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AMERICAN HOTEL
Written by Carl Brouse
As sung by Tom Russell on "Modern Art" (2003)
This song was written by Carl Brouse who passed away a few weeks ago (2003). It is about Stephen Foster – one
of America’s first great songwriters. Carl says that Stephen Foster died in the American hotel in New York
City drunk and pennyless. Right before he passed on Carl imagined he was lying on his bed hallucinating all
the scenes of this great song. American Hotel.
[Intro]
C G C G C G
[Verse 1]
SteCphen sprawled across the bGed,
RaiCsed the bottle to his mGouth.
PicCtures danced inside his hGead,
GenCtle breezes from the soGuth,
CotCton fields with voices ringin' lGow,
OCld Black JGoe.
[Verse 2]
And hCere's to one tenGder and fair
JeannCie with the ligGht brown hair
RaiCsed a banjo tGo her knee,
SaCng a lovely meloGdy.
WeCep no more, my lady; shed your caGre.
IC'll be theGre. C G
[CHORUS]
And the SwaAmnee RiEmver rAmuns ouEmtside the doCor,
And the whiAmskey boEmttles gaAmther Emon the fCloor,
And the cAmamp-town laEmdies sAmtop and rEming the bCell
Of the AmeGrican HoCtel.
[Verse 3]
He wrCote a song for ev'ryoGne,
LiCfted hearts throughGout the land.
NCow his world's an emptGy one,
A brCoken dream and a treGmblin' hand,
SCad and weary ev'rywhere he'd rGoam,
KeCntucky hGome.
[CHORUS]
And the SwaAmnee RiEmver rAmuns ouEmtside the dCoor,
And the whiAmskey boEmttles gaAmther Emon the fCloor,
And the cAmamp-town laEmdies sAmtop and rEming the bCell
Of the AmeGrican HoCtel.
[CHORUS]
And the SwaAmnee RiEmver rAmuns ouEmtside the dCoor,
And the whiAmskey boEmttles gaAmther Emon the fCloor,
And the cAmamp-town laEmdies sAmtop and rEming the bCell
Of the AmeGrican HoCtel.