Artist: Cynthia Gooding
Author: traditional
Label: Elektra
Year: 1956
On her Faithful Lovers And Other Phenomena album. The melody was originally used as a Caribbean lullaby.
Covers:
Bob Gibson [as Bahamian Lullaby; on Riverside]
Glenn Yarbrough [as All My Sorrows]
Tarriers [Billy Faier knew it from their leader Erik Darling]
Billy Faier [as Bahamian Lullaby]
Kingston Trio [as All My Sorrows]
Shadows [as All My Sorrows following the Kingston Trio's arrangement; vocal: Jet Harris]
Searchers [as All My Sorrows]
Dick & Dee Dee [hit US]
Four Pennies [as All My Sorrows]
Nick Drake [with his sister Gabrielle; released posthumously]
Ray Stevens [hit US]
Mickey Newbury [along with Dixie and Battle Hymn Of The Republic in An American Trilogy (see there)]
Elvis Presley [in An American Trilogy]
Elvis Costello [first two lines, lyrics and melody, of Last Boat Leaving from Spike]
Paul McCartney [hit UK]
Lindsey Buckingham [Kingston Trio fan as All My Sorrows]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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