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"Mother Is Gone" | |
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Single by Hank Williams | |
B-side | " Message to My Mother" |
Released | 1955 |
Recorded | 1946 or 1948 |
Genre | Country, Gospel |
Length | 2:28 |
Label | MGM Records |
Songwriter(s) | Hank Williams |
"Mother Is Gone" is a song by Hank Williams. It had appeared in Williams' song folio in 1946 [1] and was released as a posthumous single by MGM Records in 1955. The narrator in the song laments the passing of his mother, one of several compositions that Williams wrote containing a maternal theme that was likely influenced by Roy Acuff and other singers who recorded similar songs. The original recording was a demo Williams made for publishing company Acuff-Rose sometime between 1946 and 1949. [2]