You don't gonna miss your water until your well runs dry

You don't gonna miss your water until your well runs dry
und ähnliche Verse in der Popmusik –

Songs und Texte der Rockin' Fifties

Erste Verwendung in einem Popsong:

The Five Royales
Lowman Pauling, John Tanner, Jimmy Moore, Obadiah Carter, Otto Jeffries

"You don't miss your water until your well runs dry"
in "Give me One More Chance" (Lowman Pauling), 1952, Apollo 434

Wynona Carr
R&B Sängerin, 23.8.1924 Cleveland, Ohio – 12.5.1976 Cleveland, Ohio

"You never miss your water 'til the well runs dry"
in "'Till the Well Runs Dry" (Wynona Carr), 5. Oktober 1956, Specialty SP 589 –

Rezension

Eddie Burns
* 8.2.1928, Mississippi, USA, Harmonikaspieler (1949 bei John Lee Hooker), Gitarrist, Sänger;
auch Eddie 'Guitar' Burns

"You don't gonna miss your water until your well runs dry "
in "Hard Headed Woman" (Eddie Burns), Oktober 1961 Harvey 111, b/w Orange driver
Dieses "Hard Headed Woman" ist weder identisch mit: Big Walter "Hard-Hearted Woman", 1954 States noch mit Elvis Presley "Hard Headed Woman", 1959 RCA

William Bell

"You don't miss your water till your well runs dry"
in: "You Don´t Miss Your Water" (William Bell) auf: "The Soul of a Bell"
Coverversionen: The Byrds auf: Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, Columbia 1968
Otis Redding auf Otis Blue.

Weitere Verwendung als Songtitel oder im Text
Eddie Bond: "You Don't Miss Your Water" – Songtitel, 1969 auf dem Label Villa (?); Veejay
Craig David: "You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til The Well Runs Dry)" – Songtitel, auf: Slicker than Average, 2002
Bob Dylan: "Well, ya never miss you water till your well runs dry" in "Let's Stick Together"
Jerry Lee Lewis: "You don't miss your water" – Songtitel
Peter Tosh: "Till your well runs dry" – Songtitel
The Triffids: "You Don't Miss Your Water (till your well runs dry)" 1985 – Songtitel
The Wailers & Bob Marley: "Till Your Well Runs Dry" 1966 – Songtitel

Anfang

Bücher
Cornelius Eady: You Don't Miss Your Water. Poems. New York: Henry Holt, 1995.
Clarence L. James: You Don't Miss Your Water 'Til Your Well Runs Dry. An African-American Treasury of Inspirational & Moral Readings. New York: Simon & Schuster,1999