Recordings & Info 7D. Every Night When The Sun Goes In, Roud 3611
For all practical purposed there is a single version of this ballad:
Sharp's EFSSA II, 1932 edition
No. 189
Every Night when the Sun goes in
Hexatonic (no 4th).
Sung by Mrs. EFFIE MITCHELL at Burnsville, N. C , Oct. 6, 1918;
Traditional Ballad Index:
Every Night When the Sun Goes In
DESCRIPTION: "Every night when the sun goes in (x3), I hang down my head and mournful cry." The singer says she is leaving, and wishes the train would come to take her home. When her apron was low, he would follow her everywhere; now it is high, he ignores her
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1918 (Cecil Sharp collection)
KEYWORDS: seduction suicide pregnancy betrayal
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (5 citations):
SharpAp 189, "Every Night when the Sun Goes In" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax-ABFS, pp. 149-150, "Every Night When the Sun Goes In" (1 text, 1 tune)
Fireside, p. 120, "Every Night When the Sun Goes In" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber-FSWB, p. 180, "Every Night When The Sun Goes In" (1 text)
DT, EVRYNITE*
Roud #3611
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Butcher Boy" [Laws P24] (lyrics, plot)
cf. "Careless Love" (floating lyrics)
NOTES: This is so close to "The Butcher Boy" that I was almost tempted to list them as one. The introductory theme of returning home, however, separates the songs. - RBW
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Keefer's Folk Song Index:
Every Night When the Sun Goes Down/In [Sh 189]
Rt - I Wish My Baby Was Born; Careless Love
Lomax, J. A. & A. Lomax / American Ballads and Folk Songs, MacMillan, Bk (1934), p149
Leisy, James / Songs for Pickin' and Singin', Gold Medal Books, sof (1962), p127
Silverman, Jerry (ed.) / Folksingers Guitar Guide, Advanced, Oak, Sof (1964), p82
Lloyd, A. L. & Isabel Arete de Ramon y Rivera (eds.) / Folk Songs of the, Oak, Sof (1966), # 39
Winds of the People, Sing Out, Sof (1982), p 43
Sing Out Reprints, Sing Out, Sof, 2, p21 (1960)
Gearhart, Livingston (ed.) / Gentlemen Songsters, Shawnee, sof (1959), p64 (Ev'ry Night When the Sun Goes In)
Blood, Peter; and Annie Patterson (eds.) / Rise Up Singing, Sing Out, Sof (1992/1989), p100
Lift Every Voice. The Second People's Song Book, Sing Out, Fol (1953), p74
Boni, Margaret Bradford (ed.) / Fireside Book of Folk Songs, Simon & Schuster, Bk (1947), p120
Silverman, Jerry / Folksingers Guide to Note Reading and Music Theory, Oak, Sof (1966), p57
Leisy, James F. (ed.) / Folk Song Abecedary, Bonanza, Bk (1966), p 96
Sing Together. A Girl Scout Songbook, Girl Scouts 3rd ed., Sof (1973), p 92
Abe and Malka. Mandelblatt, Abe & Malka A. / 100 Guitar Accompanyments, Amsco, Sof (1974), p178
Baez, Joan. Joan Baez in San Francisco, Fantasy 5015, LP (1964), trk# 12 (Every Night)
Belafonte, Harry. Belafonte, RCA (Victor) LPM 1150, LP (1956), trk# A.03 (Suzanne - I)
Bugg, June. Hootenanny Folk Festival, Palace 757, LP (1964), trk# B.05
Gaslight Singers. Gaslight Singers, Mercury SR 60846, LP (1963), trk# B.01 (Every Night)
Ian and Sylvia. Four Strong Winds, Vanguard VSD 2149, LP (1963), trk# B.06
Joe & Eddie. Joe & Eddie, GNP Crescendo GNP 75, LP (196?), trk# A.03
Knight, Elizabeth. Hootenanny Tonight, Folkways FN 2511, LP (1963/1954), trk# B.08
McCutcheon, John; and Tom Chapin. Doing Our Job, Rounder 0411, CD (1997), trk# 6 (Every Night)
Mitchell, Effie. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians II, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p268/# 189 [1918/10/06]
Mitchell, Effie. Clayre, Alasdair (ed.) / 100 Folk Songs and New Songs, Wolfe, Sof (1968), p115
Okun, Milt. Folk Music Scene, M. Witmark, Sof (1967), p 82 (Every Night)
Okun, Milt; and Ellen Stekert. Traditional American Love Songs, Riverside RLP 12-634, LP (1956), trk# 15
Schwartz, Sunny. Sunny's Gallery of Folk Ballads, Cameo C 1030, LP (1960), trk# A.04 (Every Night)
Weavers. Gilbert, Ronnie, et.al (ed.) / Weavers' Song Book, Harper & Row, Sof (1960), p110
Weavers. The Weavers at Home, Vanguard VRS 9024, LP (1958), trk# B.03 (Every Night)
White, Josh; Jr.. I'm on My Own Way, Mercury MG 21022, LP (1965?), trk# A.05 (Ev'ry Night When the Sun Goes In)