I Had Myself a True Love - John Towner Williams, Audra McDonald

I had myself a true love

A true love who was something to see

I had myself a true love

At least that’s what I kept on telling me

The first thing in the morning

I still try to think of a way

To be with him some part of the evening

And that’s the way I live through the day

«She had herself a true love

But now he’s gone and left her for good»

The Lord knows I done heard those backyard whispers

Going 'round the neighborhood

There maybe a lot of things I miss

A lot of things I don’t know

But I do know this:

Now I ain’t got no love

And once upon a time I had a true love

In the evening, by the doorway

While I stand there and wait for his coming

With the house swept and the clothes hung

And a pot on the stove there a-hummin'

Where is he while I watch the rising moon?

With that girl in that damn old saloon?

No, that ain’t the way that it used to be

No, and everybody keeps telling me

There may be a lot of things I miss

A lot of things I don’t know

But I do know this:

Now I ain’t got no love

And once upon a time I had a true love