CORRINE CORRINA

“Corrine, Corrina” is a 12 bar country blues song in the AAB form. “Corrine, Corrina”

was first recorded by Bo Chatmon and the Mississippi Sheiks.

Prior to World War II, Bob Wills adapted “Corrine, Corrina” to a Western swing dance

song. Following his recording with the Texas Playboys, the song entered the standard

repertoire of all Western swing bands, influencing the adoption of “Corrine, Corrina” by

Cajun bands and later by individual country artists. Although the Playboy’s rendition set

the standard, early Western swing groups had already recorded “Corrine, Corrina”.

Western swing bandleaders easily adapted almost any style of music into their dance

numbers, but the Mississippi Sheiks’ string band country blues style came easier than

some. Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies recorded the song during a session on

August 8, 1934, after meeting the Sheiks at a similar recording session earlier that year.

Their version was titled “Where You Been So Long, Corrine?”

I love Corrina, tell the world I do I love

Corrina, yes, tell the world I do I pray each

night she loves me too (Corrine, Corrina, Corrine,

Corrina, Corrine, Corrina) I love you so

Oh little darling, now where you’ve been so long

Yeh, little darling where you’ve been so long

There’s been no loving since you’ve been gone

(Corrine, Corrina, Corrine, Corrina, Corrine,

Corrina) I love ya so

I left Corrina way across the sea (Across the sea)

If you see Corrina send her home to me (Corrine,

Corrina, Corrine, Corrina, Corrine, Corrina) I

love ya so (Corrine, Corrina, Corrine, Corrina,

Corrine, Corrina) I love you so (I love you so)

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