jim Anglin)
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: Unknown.
SINCE WE SAID GOODBYE
Uncopyrighted song, dated February 5, 1947.
SING, SING, SING (aka I’M GONNA SING, SING, SING)
Contract Date: unknown. Copyright Date: January 24, 1951.
First Issued Version: Charlie Monroe, recorded October 20, 1950.
SINGING WATERFALL
Contract Date: November 1, 1947. Copyright Date: November 25, 1949.
First Issued Version: Molly O’Day, recorded December 27, 1948.
Note: First published in song folio circa 1946.
SIX MORE MILES (TO THE GRAVEYARD)
Contract Date: November 8, 1946. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded April 21, 1947.
SOME DAY YOU’LL BE LONESOME TOO
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
SOMEBODY’S LONESOME
Dated January 14, 1951. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: February 13, 1969. First Recorded Version: Hank Williams Jr. (unissued).
A STRANGER IN THE NIGHT (Hank Williams and Bill Morgan)
Contract Date: July 11, 1951. Copyright Date: June 20, 1951.
First Issued Version: George Morgan, recorded April 16, 1951.
TAKE AWAY THOSE LONELY MEMORIES
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1943.
A TEARDROP ON A ROSE
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: May 1950.
First Issued Version: Braxton Shooford, recorded February 8, 1950.
TEARDROPS START WITH EACH NEW DAWN
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
TEARS TODAY, BLUES TOMORROW
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
THANK HEAVEN I STILL HAVE YOU (Hank Williams and Beasley Smith)
Contract Date: April 11, 1961. Copyright Date: Unknown.
THAT LAST LONG RIDE
Uncopyrighted song, dated September 18, 1948.
THEN CAME THAT FATAL DAY
Uncopyrighted song fragment found on the floor of the car in which Hank died.
THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT
Contract Date: February 2, 1948. Copyright Date: May 4, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded December 22, 1948.
Note: Contract issued to Hank Williams and WCKY deejay Nelson King; subsequent contract issued to Hank Williams as sole composer.
THERE’S A NEW LIGHT SHINING IN OUR HOME (Hank and Irene Williams)
Uncopyrighted song written February 1, 1944, published in song folio circa 1946.
THERE’S A NEW LOCK ON THE DOOR
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
THERE’S A TEAR IN MY BEER
Contract Date: September 23, 1952. Copyright Date: September 15, 1952.
First Issued Version: Big Bill Lister, recorded October 26, 1951.
THERE’S NOTHING AS SWEET AS MY BABY
Contract Date: April 16, 1951. Copyright Date: April 11, 1951.
First Issued Version: Carl Smith, recorded January 30, 1951.
THEY CARRIED MY DARLING HOME
Uncopyrighted song. Very possibly the same song as “I’m Among the Living Dead.”
THIS AIN’T NO PLACE FOR ME
Uncopyrighted song, dated October 10, 1947.
THIS OLD BEAT-UP HEART OF MINE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
THOSE HAPPY DAYS THAT USED TO BE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
’TIL DEATH DO US PART (Hank Williams and Bob Gazzaway)
Contract Date: October 17, 1949. Copyright Date: Unknown.
TIME HAS PROVEN I WAS WRONG (Hank Williams, Curley Williams, and Mel Foree)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: Unknown.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1998.
TO ME, YOU’LL ALWAYS BE MINE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
TODAY HAS BEEN A LONESOME DAY
Uncopyrighted song, possibly circa 1951.
TOMORROW MAY NOT COME
Uncopyrighted song, written April 10, 1948.
TOO LATE TO PRAY
Uncopyrighted song, written June 24, 1948.
TROUBLES ON MY WEARY MIND (Hank Williams and Don Helms)
Contract Date: April 7, 1950. Copyright Date: Unknown.
VISION IN THE NIGHT
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WANTING TO SHOW HOW MUCH I CARED
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WE ALL GET TROUBLED AND BLUE SOMETIME
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WEALTH WON’T SAVE YOUR SOUL
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded December 11, 1946.
WEARIN OUT YOUR WALKIN SHOES
Contract Date: April 16, 1951. Copyright Date: April 23, 1951.
First Issued Version: Tex Ritter, recorded September 20, 1950.
WEARY BLUES FROM WAITIN
Contract Date: December 11, 1951. Copyright Date: November 28, 1951.
First Issued Version: Ray Price, recorded October 16, 1951.
WE’RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE GRAVE EACH DAY
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: April 23, 1957.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1957.
WHAT CAN A HEART DO?
Uncopyrighted song, probably circa 1951.
WHAT’S THE USE?
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WHEN GOD COMES AND GATHERS HIS JEWELS
Contract Date: November 8, 1946. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded December 11, 1946.
WHEN THE BOOK OF LIFE IS READ
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: March 3, 1952.
First Issued Version: Jimmie Skinner, recorded January 14, 1952.
WHEN THE WALTZ ENDED
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WHEN YOU BROKE YOUR VOW
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WHEN YOU’RE TIRED OF BREAKING OTHERS’ HEARTS (Hank Williams and Curley Williams)
Contract Date: March 29, 1949. Copyright Date: December 7, 1949.
First Issued Version: Curley Williams, recorded September 15, 1952.
WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?
Dated January 14, 1951. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: April 17, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded January 24, 1969.
WHY DID MOMMY SAY GOODBYE?
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME?
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1945.
WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME? (LIKE YOU USED TO DO)
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: April 7, 1950.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded January 9, 1950.
WHY SHOULD I CRY?
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: May 1950.
First Issued Version: Braxton Shooford, recorded February 8, 1950.
Note: An early version was written May 4, 1947, as “Why Should I Pay, Why Must I Cry?” (Hank says on Mother’s Best that he wrote it in 1941.)
WHY SHOULD WE TRY ANYMORE?
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: April 7, 1950.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded January 9, 1950.
WILL GOD WELCOME YOU HOME?
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WISH I COULD SAY NO TO YOU
Attributed to Hank Williams. Music added by Mickey Newbury, possibly circa 1984.
WON’T YOU PLEASE COME BACK?
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio, 1946.
WON’T YOU SOMETIMES THINK OF ME?
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: Unknown. Published in song folio circa 1945.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1984.
WPA BLUES
Reportedly the first song Hank wrote, circa 1938.
YESTERDAY MY DREAMS ALL DIED
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO GO THE OTHER WAY
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
YOU BETTER KEEP IT ON YOUR MIND (Hank Williams and Vic McAlpin)
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: February 15, 1954.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1954.
YOU BROKE YOUR OWN HEART
Written January 26, 1947. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: June 5, 1969. First Recorded Version: Hank Williams Jr, January 22, 1969 (unissued).
YOU BROKE YOUR OWN HEART (WHEN YOU TRIED TO BREAK MINE)
Contract Date: 1986. Written at unknown date, circa 1946–1947.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1986.
YOU CAN’T TAKE MY MEMORY/MEMORIES OF YOU
Written at unknown date. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: February 13, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded November 26, 1968.
YOU HAVE GROWN TO BE A STRANGER TO ME
Uncopyrighted song, dated January 8, 1951.
Possibly adapted by Hank Williams Jr. as “Your Love’s Like a Stranger,” recorded November 26, 1968 (unissued).
YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW
Uncopyrighted song, dated November 24, 1947.
YOU SLAMMED THE DOOR OF LOVE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
YOU TORE MY HEAVEN DOWN
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
YOU WIN AGAIN
Contract Date: August 27, 1952. Copyright Date: September 3, 1952.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded July 11, 1952.
YOU’LL (ALWAYS) BE MINE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
YOU’LL BE THE LONELY ONE (Hank Williams, Curley Williams, and Mel Foree)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: Unknown.
YOU’LL LOVE ME AGAIN
Uncopyrighted song, first published in song folio circa 1946.
YOU’LL NEVER AGAIN BE MINE
Uncopyrighted song, written April 21, 1952.
YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART
Contract Date: September 8, 1952. Copyright Date: October 31, 1952.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded September 23, 1952.
YOUR TURN TO CRY
Dated June 29, 1947. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: May 8, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded January 22, 1969.
YOU’RE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE NOW (Hank Williams and Fred Rose)
Contract Date: November 3, 1947. Copyright Date: January 5, 1949.
First Issued Version: Red Sovine, recorded September 1, 1949.
YOU’RE GONNA CHANGE (OR I’M GONNA LEAVE)
Contract Date: March 3, 1949. Copyright Date: August 5, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded March 1–2, 1949.
YOU’RE THROUGH FOOLIN’ ME
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
YOU’VE BEEN LONESOME TOO
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
With very special thanks to Bill Whatley and David Mitchell for their research.