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So Lonesome I Could Cry Trivia Quiz

Hank Williams Sr. wasn't with us long but he left behind some great songs. Here are ten of them.

A multiple-choice quiz by deputygary. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
deputygary

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
326,108

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What song title completes these lyrics:
"When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go,
call me up sweet baby and bring along some dough,
and we'll go _________"? Hint

To Sioux Falls

Settin' the Woods on Fire

Honky Tonkin'

Moanin' the Blues

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Question 2 of 10

2. What 1947 song starts with these lyrics:
"Came in last night about a half past ten,
that woman of mine she wouldn't let me in"?
Hint

Move It On Over

I Saw the Light

Bad Dog, No Biscuit

It Just Don't Matter Now

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which song begins with:
"Hear the lonesome whipporwill,
he sounds too blue to fly,
the midnight train is whining low"? Hint

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Calling You

Moanin' the Blues

A Home Up in the Sky

4. What song has these lyrics:
"I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream,
yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme,
a memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart"?
Hint

How Come Your Dog Don't Bite Nobody But Me

Crazy Heart

Why Should We Try Anymore

Cold Cold Heart

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Grammy Hall of Fame song from 1951 begins:
"___________________,
whatcha got cookin',
how's about cookin' something up with me"? Hint

Baby, We're Really in Love

I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)

Settin' the Woods on Fire

Hey, Good Lookin'

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which song, that shares a name with an Allman Brothers song, has these lyrics:
"Some folks might say that I'm no good,
that I wouldn't settle down if I could,
but when that open road starts to callin' me,
there's somethin' over the hill that I gotta see"?
Hint

Lost Highway

Ramblin' Man

I'm a Long Gone Daddy

Saddle Up the Stove, Ma, I'm Riding the Range Tonight

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Question 7 of 10

7. What Billboard number two song title concludes this set of lyrics:
"Well I went to a dance and I wore out my shoes,
woke up this mornin wishin I could lose,
them jumpin' ____________"? Hint

Low Down Blues

Lovesick Blues

Honky Tonk Blues

Long Gone Lonesome Blues

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Question 8 of 10

8. After Hank Williams' death a song of his about a wooden Indian reached number one on the Billboard charts and stayed there 14 weeks. What song was it? Hint

The Pale Horse and HIs Rider

Kaw Liga

Dear John

The Old Ryman

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Question 9 of 10

9. What, according to the 1953 Hank Williams song, will make you "cry and cry" and "try to sleep, but sleep won't come, the whole night through"? Hint

Teardrop on a Rose

Lonesome Whistle

Your Cheatin' Heart

Lost Highway

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Question 10 of 10

10. In which song can these lyrics be found:
"Give my heart just a word of sympathy,
be as fair to my heart as you can be,
then if you no longer care for the love that's beating there..."? Hint

Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Good-bye

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

Take These Chains From My Heart

Never Again (Will I Knock on Your Door)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What song title completes these lyrics: "When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go, call me up sweet baby and bring along some dough, and we'll go _________"?

Answer: Honky Tonkin'

A honky tonk is a bar that features music. Honky tonking refers to going out to this kind of bar or going from one bar to another. Hank is inviting this woman to go out drinking and dancing with him. The song came out in 1948 and reached number 14 on the Billboard charts.

2. What 1947 song starts with these lyrics: "Came in last night about a half past ten, that woman of mine she wouldn't let me in"?

Answer: Move It On Over

The song was released in 1947 and reached number four on the Billboard charts. Rocker George Thorogood covered the song in 1978 in his album "Move It On Over".
"Listen to me dog before you start to whine,
That side's yours and this side's mine."

3. Which song begins with: "Hear the lonesome whipporwill, he sounds too blue to fly, the midnight train is whining low"?

Answer: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

The song is rated number 111 of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It has been covered by the likes of Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Freddy Fender, Dottie West, Dean Martin, Al Green and B.J. Thomas.

4. What song has these lyrics: "I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream, yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme, a memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart"?

Answer: Cold Cold Heart

This song reached number one on the Country Music charts for 1951. Tony Bennett also had a hit with "Cold Cold Heart". When Bennett had his hit it brought exposure for Hank Williams in particular and country music in general to a wider audience.

5. Which Grammy Hall of Fame song from 1951 begins: "___________________, whatcha got cookin', how's about cookin' something up with me"?

Answer: Hey, Good Lookin'

"Hey, Good Lookin'" was released in 1951. Through some strange decision-making on the part of the record company it was released the same year as a duet by Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford. The record company must have thought it would make a good duet.

It didn't. It only charted at number 21 for Laine and Stafford. Hank took it to number one. Jimmy Buffett had good luck with it also. In 2004, Jimmy Buffett released a version that included Country artists George Strait, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith. Buffett took it to number eight.

6. Which song, that shares a name with an Allman Brothers song, has these lyrics: "Some folks might say that I'm no good, that I wouldn't settle down if I could, but when that open road starts to callin' me, there's somethin' over the hill that I gotta see"?

Answer: Ramblin' Man

Rambling or drifting was a common theme in many of Hank Williams' songs: "I Won't Be Home No More", "A Message to My Mother", "Lost Highway". His band was The Drifting Cowboys. At times he even performed as Luke the Drifter.

7. What Billboard number two song title concludes this set of lyrics: "Well I went to a dance and I wore out my shoes, woke up this mornin wishin I could lose, them jumpin' ____________"?

Answer: Honky Tonk Blues

This song has been covered by Charley Pride, Huey Lewis and the News, The Kentucky Headhunters, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Doc Watson and Hank Williams III. The Hank Williams Sr. version reached number two on the Billboard Country charts. Charley Pride's version reached number one in 1980.

8. After Hank Williams' death a song of his about a wooden Indian reached number one on the Billboard charts and stayed there 14 weeks. What song was it?

Answer: Kaw Liga

This song was released in January 1953 after Williams' death. Williams died on New Year's day 1953 on the way to a show in Ohio. The name came from Kowaliga Bay, a bay on Lake Martin in Alabama. Williams owned a cabin on the bay.

9. What, according to the 1953 Hank Williams song, will make you "cry and cry" and "try to sleep, but sleep won't come, the whole night through"?

Answer: Your Cheatin' Heart

Hank was married twice. He married Audrey Sheppard in 1944. Her divorce from her first husband had not yet become final when Hank married her. Hank Williams Jr. is their son. After his divorce from "Miss Audrey" Hank had a daughter, Jett, from another woman. His second marriage was to Billy Jean Jones in 1952. Her divorce from her first husband also had not yet become final when Hank married her.
It is believed that "Your Cheatin' Heart" was written about Miss Audrey.

10. In which song can these lyrics be found: "Give my heart just a word of sympathy, be as fair to my heart as you can be, then if you no longer care for the love that's beating there..."?

Answer: Take These Chains From My Heart

"Take These Chains From My Heart" was Hank's last number one hit. Re-released Hank Williams songs continued to make the charts after his death, though. The last was a re-release of 1950's "Why Don't You Love Me" which was on 1976's "Insight into Hank Williams" album.

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