There's More Pretty Girls Than One
First recording and first release by Crocker and Cannon (Leonard Rutherford, John D. Foster) (April 11, 1929 / 1930)
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- [Traditional]
- Language
- English
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Traditional old-time fiddle tune with origins dating back to the 1800's. First recorded as "There's More Pretty Gals Than One" by Leonard Rutherford & John D. Rutherford on July 28, 1927, but the side was rejected by Gennett. They re-recorded it on April 11, 1929, as "There's More Pretty Girls Than One", and it was issued on Challenge 423 under one of their budget label pseudonyms "Crocker and Cannon". Arthur Smith and the Delmore Brothers recorded it in 1936, as The Arthur Smith Trio, and the work was registered by the Delmore Brothers, but it's clearly improbable that they wrote it.
Original 1929 lyrics -
Up and down that lonesome road,
Hang down your head and cry,
Thinking about those pretty girls,
And I wish I'll never die.
CHORUS: There's more pretty girls than one,
There's more pretty girls than one;
Everywhere I ramble around,
There's more pretty girls than one.
(fiddle)
There's things that's never been taught
Pretty shoes that's never been bought
Everywhere I ramble around,
There's more pretty girls than one.
CHORUS
(fiddle)
My mama told me one day,
She gave me good advice,
She told me to quit my ramblin' 'round,
And marry me a lovin' wife. - Licensing
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This composition was licensed with the help of SecondHandSongs on February 15, 2019 for a right to sell as a digital download. A mechanical license was granted for cover song use in United States.