I'm Lonely My Darling is a song based on the Irish folk song "Green Grow the Lilacs" which Fess Parker reworked. He recorded the song for Columbia Records in 1955.
Parker later re-corded the song for the film Westward Ho, the Wagons! where George Bruns arranged the music to a slightly faster tempo and Parker, as Doc Grayson, sang the first and third verse and would later be joined by co-star Katherine Crowley (Laura Thompson). This version would later be included in the Disneyland Records LP Fess Parker, Cowboy and Indian Songs.
Lyrics[]
I used to have a sweetheart, but now I got none
Since partin' my darling, I car not for one
The day that I left her, she started to cry
Says "If I can't love you I surely will die"
Green grow the lilacs all sparklin' with dew
I'm lonely my darlin' since partin with you
But by the next maiden, I'll hope to prove true
And change the green lilacs to red white and blue
I wrote my love a letter in red rosy line
she me an answer all twisted in twine
She sent me an answer that could not be
She loved another one better than me
Green grow the lilacs all sparklin' with dew
I'm lonely my darlin' since partin with you
But by the next maiden, I'll hope to prove true
And change the green lilacs to red white and blue
I passed my love's window both early and late
The look she gave me it made my heart ache
The look she that she gave me was harmful to see
She loved another one better than me
Green grow the lilacs all sparklin' with dew
I'm lonely my darlin' since partin with you
But by the next maiden, I'll hope to prove true
And change the green lilacs to red white and blue
Doc: I used to have a sweetheart, but now I got none
Since partin' my darling, I car not for one
The day that I left her, she started to cry
Says "If I can't love you I surely will die"
Green grow the lilacs all sparklin' with dew
I'm lonely my darlin' since partin with you
But by the next maiden, I'll hope to prove true
And change the green lilacs to red white and blue
I passed my love's window both early and late
The look she gave me it made my heart ache
The look she that she gave me was harmful to see
She loved another one...
Laura: better than me
Laura: Green grow the lilacs all sparklin' with dew
I'm lonely my darlin' since partin with you
But by the next maiden, I'll hope to prove true
Both: And change the green lilacs to red white and blue
And change the green lilacs to red white and blue