Monday Mourning On Saturday Night
1938



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Highlights
  • The first song Livingston & Evans published, with Mills Music, Inc. in New York City in 1938.



Recording History
Virginia Merrill
Lyrics
There's a story of lovers parted
And here am I so broken hearted;
And what was once my night of gladness.
Now is the night of sadness.

While all the clubs are crowded and gay
I'm so alone and lonely I stay.
And so I do my Monday Mourning
On Saturday Night.

I need your love, I saw from the start,
Without your love it's blues in my heart,
And so it's no good Monday Mourning
On Saturday Night.

I could depend on the weekend once to take my cares away,
But now Blue Monday starts on Sunday
And by Saturday night
Reaches its height.

When I should be on top of the town
I stay at home and feel so low down,
And now on Tuesday I hope, Wednesday I pray,
But Thursday I know that Friday I'll say,

It's gonna be Monday Mourning on Saturday Night.
While all the clubs are crowded and gay
I'm so alone and lonely I stay.
And so I do my Monday Mourning
On Saturday Night.
MONDAY MOURNING ON SATURDAY NIGHT Mills Music, 1938. Words by Ray Evans and Ted Peckham Music by Jay Levinson.