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Artist/Band: Hank Snow
Lyrics for Song: The Face on the Barroom Floor
Lyrics for Album: The Singing Ranger, Vol. 3 [Bear Family (Germany)] [1994]



(Robert W. Service)



Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was there

Which well-nigh filled Joe's barroom on the corner of the square

And as songs and witty stories came through the door

A vagabond crept slowly in and posed upon the floor.



Where did it come from someone said the wind has blown it in

What does it want another cried some whiskey rum or gin

Here Toby seek him if your stomach's equal to the work

I wouldn't touch him with a fork he's filthy as a Turk.



This baninage the poor wretch took with stocial good grace

In fact he smiled as though he though he'd struck the proper place

Come boys I know there'd kindly hearts among so good a crowd

To be in such good company would make a deacon proud.



Give me a drink that's what I want I'm out of funds you know

When I had cash to treat the gang this hand was never slow

What you laugh as though you thought this pocket never held a sov

I once was fixed as well my boys as any one of you.



There thanks that's braced me nicely God bless you one and all

Next time I pass this good saloon I'll make another call

Give you a song no I can't do that my singing days are past

My voice is cracked my throat's worn out and my lungs are going fast.



Say give me another whiskey and I'll tell you what I'll do

I'll tell you a funny story and a fact I promise too

That I was ever a decent man not one of you would think

But I was some four or five years back say give me another drink.



Fill her up Joe I want to put some life into my frame

Such little drinks to a bum like me are miserably tame

Five fingers there that's the scheme and corking whiskey too

Well here's luck boys and landlord my best regards to you.



You've treated me pretty kindly and I'd like to tell you how

I came to be the dirty sot you see before you now

As I told you once I was a man with muscle frame and health

And but for a blunder ought to have made considerable wealth.



I was a painter not one that daubed on bricks and wood

But an artist and for my age was rated pretty good

I worked hard at my canvas and was bidding fair to rise

For gradually I saw the star of fame before my eyes.



I made a picture perhaps you've seen 'tis called the Chase of Fame

It brought me fifteen hundred pounds and added to my name

And then I met a woman now comes the funny part

With eyes that petrified my brain and sunk into my heart.



Why don't you laugh 'tis funny that the vagabond you see

Could ever love a woman and a expect her love for me

But 'twas so and for a month or two her smiles were freely given

And when he loving lips touched mine it carried me to heaven.



Did you ever see a woman for whom your soul you'd give

With a form like the Milo Venus too beautiful to live

With eyes that would beat the Koh-i-noor and a wealth of chesnut nair

If so 'twas she for there never was another half so fair.



I was working on a portrait one afternoon in May

Of a fair haired boy a friend of mine who lived across the way

And Madeline admired it and much to my surprise

Said that she'd like to know the man that had such dreamy eyes.



It didn't take long to know him and before the month had flown

My friend had stolen my darling and I was left alone

And eve a year of misery had possed above my head

The jewel I had treasured so had tarnished and was dead.



That's why I took to drink boys why I never saw you smile

I thought you'd be amused and laughing all the while

Why what's the matter friend there's a teardrop in your eye

Come laugh like me 'tis only babes and woman that should cry.



Say boys if you give me just another whiskey I'll be glad

And I'll draw right here a picture of the face that drove me mad

Give me that piece of chalk with which you mark the baseball score

You shall see the lovely Madeline upon the barroom floor.



Another drink and with chalk in hand the vagabond began

To sketch a face that well might buy the soul of any man

Then as he placed another lock upon the shapely head

With a fearful shriek he leaped and fell across the picture...


The Face on the Barroom Floor

Hank Snow's 'The Face on the Barroom Floor' stands as a defining anthem of the yodeling genre, capturing the rugged spirit of the American frontier. Recorded during the late 1940s, the track showcases Snow's distinctive vocal style, blending country storytelling with the high-pitched yodeling technique that became his signature. Released on the Bear Family compilation series, this recording highlights his status as 'The Singing Ranger,' a title reflecting his ability to evoke the imagery of the open range and the barroom. The song's enduring appeal lies in its narrative depth and melodic structure, which have cemented its place in the canon of classic country music. It remains a staple for fans of traditional country and yodeling, illustrating Snow's significant influence on the genre's development and his mastery of vocal performance.


Album Lyrics: The Singing Ranger, Vol. 3 [Bear Family (Germany)] [1994]


Hank Snow
"The Singing Ranger, Vol. 3 [Bear Family (Germany)] [1994]"


1. I Love You Because
2. I Care No More
3. Fraulein
4. Return to Me
5. Mansion on the Hill
6. Limbo Rock
7. Tammy
8. Wheels
9. Tiptoeing
10. Poison Love
11. Hold Me Tight
12. I Saw the Light
13. Difficult
14. Little Stranger (In a Manger)
15. Christmas Roses
16. Silent Night
17. C-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s
18. White Christmas
19. Frosty the Snowman
20. God Is My Santa Claus
21. I Ain't Been Anywhere
22. Rome Wasn't Built in a Day
23. Invisible Hands
24. Sweet Hour of Prayer
25. Jesus Wept
26. These Things Shall Pass
27. His Hands
28. Farther Along
29. Gloryland March
30. I Saw a Man
31. This Train
32. I See Jesus
33. Shopworn
34. I'm Glad I'm on the Inside Looking Out
35. I'll Go Marching Into Glory
36. How Big Is God
37. Lord's Way of Saying Goodnight
38. Promised to John
39. My Adobe Hacienda
40. No Letter Today
41. I Dreamed of An Old Love Affair
42. For Sale
43. Rose of Old Monterey
44. Moonlight and Skies
45. You and My Old Guitar
46. Down the Old Road to Home
47. I'm Sorry We Met
48. Teardrops in My Heart
49. Ridin' Home
50. Heartbreak Trail
51. Cool Water
52. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
53. At the Rainbow's End
54. Chant of the Wanderer
55. On the Rhythm Range
56. Following the Sun All Day
57. Blue Side of Lonesome
58. Green, Green Grass of Home
59. Once More You're Mine Again
60. There Goes My Everything
61. All the Time
62. It Kinda Reminds Me of Me
63. Blue, Blue Day
64. He Dropped the World in My Hands
65. Call of the Wild
66. There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
67. You're the Reason
68. It's a Little More Like Heaven
69. Galway Bay
70. Lili Marlene
71. Geisha Girl
72. Melba from Melbourne
73. Cuba Rhumba
74. Queen of Draw Poker Club
75. Now Is the Hour
76. In the Misty Moonlight
77. From a Jack to a King
78. She Wears My Ring
79. Mary Ann Regrets
80. White Silver Sands
81. Lonesome 7-7203
82. Gonna Find Me a Bluebird
83. Sweet Lies
84. Handcuffed to Love
85. Bummin' Around
86. I've Cried a Mile
87. You Take the Future (And I'll Take the Past)
88. Flying South
89. Miami Snow
90. At the First Fall of Snow
91. You're as Welcome as the Flowers in May
92. January
93. Springtime in the Rockies
94. Roses in the Snow
95. Beyond the Reef
96. Trade Winds
97. Don't Sing Aloha When I Go
98. Oahu Rose
99. The Wayward Wind
100. Walking the Last Mile
101. Old Rover
102. Put Your Arms Around Me
103. Little Joe
104. Cross the Brazos at Waco
105. Nuevo Laredo
106. Adios Amigo
107. Maria Elena
108. Senorita Rosalita
109. Dangerous Dan McGrew
110. Ballad of One Eyed Mike
111. My Friends
112. I Wish My Heart Could Talk
113. Wreck of the Old '97
114. Crazy Little Train of Love
115. Blue Yodel, No. 10
116. Father Time and Mother Love
117. Rockin' Rollin' Ocean [With Wave Effect]
118. Rockin' Rollin' Ocean [Without Wave Effect]
119. Casey's Washerwoman Boogie [Instrumental]
120. Hawaiian Sunset [Instrumental]
121. The Man Who Robbed the Bank at Santa Fe
122. The Texas Plains
123. Patanio (The Pride of the Plains)
124. A Legend in My Time
125. A Petal from a Faded Rose
126. The Change of the Tide
127. Mockin' Bird Hill
127. If It's Wrong to Love You
127. The Blue Canadian Rockies
127. Sonny Boy [Instrumental]
127. Unchained Melody [Instrumental]
127. Beautiful Dreamer [Instrumental]
127. Brahms' Lullaby [Instrumental]
127. Blue Tango [Instrumental]
127. Dark Moon [Instrumental]
127. I Can't Stop Loving You [Instrumental]
127. The Convict and the Rose [Instrumental]
127. The Waltz You Saved for Me
127. Lay My Head Beneath a Rose [Instrumental]
127. Whispering Hope [Instrumental]
127. Sentimental Journey [Instrumental]
127. Am I Losing You? [Instrumental]
127. I Get the Blues When It Rains [Instrumental]
127. Sweet Marie [Instrumental]
127. Birth of the Blues [Instrumental]
127. The Christmas Cannonball
127. A Letter to Santa Claus
127. The Face on the Barroom Floor
127. The Cremation of Sam McGee
127. The Spell of the Yukon
127. The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill
127. The Last Mile of the Way
127. Dear Lord, Remember Me
127. The Runt
127. The Prisoner's Dream
127. Mother I Thank You (For the Bible You Gave)
127. Rocking Alone in an Old Rocking Chair
127. To You Sweetheart, Aloha
127. My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
127. On the Beach in Waikiki
127. Pearly Shells
127. The Whispering Tradewinds [Instrumental]
127. Among My Souvenirs [Instrumental]
127. The Seasons
127. All Nite Cafe
127. The Tip of My Fingers
127. A Wound Time Can't Erase
127. The Name of the Game Was Love