Lee Morse - Lawd You Made The Night Too Long 1932

(Columbia) Recorded 4/28/1932 New York, New York. Sam M. Lewis (lyricist) Victor Young (composer).

Lena Corinne "Lee" Morse (née Taylor; November 30, 1897 – December 16, 1954) was an American jazz and blues singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist, and actress. Morse's greatest popularity was in the 1920s and early 1930s as a torch singer, although her career began around 1917 and continued until her death in 1954.
Morse was known for her strong, deep singing voice and vocal range, which often belied her petite frame. She possessed a contralto vocal range, and one of her trademarks was her unique style of yodeling. Recording over 200 songs over her career, Morse was one of the most recorded female singers of the 1920s. She was also moderately successful as an actress on the Broadway stage. Her life and career, however, were marred by alcoholism. Morse's' group the Blue Grass Boys had no relation neither to their later namesake of Bill Monroe nor bluegrass music.
Although Morse's Broadway prospects had dimmed by the 1930s, she could still be seen in a number of musical film shorts, including A Million Me's (Paramount, April 25, 1930), The Music Racket (Vitaphone, June 30, 1930), and Song Service (Paramount, October 24, 1930).
Morse was born Lena Corinne Taylor on November 30, 1897 in Cove, Oregon.
Morse died on December 16, 1954 in Rochester while visiting a neighbor. She was 57 years old. She is interred at the Riverside Cemetery.

Lyrics:
Lawd, you made the night too long!
You made the river flow,
The flowers grow,
You made the weak and the strong,
But Lawd, you made the night too long!
You made the robin sing
A song of Spring,
And me you gave a lonely song,
Oh Lawd, you made the night too long!
I got a heart and I got a cabin,
The door is open wide.
What good's a heart and what good's a cabin
If nobody lives inside?
You made the mountains high,
The earth, the sky,
So who am I to say you're wrong?
But Lawd, you made the night too long!
You gave me arms but they're empty;
You gave me hope, it's empty too!
I'm singin' hallelujah,
Hallelujah to ya,
Believin' in you.
Believin' in you!
You made a river flow,
You made the flowers grow,
You made the weak and the strong,
Lawd, you made the night too long!
You made the robin bring
A happy song of Spring;
You gave a lonely song,
Lawd, you made the night too long!
I got a heart and I got a cabin,
My door is open wide.
What good's a heart, what good's a cabin,
If nobody lives inside?
You made the mountain,the earth and the sky,
To say you're wrong, who am I?
Lawd, you made the night too long!
(humming)
Oh Lawd, oh Lawd!

[anonuser]

Her voice has been growing on me and I all in- this moved me to tearsm

[louispanico]

It's always a joyous occasion when Lee Morse comes to visit, as she did today. Thank you!!! :^D 🎺

[OofusTwillip]

Lee seems to have been the inspiration for Lana Turner's character in the movie "Ziegfeld Girl". That character goes onstage, literally falling-down drunk, so Ziegfeld immediately fires her.

[Tadfafty]

I'm an atheist and I still love this song.

[filmmekker]

Sam You Made the Pants Too Long before the parody lyrics.