Local Quiz - Songs With Girls Names

[mainsR]

Can anybody please help with "Hank William's song, 9 and 5 letters"

[maurice]

There is no song title using a girl's name of that length in the complete list of HW compositions I found. Maybe it's something he sang but didn't compose himself?

[weecalf]

San Antonio rose if letters are wrong ?

[maurice]

I've just realized: it's no doubt "Goodnight Irene", which I remember being performed in my village by the local (Canadian-born) scoutmaster in the Fifties!

[maurice]

...............which btw is an American folk standard recorded by just about everybody (is the HW version the best-known in the UK maybe?)

[mainsR]

Thanks everyone for your help - Maurice, the brain was just about to fuse, thanks

[jeffa]

I suppose it must be, though it's tenuous at best. Hank's recording of Goodnight Irene was listed as by Hank Williams and Hank Thompson. As for it being well known, it's not even listed as one of the main covers of the song on its wiki page, nor does it appear anywhere on Hank Williams' wiki discography page.