She's More To Be Pitied
Composer: Ruby Rakes
Recordings
The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain, Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1959
The Songs They Like Best, Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1961
Don't Cheat in Our Hometown, Ricky Skaggs, 1983
Tried and True, Dry Branch Fire Squad, 1988
Humble Man, Johnny Hogan, 1991
Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961, The Stanley Brothers, 1994
Like We Used To Be, Seldom Scene, 1994
Clinch Mountain Country, Ralph Stanley & Friends, 1998
Riding That Midnight Train: Starday King Recordings 1958-1961, The Stanley Brothers, 1999
Baby Girl: A Tribute to My Father, Carter Stanley, Jeanie Stanley with Ralph Stanley and Ralph Stanley II, 2005
Classic Bluegrass Collection, Vols. 1-4, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2007
Notes
Played by the Black Mountain Boys on the 6th and 7th March 1964.
The lyrics of the version performed by the Black Mountain Boys on March 6th 1964 are as follows;
She's there at the bar every eveningRuby Rakes is the name used on song credits by Ruby Rakes Eubanks, who was a half sister of the Stanley Brothers. She was assigned the rights to a number of songs written by the Stanley Brothers. So actual authorship is probably Carter Stanley.
Face powdered and cheeks painted red
Her beauty has faded too early
Brought on by the fast life she's led.She's more to be pitied than scolded
She needs to be loved not despised
Too much beer and wine, too many good times
The lure of the honky tonk wrecked her young life.She once was the belle of the ballroom
She'd married some man (a sweet wife?)
But too many parties, the wrong kind of (house?)
Has spoiled her happy young life.She's more to be pitied than scolded
She needs to be loved not despised
Too much beer and wine, too many good times
The lure of the honky tonk wrecked her young life.She's more to be pitied than scolded
She needs to be loved not despised
Too much beer and wine, too many good times
The lure of the honky tonk wrecked her young life.