GODS WERE ANGRY WITH ME, THE 
(Watt Watkins / Ruth Wilkinson)


Eddie Kirk & Tex Ritter - 1947
Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely - 1950
Dick Thomas & Eileen Wilson - 1950
Jim Reeves - 1957
Ferlin Husky - 1959
Bobby Bare - 1962
Bobby Jenkins & The Jades - 1964
The Po' Boys - 1967
Jim Ed Brown - 1969

Also recorded by: Bill Anderson; Jerry Lee Lewis.




The Gods were angry with me for lovin' you
The Gods were angry with me because they knew
I stood at Heaven's portals, that was too high
For any mortal such as I

And so they took down the sun, the skies were grey
And then the howling wind took you away
And there was nothing I could do, for I could see
It was because the Gods were angry with me

Once upon a time our love was young and new
And I was happy in the heaven I had found
Then the Gods looked down and saw me there with you
And sent my heaven crashing to the ground

(Instrumental Break)

The Gods were angry with me for lovin' you
The Gods were angry with me because they knew
I stood at Heaven's portals, that was too high
For any mortal such as I

And so they took down the sun, the skies were grey
And then the howling wind took you away
And there was nothing I could do, for I could see
It was because the Gods were angry with me







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2011)