by Colin Escott
Contract Date: April 24, 1951. Copyright Date: July 2, 1951.
First Issued Version: Big Bill Lister, recorded April 24, 1951.
THE LOG TRAIN
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: Unknown.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1981.
LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: March 1, 1950.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded January 9, 1950.
LOOKY HERE, SWEET MAMA
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
LOST ON THE RIVER
Contract Date: December 24, 1948. Copyright Date: June 15, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank and Audrey Williams, recorded December 22, 1948.
THE LOVE THAT FADED
Uncopyrighted song, dated May 2, 1947.
THE LOVELIGHT IS GONE FROM YOUR EYES
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
LOW DOWN BLUES
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: February 19, 1954.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1954.
MAKE HEAVEN YOUR GOAL
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
MANSION FOR YOUR SOUL
Uncopyrighted song, probably circa 1951.
A MANSION ON THE HILL (Hank Williams and Fred Rose)
Contract Date: November 3, 1947. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded November 7, 1947.
MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE
Contract Date: March 3, 1949. Copyright Date: November 25, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded March 1, 1949. First published in song folio circa 1946 as “I Loved No One but You.”
ME AND MY BROKEN HEART
Contract Date: June 5, 1951. Copyright Date: August 15, 1951.
First Issued Version: Carl Smith, recorded June 8, 1951.
MEAN OLD BLUES
Attributed to Hank Williams. Music added by Mickey Newbury, circa 1984.
MEN WITH BROKEN HEARTS
Contract Date: January 2, 1951. Copyright Date: February 16, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter), recorded December 21, 1950.
MESSAGE TO MY MOTHER
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: May 4, 1955.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1955.
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: July 7, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, March 1, 1949.
MOANIN’ THE BLUES
Contract Date: September 5, 1950. Copyright Date: October 25, 1950.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded August 31, 1950.
MOTHER IS GONE
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: May 4, 1955.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1955. First published in song folio circa 1946.
MOVE IT ON OVER
Contract Date: April 9, 1947. Copyright Date: July 16, 1947.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded April 21, 1947.
MY BOY’S IN JAIL TONIGHT (Hank Williams and Bob Gazzaway)
Contract Date: August 23, 1951. Copyright Date: Unknown.
MY BUYO BABY
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
MY DARLING BABY GIRL (Hank and Audrey Williams)
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
MY HEAD RUN OFF WITH MY HEART
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
MY HEART WON’T LET ME GO
Dated June 29, 1947. Music added by Hank Williams Jr., Copyright Date: May 23, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr, recorded January 22, 1969.
MY HEART WOULD KNOW
Contract Date: April 14, 1951. Copyright Date: June 25, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded March 16, 1951.
MY LOVE FOR YOU (HAS TURNED TO HATE)
Contract Date: February 14, 1947. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded February 13, 1947.
MY MOMMY
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
MY SON CALLS ANOTHER MAN DADDY (Hank Williams and Jewell House)
Contract Date: March 1, 1949. Copyright Date: November 25, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded March 2, 1949 (unreleased) and January 9, 1950.
MY SWEET LOVE AIN’T AROUND
Contract Date: November 7, 1947. Copyright Date: February 7, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded November 7, 1947.
’NEATH A COLD GRAY TOMB OF STONE (Hank Williams and Mel Foree)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: November 25, 1949.
First Issued Version: Charlie Monroe, recorded October 20, 1950.
NEVER AGAIN (WILL I KNOCK AT YOUR DOOR)
Contract Date: December 11, 1946. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded December 11, 1946.
NEVER BEEN SO LONESOME
Contract Date: July 1, 1949. Copyright Date: July 1950.
First Issued Version: Zeb Turner, recorded October 28, 1949.
NEW WEDDING BELLS
Uncopyrighted song. No details. Possibly not a Hank Williams song.
NO, NOT NOW (Hank Williams, Mel Foree, and Curley Williams)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: November 25, 1949.
First Issued Version: Curley Williams, recorded September 11, 1949.
NOBODY’S LONESOME FOR ME
Contract Date: September 5, 1950. Copyright Date: October 25, 1950.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded August 31, 1950.
OH MAMA, COME HOME
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
THE OLD MAN’S LAST GOODBYE
Uncopyrighted song, dated January 26, 1947.
AN OLD USED TO BE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD PONTCHARTRAIN (Hank Williams and Ramona Vincent)
Contract Date: August 4, 1947. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded August 4, 1947.
ON THE EVENING TRAIN (Hank and Audrey Williams)
Contract Date: January 6, 1949. Copyright Date: June 29, 1949.
First Issued Version: Molly O’Day, recorded April 4, 1949.
PAN AMERICAN
Contract Date: February. 14, 1947. Copyright Date: March 19, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded February 13, 1947.
PEACH PICKIN’ PAPA (Hank Williams and Curley Williams)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: Unknown.
A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
PICTURES FROM LIFE’S OTHER SIDE (aka A PICTURE FROM LIFE’S OTHER SIDE)
Contract Date: June 4, 1951. Copyright Date: August 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter), recorded June 1, 1951.
PLEASE MAKE UP YOUR MIND
Contract Date: August 27, 1952. Copyright Date: October 6, 1952.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter), recorded July 11, 1952.
PLEASE MOMMY, BEFORE I GO
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
PRISON OF MEMORIES
Uncopyrighted song, undated.
RAMBLIN’ MAN
Contract Date: June 4, 1951. Copyright Date: September 7, 1951.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams (Luke the Drifter), recorded June 1, 1951.
READY TO GO HOME
Contract Date: March 6, 1953. Copyright Date: May 5, 1953.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1957.
ROCKIN’ CHAIR DADDY (Hank Williams and Braxton Shooford)
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Dat
e: May 1950.
First Issued Version: Braxton Shooford, recorded February 8, 1950.
SEARCHING IN VAIN
Uncopyrighted song, probably circa 1951.
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNTAIN
Uncopyrighted song, dated January 8, 1951.
SHE WAS MINE IN LIFE (SHE’S STILL MINE IN DEATH) (Hank Williams, Johnnie Wright, and Jim Anglin)
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: Unknown.
SINCE WE SAID GOODBYE
Uncopyrighted song, dated February 5, 1947.
SING, SING, SING (aka I’M GONNA SING, SING, SING)
Contract Date: unknown. Copyright Date: January 24, 1951.
First Issued Version: Charlie Monroe, recorded October 20, 1950.
SINGING WATERFALL
Contract Date: November 1, 1947. Copyright Date: November 25, 1949.
First Issued Version: Molly O’Day, recorded December 27, 1948.
Note: First published in song folio circa 1946.
SIX MORE MILES (TO THE GRAVEYARD)
Contract Date: November 8, 1946. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded April 21, 1947.
SOME DAY YOU’LL BE LONESOME TOO
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
SOMEBODY’S LONESOME
Dated January 14, 1951. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: February 13, 1969. First Recorded Version: Hank Williams Jr. (unissued).
A STRANGER IN THE NIGHT (Hank Williams and Bill Morgan)
Contract Date: July 11, 1951. Copyright Date: June 20, 1951.
First Issued Version: George Morgan, recorded April 16, 1951.
TAKE AWAY THOSE LONELY MEMORIES
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1943.
A TEARDROP ON A ROSE
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: May 1950.
First Issued Version: Braxton Shooford, recorded February 8, 1950.
TEARDROPS START WITH EACH NEW DAWN
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
TEARS TODAY, BLUES TOMORROW
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
THANK HEAVEN I STILL HAVE YOU (Hank Williams and Beasley Smith)
Contract Date: April 11, 1961. Copyright Date: Unknown.
THAT LAST LONG RIDE
Uncopyrighted song, dated September 18, 1948.
THEN CAME THAT FATAL DAY
Uncopyrighted song fragment found on the floor of the car in which Hank died.
THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT
Contract Date: February 2, 1948. Copyright Date: May 4, 1949.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded December 22, 1948.
Note: Contract issued to Hank Williams and WCKY deejay Nelson King; subsequent contract issued to Hank Williams as sole composer.
THERE’S A NEW LIGHT SHINING IN OUR HOME (Hank and Irene Williams)
Uncopyrighted song written February 1, 1944, published in song folio circa 1946.
THERE’S A NEW LOCK ON THE DOOR
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
THERE’S A TEAR IN MY BEER
Contract Date: September 23, 1952. Copyright Date: September 15, 1952.
First Issued Version: Big Bill Lister, recorded October 26, 1951.
THERE’S NOTHING AS SWEET AS MY BABY
Contract Date: April 16, 1951. Copyright Date: April 11, 1951.
First Issued Version: Carl Smith, recorded January 30, 1951.
THEY CARRIED MY DARLING HOME
Uncopyrighted song. Very possibly the same song as “I’m Among the Living Dead.”
THIS AIN’T NO PLACE FOR ME
Uncopyrighted song, dated October 10, 1947.
THIS OLD BEAT-UP HEART OF MINE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
THOSE HAPPY DAYS THAT USED TO BE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
’TIL DEATH DO US PART (Hank Williams and Bob Gazzaway)
Contract Date: October 17, 1949. Copyright Date: Unknown.
TIME HAS PROVEN I WAS WRONG (Hank Williams, Curley Williams, and Mel Foree)
Contract Date: September 27, 1948. Copyright Date: Unknown.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1998.
TO ME, YOU’LL ALWAYS BE MINE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
TODAY HAS BEEN A LONESOME DAY
Uncopyrighted song, possibly circa 1951.
TOMORROW MAY NOT COME
Uncopyrighted song, written April 10, 1948.
TOO LATE TO PRAY
Uncopyrighted song, written June 24, 1948.
TROUBLES ON MY WEARY MIND (Hank Williams and Don Helms)
Contract Date: April 7, 1950. Copyright Date: Unknown.
VISION IN THE NIGHT
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WANTING TO SHOW HOW MUCH I CARED
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WE ALL GET TROUBLED AND BLUE SOMETIME
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WEALTH WON’T SAVE YOUR SOUL
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded December 11, 1946.
WEARIN OUT YOUR WALKIN SHOES
Contract Date: April 16, 1951. Copyright Date: April 23, 1951.
First Issued Version: Tex Ritter, recorded September 20, 1950.
WEARY BLUES FROM WAITIN
Contract Date: December 11, 1951. Copyright Date: November 28, 1951.
First Issued Version: Ray Price, recorded October 16, 1951.
WE’RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE GRAVE EACH DAY
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: April 23, 1957.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1957.
WHAT CAN A HEART DO?
Uncopyrighted song, probably circa 1951.
WHAT’S THE USE?
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WHEN GOD COMES AND GATHERS HIS JEWELS
Contract Date: November 8, 1946. Copyright Date: November 30, 1948.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded December 11, 1946.
WHEN THE BOOK OF LIFE IS READ
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: March 3, 1952.
First Issued Version: Jimmie Skinner, recorded January 14, 1952.
WHEN THE WALTZ ENDED
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WHEN YOU BROKE YOUR VOW
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WHEN YOU’RE TIRED OF BREAKING OTHERS’ HEARTS (Hank Williams and Curley Williams)
Contract Date: March 29, 1949. Copyright Date: December 7, 1949.
First Issued Version: Curley Williams, recorded September 15, 1952.
WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?
Dated January 14, 1951. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: April 17, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded January 24, 1969.
WHY DID MOMMY SAY GOODBYE?
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME?
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1945.
WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME? (LIKE YOU USED TO DO)
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: April 7, 1950.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded January 9, 1950.
WHY SHOULD I CRY?
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: May 1950.
First Issued Version: Braxton Shooford, recorded February 8, 1950.
Note: An early version was written May 4, 1947, as “Why Should I Pay, Why Must I Cry?” (Hank says on Mother’s Best that he wrote it in 1941.)
WHY SHOULD WE TRY ANYMORE?
Contract Date: February 10, 1950. Copyright Date: April 7, 1950.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams, recorded January 9, 1950.
WILL GOD WELCOME YOU HOME?
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
WISH I COULD SAY N
O TO YOU
Attributed to Hank Williams. Music added by Mickey Newbury, possibly circa 1984.
WON’T YOU PLEASE COME BACK?
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio, 1946.
WON’T YOU SOMETIMES THINK OF ME?
Contract Date: Unknown. Copyright Date: Unknown. Published in song folio circa 1945.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1984.
WPA BLUES
Reportedly the first song Hank wrote, circa 1938.
YESTERDAY MY DREAMS ALL DIED
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO GO THE OTHER WAY
Uncopyrighted song, published in song folio circa 1946.
YOU BETTER KEEP IT ON YOUR MIND (Hank Williams and Vic McAlpin)
Contract Date: July 24, 1953. Copyright Date: February 15, 1954.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1954.
YOU BROKE YOUR OWN HEART
Written January 26, 1947. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: June 5, 1969. First Recorded Version: Hank Williams Jr, January 22, 1969 (unissued).
YOU BROKE YOUR OWN HEART (WHEN YOU TRIED TO BREAK MINE)
Contract Date: 1986. Written at unknown date, circa 1946–1947.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams’ demo, issued 1986.
YOU CAN’T TAKE MY MEMORY/MEMORIES OF YOU
Written at unknown date. Music added by Hank Williams Jr. Copyright Date: February 13, 1969.
First Issued Version: Hank Williams Jr., recorded November 26, 1968.
YOU HAVE GROWN TO BE A STRANGER TO ME
Uncopyrighted song, dated January 8, 1951.
Possibly adapted by Hank Williams Jr. as “Your Love’s Like a Stranger,” recorded November 26, 1968 (unissued).
YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW
Uncopyrighted song, dated November 24, 1947.
YOU SLAMMED THE DOOR OF LOVE
Uncopyrighted song. No details.
