Fortune

Written by: [Traditional]
Language: English
Comments: aka "Once I Had a Fortune" Old-Time breakdown. It is found in western North Carolina and southwest Virginia, but has become particularly identified with Galax/Hillsville, southwestern Virginia area, style bands. Occasionally performed with lyrics that start -

Oh once I had a fortune, I put it in my trunk,
I lost it all a-gamblin' one night when I was drunk.
Chorus: Fortune I had it, fortune I lost it,
Fortune I lost it one night when I was drunk.
Licensing: Request a synchronization license

Versions

Fortune written by [Traditional] English

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Fortune	Ernest East & The Pine Ridge Boys	1969
Fortune	Tommy Jarrell	1980
Fortune	The Backwoods Band	1980
Fortune	Tommy Jarrell & Fred Cockerham	1992
Fortune	The New Lost City Ramblers	June 12, 2001	Live Released more than 10 years after its recording
Fortune	The Pine Tree String Band	August 5, 2003
Fortune	The Tallboys	2005
Fortune	Kirk Sutphin & Riley Baugus	October 30, 2010
Fortune	Molsky's Mountain Drifters	February 22, 2019

Fortune written by [Traditional] instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	Fortune	Glen Smith	1962
i	Fortune	The Camp Creek Boys	1967
i	Fortune	The Smokey Valley Boys	1974
i	Fortune	Fred Cockerham	1974
i	Fortune	Ray Alden	1987
i	Fortune	Bruce Molsky	January 16, 1996
i	Fortune	Benton Flippen & The Smokey Valley Boys	2003
i	Fortune	Uncle Charlie Higgins, Wade Ward & Dale Poe	2004	Released more than 10 years after its recording
i	Fortune	Sidna & Fulton Myers	2005	Released more than 10 years after its recording A cappella
i	Shoo Fly - Fortune	Harmon's Peak	January 22, 2007	Medley
i	Fortune	The New North Carolina Ramblers	September 26, 2007
i	Fortune	Adam Miller	2008
i	Fortune	Adam Hurt	July 30, 2010
i	Fortune	Victor Furtado	October 16, 2014
i	Fortune	Rector Hicks	2014
i	Fortune	Adam Chowning and Megan Lynch Chowning	December 1, 2015